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Pinata Farms research project combats under skin browning
What started as a small project to grow better-looking fruit has ended in a fundamental shake-up of Pinata Farms' mango business.
Read full storyHorticulture’s quiet achiever
Polyram DF, the Group M3 fungicide from BASF, is one of horticulture’s great crop protection all-rounders. It is registered to control over twenty diseases across a wide variety of crops, including pome and stone fruit, mangoes, bananas, grapes and most commercially produced vegetables.
Read full storyExpansion into Mahachanok mangoes pays off with huge harvest and high demand
A Top End mango grower says their decision to invest in Mahachanok mangoes is paying dividends, with the trees producing 50 per cent more fruit than any other varieties. Tou Saramat Ruchkaew owns the breeding rights for the Thai mango variety in Australia and has spent the past few years expanding her orchard with only that variety. Some of those trees were harvested for the first time this year.
Read full storyNew varieties flesh out mango offering
Mango harvest has started in the Ord Valley as packing houses pump out boxes of fruit to be delivered to markets across Australia.
Read full storyMangoes hit the shops in ‘extra flavoursome’ season
Tropical mango madness is taking hold, with fruit as cheap as $1 and claims that this year’s crop could be the tastiest on record.
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How to double your mango tree yields
A NEW trial could see mangoes grown in an alternative way around the country. The project will look at methods to potentially double the per-hectare productivity on mango farms.
Read full storyMango peel could help clean up oil contamination
Mango peel could be used to break down oil sludge, according to new research.
Read full storyMango season heats up in Northern Territory
The mango season is ramping up in the Northern Territory with growers sending thousands of trays to markets around Australia.
Read full storyNew project to transform future of north’s mango industry
A new project promising to transform the productivity and profitability of the north Australian mango industry, has been unveiled at a meeting of the north’s top producers in the Burdekin.
Read full storyMango box that transformed Australia's horticulture industry
In the early 2000s, a cardboard box emerged from a workshop in the Northern Territory. It had a unique design and would go on to shape the future of Australia's fruit and vegetable industries. One of its developers, David Hoseason-Smith, received due recognition in July, winning an innovation award at the Northern Australia Food Futures Conference in Darwin.
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Nitrogen management for improved mango productivity and quality
A future of improved nitrogen applications that better pin-point the right source, timing and rate of nitrogen fertiliser to increase yield and optimise fruit quality.
Read full storyMango crop sets national record
The 2017/2018 Australian mango season was the biggest on record, with more than 10 million trays picked across the country for the first time.
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