Project aims to reduce admin for vegetable, onion and potato growers

A new Hort Innovation project is set to streamline the way grower feedback is collected across the vegetable industry.

A tree-mendous partnership

In a surprise reveal few saw coming, but has delighted families nationwide, the Australian fruit and vegetable industry has announced it will back The Wiggles celebrating the wildly popular character The Tree of Wisdom.

Horticulture’s $1 billion annual productivity opportunity

A new report from Hort Innovation and the Centre for International Economics has revealed high adoption of productivity enhancing innovation would benefit the Australian industry by about $1 billion annually in additional value added, reaching $22 billion in 2040.

Soluna apples debut in the US

In a milestone moment for Australian horticulture, WA Farm Direct has announced the inaugural shipment of premium Soluna apples to the US.

Picking the stars of Tassie fruit industry

The 2025 award recipients for the Tasmanian Fruit Industry were announced at June’s industry awards dinner, held as part of the Fruit Growers Tasmania 33rd industry conference in Hobart.

Rapid response prevents exotic snail infestation

A swift response by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s (DAFF) technical response team to reports of a possible exotic snail infestation at the Port of Brisbane has prevented a harmful plant pest from taking hold in Australia.

Ridley grabs Incitec Pivot in $300 million deal

Ridley has entered into a binding arrangement to acquire 100 per cent of the Incitec Pivot Fertiliser distribution business from Dyno Nobel for A$300 million.

Citrus yields hit big numbers

The citrus industry has launched into what could be the harvest growers have been waiting for to consolidate 2024’s return to pre-Covid levels.

CropLife releases new resistance management strategies

CropLife Australia, the national peak industry body for the plant science sector, has just released the official 2025 Resistance Management Strategies for fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides.

Floods of fire ants surf south

Just as it seemed that things could not get much worse for householders and travellers affected by floods in Queensland and northern NSW, a new threat has emerged from aggressive fire ants floating south to affect new areas with their painful presence.

Plant scanner gets green thumbs up

One of the world's most advanced plant phenotyping technologies has made its way to Australia and is poised to revolutionise plant research and agriculture at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ).

Test to measure antibacterial property of honey

A tool developed by The University of Western Australia and commercialised by bee research centre Y-Trace can measure the antibacterial properties of honey with unprecedented accuracy.

New opportunity for Seastock

There might well be another gold rush in Australia – in mines given up as unproductive but which have suddenly attracted a lot of interest from new investors.

Citrus Australia condemns U.S. tariff

Citrus Australia has warned Donald Trump’s latest wave of global tariffs punishes both Australian growers and their consumers in the US.

Unlocking grower solutions for Australia’sbiggest horticulture challenges

Mentoring to transform ideas into real solutions is one of the key offerings of a new program launched by Hort Frontiers.