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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How to bag aplastic waste problem

Regional and rural Australia has become the testing ground for the drive to recycle more of the 45,000 tonnes of soft plastic used in agriculture every year.
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Forecast chemical review timeframes extended

Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has revised the expected publication dates for the proposed regulatory decisions on fipronil, neonicotinoids, and anticoagulant rodenticides.
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APVMA pulls 532 unregistered products from online store

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)continues to take action to protect the Australian community, most recently by removing 532 unregistered agricultural and veterinary (agvet)chemical products from online stores in the six months to December 2024
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Tangible takeaways for growers

This month’s Australian Citrus Congress is all about delivering tangible takeaways for growers.

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Inside this issue
Citrus yields hit big numbers
CropLife releases new resistance management strategies
ANFIC cracks down
Featured Crops - Mangoes
Featured Crops - Nuts
Insights - Technology in orchards
Insights - Establishment & maintenance
Insights - Flowering, thinning & PGRs
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