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Bees and pollination

Varroa mite in spotlight

Pairing the current alcohol and soapy water washes, sugar shakes and sticky strips with laser beams, cameras, vibration detection and DNA testing, are just some of the options looked at to help beekeepers monitor their hives for Varroa Mite.
Bees and pollination

Bee a farming success

A next-generation upgrade of the world-leading BeeConnected app has been launched at Parliament House by Regional Development Minister Kristy McBain at Parliament House.
Olives

Wild about olives

Andrew and Megan Aitken knew they were onto something special when they drove out of a dense peppermint forest and first laid eyes on Wild Olive farm – now their home and their passion.
Almonds - News

Industry finds 2023 a tough year to crack

Almond growers have experienced one of their most challenging years in recent history.
Olives

Olives – they grow on you

A pre-retirement plan for Imre and Sue Menschelyi turned out to be a little more than they bargained for when the family purchased an old dairy farm on 40ha at Karridale in WA.
Almonds

APVMA releases proposed chlorpyrifos decision

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has released its proposed regulatory decision on the reconsideration of chlorpyrifos, an insecticide used for the control of pests in various agricultural, horticultural, commercial, and veterinary situations.
Almonds - News

Almond sales on trend

Australian almond sales remain on pace to clear processor warehouses by season’s end after another significant sales month in September.
Almonds

ACE orchard officially opens

More than 200 stakeholders recently attended the official handover of the Australian almond industry’s centre of excellence experimental orchard at Loxton North in South Australia’s Riverland.
News

AOA fights levy

The federal government's proposed additional 10 per cent biosecurity charge on agricultural levy-paying producers, by July 1 next year has been strongly opposed by the horticultural (and many other agricultural) industries.
News

Farmers lead trade fight

The Cairns Group Farm Leaders (Farm Leaders) have reinforced their commitment to their vision to create a world with an equitable and enforceable rules-based trading system in agriculture.
News

Sign up science students

The Monash University Industry Experience Internship Program connects businesses with students from six Monash University faculties.
News

Algae trade success

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has approved algae production to the National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce.
News

New board for Aussie hort

One new and two returning board directors have joined the grower-owned research and development corporation for Australian horticulture, Hort Innovation.
News

Hort unites to bolster sustainability

Grower groups from across Australia and national representative bodies are showing joint support for the newly released 2023/24 Australian-grown Horticulture Sustainability Framework.
Stone Fruit - News

Stone fruit yields set to boom

Leading Australian fresh produce business Montague is gearing up for a large stone fruit crop harvest this season, largely due to the good news of an expected warmer summer.

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Inside this issue
Suspension of specific dimethoate products
Protecting Australia's citrus
New avocado ambassador
Agriculture to benefit from new agreement
Featured Crops: Almonds & Olives
Post Harvest feature
Business solutions & Labour Feature
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