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Hort Connections sets sights on Adelaide
Hort Connections 2025 has been run and done – and the 2026 event has been set for Adelaide.
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News
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.
News
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.
News
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.
Products and services
Local data measures frost impact
Access to highly localised climate monitoring data is transforming how almond producers understand and manage the impact of severe weather events, particularly frost.
Products and services
7 Worlds Ag leads in copper fungicides
For the widest range of copper fungicides coupled with the best advice, tree crop growers should look no further than 7 Worlds Ag.
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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.
Tree crop insights
NEM reshapes Australian agriculture with science that listens
Australian farmers face unprecedented challenges: climate variability, soil degradation, and rising input costs. In this evolving landscape, many are turning their attention underground – to the living systems which sustain healthy, resilient crops.
Products and services
Protecting crops from extreme weather
Australian farmers struggling to manage crops in extreme weather are encouraged to follow the lead of farmers around the world and increase anti-stress preventatives to safeguard crops and livelihoods.
Citrus
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Featured Crop
Getting under the skin of black core rot
Fruit might look perfect on the outside, but when peeled open it’s sometimes rotten at the core. University of Queensland PhD student Zali Mahony is working hard with others to find out more about black core rot. Symptoms of black core rot are expressed close to or at harvest when it is too late to apply control measure.
Avocado
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Featured Crop
Grant to strengthen avo industry
Avocados Australia has been awarded a $200,000 grant over two years through the ASEAN-Australia Centre’s 2024–25 Grants Program.
Citrus
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Featured Crop
Faster citrus orchard establishment using less water
The use of a BioStart biostimulant program in a commercial citrus orchard on red sands in NSW has increased soil moisture retention in the top 66 cm of soils, potentially reducing the irrigation required by 33 per cent.
Citrus
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Featured Crop
The hidden threat –stem end breakdown in citrus
When it comes to citrus, appearance is everything. A bright, smooth peel is often the first thing buyers notice, and anything less can be a dealbreaker. But for growers, maintaining that flawless look isn’t always easy – especially when facing the challenge of stem end breakdown.
News
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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