News

Launch of third apple and pear orchard program

Pome fruit Aug. 15, 2020



Program covers apple and pear orchards across the country.

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AgTech solution to boost food provenance

Marketing & export Aug. 14, 2020



End-to-end traceability delivered through blockchain technology could provide a new level of trust.

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Potential for fantastic cherry season

Stone Fruit Aug. 13, 2020



Growers optimistic about upcoming cherry season

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South East water prices expected to drop

Water supply & irrigation Aug. 12, 2020



ABARES forecasts lower water prices in the southern Murray-Darling Basin in 2020–21

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First QTee pear planting start in Australia

Pome fruit Aug. 11, 2020



Growers across Australia have begun the first plantings of QTee pear trees.

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Counterfeiters caught by ‘smart’ fingerprints

Marketing & export Aug. 9, 2020



Individual images are applied to product packaging in the form of a 'fingerprint'.

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Seasonal and Pacific Worker pilot programme to be trialled in the NT

Mangoes Business solutions & labour Aug. 7, 2020



Trial addressing labour shortages affecting NT farmers.

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Getting the facts on pollination

Flowering, thinning & PGRs Aug. 6, 2020



New R&D project to improve pollination

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Additional $2.4 million for improved access to AgVet chemicals

Disease & weed control Insect & mite control Aug. 5, 2020



Extension of the Improved Access to Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals program.

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Westfalia launches new avo rootstocks

Avocado Aug. 4, 2020



Two new avocado rootstocks to be introduced.

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Bee attractant expands use

Avocado Cherries Mangoes Pome fruit Stone Fruit Flowering, thinning & PGRs Aug. 3, 2020



Popular bee attractant expands its crop usage

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CQ producer wins Honey Gold grower award

Mangoes Marketing & export Aug. 3, 2020



Piñata Farms names 2020 Honey Gold Grower of the Year.

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'Climate change-resistant' apple that can keep its colour and crunch could be grown in Australia

Pome fruit Aug. 2, 2020



An apple touted as the first in the world to be resistant to climate change could be grown in Australia as early as next year.

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Nine billion bees on their way to Victoria's almond crops

Almonds Flowering, thinning & PGRs Aug. 2, 2020



Australia's largest mass migration of livestock — in the form of bees — is underway.

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Improving avocado fruit quality: evaluation of post-harvest treatments

Avocado Post harvest July 30, 2020



In Australia, the primary diseases affecting avocado fruit after harvest are anthracnose and stem-end rot.

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