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Aussie avocados now exported to Japan
AUSTRALIAN avocados are to be exported to Japan, cementing new trade relations and market opportunities for horticultural products. The “Aussie Avo” was ceremoniously launched at a high-profile event at the Australian embassy in Tokyo recently.
Read full storyBiobest and Australian company Bugs for Bugs team up through equity deal
Biobest Group NV and Bugs for Bugs Pty Ltd have announced on 20 Dec 2018 the finalisation of an equity transaction whereby Biobest Group NV acquires a stake in Bugs For Bugs Pty Ltd. Bugs for Bugs is a leading player in the Australian market for beneficial insects and other biocontrol products.
Read full storyPecan nut industry expects phenomenal growth in years ahead
Consumer demand for all nuts continues to grow, in part due to Asia's appetite for them, but the pecan variety in particular is set to experience strong growth in coming years. The pecan industry's peak body, the Australian Pecan Growers' Association (APGA), estimates the number of trees in the ground to increase by 500 per cent over the next five years.
Read full storyWhy is Mistletoe killing our Macadamia trees?
Mistletoe, has become famous in the Australian macadamia industry but for all the wrong reasons.
Read full storyFees to be waived for citrus fruit inspections
Quarantine inspection fees will be waived for the Northern Territory’s commercial citrus fruit growers sending their fruit to interstate markets, ensuring their fruit remains competitively-priced and available interstate.
Read full storyHigh density – lower costs
Super high-density orchards could be the solution to rising labour and water costs making life tough for Australian growers working the land. Difficulties in finding suitable labour and budgeting for those labour costs are major problems in all rural areas.
Read full storyStates and territories in deadlock over fruit fly management agreement
Despite several states experiencing millions of dollars in expenses as a result of fruit fly this year, state and territory governments are yet commit to a federal management strategy for the pest.
Read full storyFruit fly detected on Flinders Island off north-east Tasmanian coast
Biosecurity authorities in Tasmania are ramping up fruit fly control measures after the discovery of another adult fly on Flinders Island.
Read full storyFontelis registered for husk spot in macadamia
Husk spot is a devastating fungal disease. Estimated to cost the macadamia industry up to $10 million per season, it causes the crop to prematurely drop to the ground. For many decades, the only option growers had to fend off the disease was to use broad-spectrum benzimidazole fungicides, such as carbendazim.
Read full storyAlmond yields hitting new highs with careful disease management
Careful management of its biggest cropping issues is helping Century Orchards achieve some of the highest yields in the industry at its high input almond enterprise near Loxton in South Australia.
Read full storyVarieties, new methods drive citrus revival
When their citrus returns only covered the cost of production in 2011-12, the Arnold family let fruit fall from the trees at their Riverland orchard in South Australia. However, the adoption of a range of citrus crops and new management methods has since led a business revival.
Read full storyCoordinated defence against Australia’s most threatening plant disease
Wine Australia and Hort Innovation have teamed up through the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) to safeguard the nation against a devastating bacteria that could cripple the country’s multi-billion dollar wine and horticultural sectors.
Read full storySuper citrus surge on the Tablelands
Citrus is fast becoming one of the most significant crops grown in the Tablelands region with a value of more than $55 million.
Read full storyThe east and west working together to eradicate fruit fly pests
COLLABORATION between the east and west has strengthened the capabilities of the Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) to rid the region of the Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF).
Read full storyBarnsby apple variety produces exciting results in EU Tests
Waves of excitement are rippling through the principle apple growing areas of Northern Europe after testing of the variety PLBARB1, commonly known as Barnsby, produced positive and promising results during the 2018 harvest.
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