Growing truffles in Australia

Learn about truffle growing - attend a seminar.

Critically endangered macadamia species becomes a plant supermodel

There are only around 100 known trees in existence.

Fresh look at the megatrends shaping Australian agriculture

Australian agriculture has some crucial strengths.

Batlow Apples eyes $6m expansion

Batlow Fruit Company is eyeing expansion that could create 47 full-time jobs.

UTAS team developing new way to stop Asian cherry counterfeiters

Cloud based system helps consumers know they are getting the genuine product.

Sharing research and technology with the University of Florida

NT government agreement facilitates research into tropical fruits.

Researchers find peptide that treats, prevents killer citrus disease

Treatment causes deadly bacterium to leak and die.

$15 billion horticulture value in Hort Stats Handbook

Value of horticultural production increased by 4.5%.

New date varieties to be trialled

The date industry is under represented in Australia.

Smitten apples launched

2021 is the fourth season for the Smitten variety

Vietnam approval of new Australian biosecurity facility

Vietnam to receive produce from new Melbourne irradiation facility.

Hong Kong Customs seizes cherries falsely marketed as Tasmanian

Every single carton had a unique QR code.

Apple harvest underway

Difficulties with the recruitment, management and retention of harvest labour

$13 million to strengthen Australia’s fruit fly research

Six projects approved to address gaps in our understanding of fruit fly.

Using sugar from olive pits

High quality of sugars extracted from olive pits could be used in several different industrial processes.