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Citrus - Technology in agriculture

Drones that can detect infected citrus trees

Technology likely to be applied to a wide range of other fruit and nut crops as well.

Stone Fruit - Marketing & export

Antioxidant-rich Queen Garnet plum now in season

Projections are for a 300% growth this year in export markets.

Fruit Fly - Insect & mite control

Clean, easy monitoring of insect pests

Biotrap cubes take the hassle out of insect monitoring by allowing growers to use dry insect traps .

General

Safe disposal of unwanted agvet chemicals

Register online for disposal of unused or obsolete agvet chemicals.

Almonds

Select Harvests completes $129M Piangil purchase

Purchase increases Select Harvests’ planted area by 20 per cent.

Macadamias

Tree genomics program sequences 300 macadamia varieties

Australian plant breeders hope to deliver new varieties with key productivity and profitability traits.

Citrus - Disease & weed control

Scientists turn to hybrids to combat Greening Disease

Researchers working to address the largest problem among citrus farmers.

Business solutions & labour - Technology in agriculture

Digital technology boosting farm profits

Software enable growers to continually measure and improve their performance, productivity and profits.

Citrus - Marketing & export

Strategic pivots help citrus succeed overseas in 2020

The Australian citrus season has shown great success in key Asian export markets.

Avocado

Avocados set the PASE for export opportunity

Grant aims to streamline avocado industry export access to Japan and New Zealand.

Olives - Disease & weed control

New fungal disease found on olives in Australia

Olive growers should monitor their groves for disease symptoms in the coming fruit season.

Business solutions & labour

Piece-work rates

For skilled and motivated workers, the financial rewards can be high when using piece-work rates.

Almonds - Nuts - Post harvest

Researchers use compressed carbon dioxide to decontaminate almonds and other nuts

Almonds retain their characteristic flavor and quality using this process.

Stone Fruit - Marketing & export - Post harvest

High tech sensors spot the sweetest peaches

How do you know if a peach is sweet without taking a bite?

Citrus - Disease & weed control - Technology in agriculture

Dogs join frontline to detect citrus canker

Australian dogs will be trained to sniff-out the destructive citrus canker disease.

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