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Macadamia nuts double in price as growers struggle to keep up with demand

Macadamias March 11, 2019



If you're a fan of snacking on Australia's only commercially grown native nut — the macadamia — you may have noticed prices rising on supermarket shelves. The Australian Macadamia Society said the price consumers were paying for the nut had doubled in the last 10 years, from $25 per kilogram to about $50 per kilogram.

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Blue light increases anthocyanin content in cherries

Cherries March 11, 2019



A research study has shown how light wavelengths can influence the quality of cherries in cold storage.

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AI diagnostics tool to help identify fruit fly gender

Fruit Fly March 8, 2019



A South Australian company has developed an AI diagnostics tool that combines a microscope and smartphone to deliver agtech solutions.

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ABARES Outlook reports Chile to increase competition against Aussie horticulture exports

Marketing & export March 7, 2019



CHINA might be lapping up the quality of Australian horticulture products but Chile is intent on making sure the "waking dragon" doesn't fall too far in love with the land Down Under.

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Humble pear gets a makeover

Pome fruit March 7, 2019



Rocky Varapodio has a plan to bring the humble pear into the 21st century.

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Using cutlery made from avocados is the cool new way to save the planet

Avocado March 6, 2019



As if we needed any more reasons to love good old avos.

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Top results from new citrus insecticide

Citrus March 4, 2019



Exirel insecticide from FMC produced has excellent results against Fuller’s rose weevil on a property at Nangiloc, south of Mildura in Victoria’s Sunraysia district.

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Tailoring options for seed weevil control

Macadamias Insect & mite control March 4, 2019



With macadamia seed weevil Kushchelorhynchus macadamiae (formerly Sigastus weevil) causing devastating crop losses, incorporating indoxacarb into IMP programs is going a long way to helping Northern Rivers macadamia growers.

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Australian technology company looking to make its mark in cold storage industry

Pome fruit Post harvest March 1, 2019



An Australian technology company is looking to expand further into the cold storage and fresh produce industry.

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'Nude' shopping next big trend

Avocado Cherries Citrus Mangoes Pome fruit Marketing & export Feb. 27, 2019



But keep your clothes on....’food in the nude’ means beginning of the end for plastic in supermarkets.

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Amateur naturalist finds new population of endangered wild macadamias

Macadamias Nuts Feb. 21, 2019



Thirty-seven new trees of the endangered macadamia jansenii species have been found in Bulburin National Park, south of Rockhampton.

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Apple industry introduces measures to stop consumers from biting into floury fruit

Pome fruit Feb. 20, 2019



Apples are ripening on trees across Australia, but as hundreds of growers head into the orchards for the busy harvest period, in West Australian growers want this year to be different.

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Port Augusta sterile insects released in Riverland

Fruit Fly Feb. 20, 2019



Port Augusta has joined the fight against a fruit fly outbreak in the the Riverland.

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Mango marathon nears finish line as industry produces its second largest harvest on record

Mangoes Feb. 20, 2019



There are only a few weeks left to buy mangoes at the supermarket before the national harvest draws to a close. While the official numbers will not be available for another few months, the mango industry is confident that it has produced its second biggest crop on record. "It's looking like we'll produce in excess of 10 million trays," Robert Gray said, chief executive of Australian Mango Industry Association.

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Can genetic modification save the US citrus industry?

Citrus Feb. 16, 2019



US citrus is being devastated by disease — will consumers be willing to accept GM citrus and so save the industry?

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