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Citrus

Citrus margins being squeezed

Major retailers must lift prices to juice growers, who are facing a decline in production due to seasonal conditions according to one of the nation's key industry players.

Cherries

Aust Cherries See Another Year of Contrasts

Cherry Growers Australia says that the recently finished 2019-20 campaign has "been another season of contrasts".

Harvesting

NZ startup changing the fruit picking game

A New Zealand startup is exploring ways to include robots in fruit picking to end seasonal labour shortages.

General

Armyworm found on mainland

Biosecurity Queensland have confirmed that a single armyworm moth had been detected at Bamaga at the tip of Cape York. The armyworm is known to damage more than 350 different plant species, including fruit crops.

Citrus

Citrus canker intercepted at border

Biosecurity officers stop citrus carrying infectious disease at Australian border, as Citrus Australia call for greater investment.

Pome fruit - General

Greens sell Lenswood orchard for $1.2 million

South Australia’s Green family has sold one of its Adelaide orchards for $1.2 million, after 50 years of apple growing at the site to a Singaporean businessman.

General

Online sales key to early season fruit

In what could be a pre-curser here in Australia, New Zealand’s apple and pear industry has turned its attention to online sales in China in light of the Coronavirus outbreak.

Macadamias

Processor launches under new brand

Australia’s largest macadamia processors and marketers have relaunched under the new brand Marquis Macadamias.

Marketing & export

Tasmanian food exports slowed by Coronavirus

FGT and the Tasmanian Government are seeking input from fruit growers and supply chain businesses affected by the ongoing global Coronavirus situation.

Pome fruit

Montague brings Yello to Australia

Leading grower-packer-marketer signs agreement with Vog and VI.P to begin commercial production.

Stone Fruit

Sales in South East Asia help Australian stone fruit growers

This summer, the Australian stone fruit industry is painting a positive portrait of its fortunes both at home and overseas.

Marketing & export

Indonesia ratifies FTA with Australia

A free trade agreement is between the two countries is closer to being implemented now it has been ratified by both parliaments.

Avocado

Interested in a PhD scholarship and into avocados

The project will conduct laboratory and field studies to investigate the biology and ecology of the citrus blossom bug in avocado crops in Queensland.

Avocado

Avocados' nutritional value 'justifies water use'

No other food offers the same nutritional value per litre of water used to harvest it, according to WAO

General - Marketing & export

FTA 'deals taking too long’

As the Australian government was very excited about the ‘new openings’ to some of its Free Trade Agreements, a major fresh produce group says the deals are taking too long.

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