Tree Crop News

Cherries - Olives - Business solutions & labour - General

Prime Minister asking visitors to go home "counterproductive" for horticultural industry

Horticultural industry leaders are urging backpackers not to go home.

Tropical trees - General

Australian papaya harvest ramps up

The harvest outlook appears healthy for Australian papaya growers.

Citrus

Sweet taste of success

The first trial shipment of Australian persimmons to Thailand has been a success with the fruit selling out shortly after arrival.

Citrus

Citrus census shows positive growth trends

The Australian citrus industry is in the middle of a growth phase.

Citrus - Business solutions & labour - General

Visa extensions welcome, uniform approach sought from states

Citrus Australia has welcomed today’s (April 4) Federal Government decision to allow Working Holiday Makers (backpackers) and Pacific Islanders to extend their stay for up to 12 months of work.

Mangoes

Australian mango season wraps up

The Australian mango season has finished for 2019-20, and it was a year in which the industry continued to take big steps towards growing its export program.

General

Hort Innovation handbook released

The latest edition of the Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook is now live.

Business solutions & labour - General

Coronavirus workplace casualties offered leg-up picking fruit

Workers who have found themselves unexpectedly unemployed amid the coronavirus crisis in North Queensland are quickly filling the void when it comes to the backpacker shortage.

Business solutions & labour - General

Backpackers stay to assist Tasmanian fruit growers

With borders closing and quarantine measures are put in place around the world, some backpackers are choosing to stay in Tasmania to wait out the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pome fruit - General - Post harvest

Growers push on with harvest as food supply chain stands strong

Australia’s fresh food supply chain is standing strong as the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve.

Citrus - Disease & weed control

Citrus canker restrictions lifted in Darwin

Australia may soon be declared free of citrus canker, as the Northern Territory gets closer to eradicating the deadly disease, nearly two years to the date of its initial detection.

Stone Fruit

Record harvest of Queen Garnet

Nutrafruit is looking at ways to extend the value of the Queen Garnet plum year-round after a record year

General

Australian industry calls for visa relief

Industry bodies from right across Australia’s horticultural sector have called on the Federal government to extend the visas of foreign workers in the midst of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

Fertilisers & nutrition - General

Reducing synthetic chemical use

An Australian product that allows growers to optimise yield and reduce environmental impact through the use of naturally occurring microbes and fungi, is growing in popularity.

Citrus

Coronavirus to limit reliance on backpackers

Travel restrictions due to Coronavirus could lead to labour shortages for agricultural industries that rely on overseas workers during key periods like sowing or fruit-picking.