Fruit Growers Tasmania
| Monday, 7 April 2025, 11.45am
In this edition
- Labor announces funding increase to TFES
- In-bound Buyer Visits 2025
- Mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct is now in effect
- Changes to entry-level classifications in Horticulture Award and Pastoral Award
- Free skills training with the SEE program
- Summerfruit Australia appoints Carrie Starkings as new CEO
- Industry perceptions towards blueberry root wrapping and crown disorders
- Berries Australia Trade Update
- Save the date! Fruit Growers Tasmania Conference 2025
- Fruit and water testing services
- Ag Innovation Expo 2025
- Have your say on investment planning
- Export Tape available
- Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
- Churchill Trust applications now open
- Nuffield scholarship applications now open
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Fruit Growers Tasmania
| Friday, 28 March 2025, 12.00pm
In this edition
- Tasmanian apple season is very ‘a-peel-ing’
- Industry call on Labor to match Coalition TFES promise
- Save the date! Fruit Growers Tasmania Conference 2025
- Australian-Grown Innovation program
- Supermarkets Inquiry – Final report released
- Chilean wasps join the fight against codling moth
- Final call: 2025 APAL Awards for Excellence
- Cherry Export Season Debrief
- Ag Innovation Expo 2025
- Seeking your feedback: Tas Ag Tech Guide
- Fruit and water testing services
- Export Tape available
- Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
- Churchill Trust applications now open
- Nuffield scholarship applications now open
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Fruit Growers Tasmania
| Friday, 21 March 2025, 2.00pm
In this edition
- Call answered by Federal Opposition Leader on TFES
- Save the date! Fruit Growers Tasmania Conference 2025
- Australian Berry Journal - Autumn 2025
- Upcoming changes to the Horticulture Award
- Produce industry leader Dean Gall elected IFPA ANZ Chairman
- Update on the BMSB Response
- Cherry Export Season Debrief
- National Cherry Industry End of Season Webinar
- Ag Innovation Expo 2025
- Key Changes to the Food and Grocery Code webinar
- Regional Employment Projections Dashboard webinar
- Expressions of Interest are now open for Fine Food Australia 2025
- APAL Awards for Excellence – Nominations closing soon!
- Crop Forecast now available on the APAL Data Hub
- Fruit Growers Tasmania in partnership with ANZ
- Fruit and water testing services
- Export Tape available
- Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
- Boost Your Career with a Farming and Agriculture Industry Scholarship
- Nuffield scholarship applications now open
- Churchill Trust applications now open
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Fruit Growers Tasmania
| Sunday, 16 March 2025, 9.00am
In this edition
- Fruit Growers Tasmania Conference 2025 - Save the date!
- Cherry Export Season Debrief
- Australia’s horticulture sector set for record growth in 2025
- She'll be apples as harvest gets under way
- Upcoming Consultation for Phase Two of the Review into the Impact of the PALM scheme Deed and Guideline Settings
- Fair Farms Webinar
- Key Changes to the Food and Grocery Code webinar
- From Meals to Munchies webinar
- Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook
- Australian Plums Make Historic Debut in Vietnam
- From sea to soil: transforming sea urchin waste into fertiliser
- Women urged to join ag leadership program
- European Honeybees and how our actions impact successful pollination
- Have a say in Australia's pollination future
- Queensland Varroa mite detections confirmed
- Spatially Enabling Tree Crop Production Practice 2023-2027 Project
- Emerging Cherry Industry Leaders Program
- Hort connections early bird registration closing soon
- Fruit and water testing services
- Export Tape available
- Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
- Boost Your Career with a Farming and Agriculture Industry Scholarship
- Nuffield scholarship applications now open
- Churchill Trust applications now open
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Fruit Growers Tasmania
| Friday, 7 March 2025, 4.00pm
In this edition
- Berry Quest conference in Tas a resounding success!
- Primary production and processing standards
- Understanding Your Rights Under the Horticulture Code of Conduct
- Spatially Enabling Tree Crop Production Practice 2023-2027 Project
- Funding for worker training is available for employers through the Skills Development Program
- On farm and packing shed safety videos
- Emerging Cherry Industry Leaders Program
- Update on Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Detection
- The State of the Consumer 2025
- Hort connections early bird registration closing soon
- 2025 APAL Awards for Excellence – Nominations still open!
- Farm Debt Mediation Tasmania
- Fruit and water testing services
- Export Tape available
- Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
- Ag Innovation Expo 2025
- Resilient Farming Tas webinars
- Irrigated Soils workshops
- Boost Your Career with a Farming and Agriculture Industry Scholarship
- Nuffield scholarship applications now open
- Churchill Trust applications now open
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Fruit Growers Tasmania
| Friday, 28 February 2025, 4.00pm
In this edition
- Cherry Growers Australia Restructure Update
- Proposed TFES changes gathering support
- Tasmania welcomes berry growers from around the country
- Emerging Cherry Industry Leaders Program
- Australian Horticulture production value skyrockets to $17 billion
- New way to plan and develop levy investments
- Unlock fresh produce market trends webinar
- Extension to the current PALM scheme minimum hours obligation
- Michael Simonetta to retire from Perfection Fresh; Rod Quin appointed CEO
- Pest fact sheets available for apple and pear crop monitors
- APVMA Strategic Plan open for Consultation
- New technology makes biosecurity responses easier for fruit growers
- New bin tipper enhances cherry grading efficiency
- 2025 APAL Awards for Excellence – Nominations still open!
- Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Grants
- Fruit and water testing services
- Export Tape available
- Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
- Resilient Farming Tas webinars
- ABARES Outlook 2025 conference
- Irrigated Soils workshops
- Boost Your Career with a Farming and Agriculture Industry Scholarship
- 2026 Nuffield scholarship applications now open
- Churchill Trust applications now open
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Fruit Growers Tasmania
| Monday, 24 February 2025, 5.00pm
In this edition
- Tasmania’s producers and manufacturers call for immediate changes to the TFES
- Inaugural Berry Industry Awards
- The Greater South East Irrigation Scheme Water Sales are open
- ABARES Outlook 2025 conference
- Brown marmorated stinkbug detected in trap
- New program to upskill current and future generations in the apple and pear industry
- EOIs open for Thailand and Malaysia Trade and Investment Mission 2025
- Enhancing orchard productivity through new digital resources
- Skilled Refugee Labour Agreement Pilot
- The BerryQuest International 2025 App is here
- Fruit and water testing services
- Resilient Farming Tas webinars
- Cherry post harvest field day
- Irrigated Soils workshops
- 2026 Nuffield scholarship applications now open
- Churchill Trust applications opening soon
- Hort Connections 2025 - Early Bird passes on sale
- Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
- Export Tape available
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Fruit Growers Tasmania
| Friday, 14 February 2025, 10.00am
In this edition
- Fruit Growers Tasmania welcome decision to scrap Biosecurity Protection Levy
- Skilled Refugee Labour Agreement Pilot
- EOIs open for Thailand and Malaysia Trade and Investment Mission 2025
- Drought-ready plans for Tasmania
- Have Your Say on the Future Drought Fund Innovation Challenges Pilot
- The BerryQuest International 2025 App is here
- Fruit and water testing services
- Resilient Farming Tas webinars
- Workforce solutions - visa programs for farmers
- Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook webinar
- Cherry post harvest field day
- Irrigated Soils workshops
- Churchill Trust applications opening soon
- Hort Connections 2025 - Early Bird passes on sale
- Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
- Export Tape available
Read more…

Fruit Growers Tasmania
| Friday, 31 January 2025, 10.00am
In this edition
- A day on the farm with Premier Jeremy Rockliff at Perfection Fresh
- TikTok's increasing role in revolutionising Tasmanian cherry sales
- ACCC Supermarket inquiry update
- International Australian Pears campaign boosts sales and brand awareness
- Cherry post harvest field day
- Irrigated Soils workshops
- Berry Spray Optimisation Webinar
- Workforce solutions - visa programs for farmers
- Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook webinar
- New Varroa Workshop confirmed
- Churchill Trust applications opening soon
- Richard Clayton elected as Chair of the Australian Fresh Produce Alliance
- Troy Williams appointed new NFF Chief Executive
- Bee Friendly Farming for berry growers
- There’s still time to nominate for a Berry Industry Award!
- New science based pollinator education program announced
- The new cherry growers Australia website is now live
- Spreyton Fresh finish their cherry harvest
- Hort Connections 2025 - Early Bird passes on sale
- Coles Nurture Fund grants
- Fruit and water testing services
- Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
- 1kg ‘Tasmanian Grown’ Cherry Bags now available
- Export Tape now available
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Fruit Growers Tasmania
| Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 10.00am
In this edition
- Industry Legend Scott Price retires
- Berry Spray Optimisation Webinar
- Cherry Season launch event in Taiwan
- Taiwan and Hong Kong market visits
- The BerryQuest International 2025 Program is here!
- JCLM Farming: Leading the way in strawberry plant production
- TIA blueberry rust research
- Stop, check, protect - be aware of scam campaigns
- Registrations still open for APAL grower tour to South Africa
- Release of the Future Drought Fund Investment Strategy
- Boost Your Career with a Farming and Agriculture Industry Scholarship
- Coles Nurture Fund grants
- Resilient Farming Tas webinar series
- New award aims to inspire students to pursue food microbiology and food safety research
- Fruit and water testing services
- Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
- 1kg ‘Tasmanian Grown’ Cherry Bags now available
- Export Tape now available
Read more…

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