Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Monday, 12 August 2019, 1.37pm
Coles launched the $50 million Nurture Fund in April 2015 to help small businesses innovate and grow. Since then, Coles have offered more than $19 million in financial support to 50 different producers to help fund the development of new market-leading products, technologies, and processes. Apple and Pear growers have successfully secured funding in previous […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 11.43am
Material for this article has been adapted from a post published on the Procurious blog on Feb 13 2019. Growing great fruit, running a business, and thinking about the future while trying to get through the next few years; managing an orchard can be tough. But when you’re under the pump, the harder you try to […]
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Fruit Growers Tasmania
| Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 5.00pm
Export producers and packhouses across Tasmania are in the process of renewing their annual export accreditations for key protocol markets. To assist with this, Fruit Growers Tasmania (FGT) held its northern and southern regional export registration workshops on 22 July and 1 August 2019. Both workshops brought together export producers of cherries, apple and other fruit to discuss export requirements for the coming year.
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 3.23pm
The ACCC has proven willing to enforce recent changes to the Horticultural Code of Conduct where it identified terms of contracts between Australia’s largest potato wholesaler, Mitolo Group Pty Ltd, and some of its potato growers as unfair. This signals a more active crackdown on industries the ACCC is concerned may contain more widespread non-compliance. Traders […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 11.01am
With Parliament resumed, APAL’s Head of Advocacy and Government Relations Jeremy Griffith spent some time in Canberra meeting with local members for several of the industry’s growing regions to discuss advocacy objectives. Those met with include Dr Mike Kelly of Eden Monaro, which includes Batlow, Nola Marina of Forrest, which includes Manjimup and Donnybrook in […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 10.22am
By calibrating new data with soil moisture data, growers can know when, how much and for how long to irrigate to supply enough water to meet tree demand, writes Marcus Hardie and Nigel Swarts from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (UTAS). Despite the economic importance of the Australian apple industry little is known about the […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Wednesday, 31 July 2019, 11.15am
Coming up for the Goulburn Valley, APAL in partnership with Fruit Growers Victoria is pleased to announce the next Pear Masterclass planned as part of the Future Orchards® project. This upcoming round will focus on orchard practices and crop regulation to increase production and improve pear quality. Speakers will include Dr Ian Goodwin, Marcel Veens, […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Tuesday, 30 July 2019, 4.30pm
APAL will team up with Taste Australia alongside other exporting industry bodies and key players to again host a stand at Asia Fruit Logistica to promote Australian apples and pears to the wider Asian region and refine partnerships in the hope of one day exporting into Asia. The annual Asia Fruit Logistica is the biggest […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 12.16pm
Key points Understand key risk periods in growth cycle Know which intervention gives best tree/profit outcome Manage water more effectively Forward-planning for increased variability and climate change Understanding of the vulnerability and natural responses of trees to water and heat stress will better equip growers to manage future droughts and heatwaves, advises South African climate […]
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Berries Australia
| Wednesday, 24 July 2019, 9.00am
An updated standard FSQ4.1 has been developed to ensure Freshcare certification is compliant with the benchmarks set by GFSI. Once all GFSI feedback is incorporated, the FSQ4.1 standard will be released to industry in early July. One of the changes in the updated standard will be the requirement for businesses to document procedures or work instructions for activities that impact food safety. .
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