Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Wednesday, 26 June 2019, 11.16am
Fair Farms, the industry-developed workplace training and certification program for employers in the Australian horticulture industry, was officially launched on Monday June 24 at Hort Connections in Melbourne. Developed by the peak representative body for Queensland horticulture, Growcom, Fair Farms is the industry’s proactive response to identified problems around workplace compliance and exploitation within […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 12.34pm
Written by Amelia Pepe. This article originally appeared on The Weekly Times on 19/6/2019. Pear and apple volumes in Victoria have fallen due to a dry growing season. Fruit Growers Victoria grower services manager Michael Crisera said Packham pear yields were down about 60 per cent, while overall pear volumes were down 40 per cent […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 1.35pm
The future is brimming with artificial intelligence, new varieties, foreign investment and access to new and booming markets. These present some exciting opportunities for Australian apple and pear growers, but also a great deal of uncertainty. That’s why we’ve launched our Industry Pulse survey to understand how you will manage your orchard business into the […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 4.27pm
Last October, to celebrate the 45-year Australian heritage of our delicious Pink Lady® apples, M&S ran an exclusive on-pack competition to win the holiday of a lifetime to Australia! The lucky winner, Liz Godley and husband John, headed ‘down under’ to experience the trip of a lifetime. As part of the prize, Montague Orchards, growers […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 11.04am
The ACCC is seeking feedback from growers and industry professionals on their proposal to develop a class exemption that would provide legal protection for businesses to collectively bargain with customers or suppliers without having to apply to the ACCC. This feedback must be submitted by 3 July 2019 at which point the ACCC will make a […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 1.45pm
Prioritising post-harvest hygiene strategies over Autumn is critical in protecting next season’s crops from Queensland Fruit Fly (Qfly) and other pests. Effective post-harvest hygiene ensures fruit fly eggs, larvae, pupae or adult flies do not remain on the landscape following the harvest of crops. The collection and destruction of susceptible fruit is essential in […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 12.23pm
By Emily Crawford, Project Officer, Agriculture Victoria Tatura Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPDM) is becoming increasingly important to the Australian apple and pear industry for a range of reasons, including maintaining access to domestic and international markets. In response, Agriculture Victoria and Hort Innovation have created a dedicated online Australian Apple and Pear IPDM […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 10.59am
Coca-Cola Amatil is selling its Victorian-based Shepparton Preserving Company (SPC) fruit and vegetable processing business to the Shepparton Partners Collective for $40 million. Shepparton Partners Collective, a joint venture between Perma Funds Management and The Eights, said it would focus on reducing the complexity at SPC and product innovation. SPC employs 500 permanent staff and a […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Wednesday, 29 May 2019, 1.47pm
A new $4.7m levy-funded fruit fly project aims to harness genetic selection to ramp up the fight against Queensland fruit fly by ensuring all sterile fruit flies released into the environment are male. Led by Macquarie University and funded by Hort Innovation under the Hort Frontiers Fruit Fly Fund, a team of national scientists and […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited
| Wednesday, 29 May 2019, 10.53am
Best way to anticipate change is to spend time outside of it! You can’t choose whether or not the change happens, however you can control how you react to it. Adjustments now will make a big difference in a few years. Dr Stefan Hajkowicz, director of the CSIRO Data61 Insight Team, provides a snapshot of […]
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