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Latest News from Berries Australia December 2018
Berries Australia | Friday, 14 December 2018, 2.34pm
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2018 industry marketing hits top gear
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Thursday, 13 December 2018, 10.09am
Keeping apples and pears front-of-the-mind and making sure consumers know how to get the best from them underpins levy-funded marketing investment. Hort Innovation’s Olivia Grey shares some of the successes of the 2018 campaign. Apple activity Most of the above-the-line advertising – advertising that targets a broad range of consumers via mass media (i.e. television, […]
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APAL appointment to enhance industry decision making
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 1.45pm
APAL is pleased to welcome Hui Dang to the team in the role of Data Scientist. Her main role will be to manage, collect, and analyse data across the full spectrum of the apple and pear industry, including the analysis of data sets, identifying patterns and trends, and reporting outputs back to relevant stakeholders, and […]
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Aussie Avocados touch down in Japan
Hort Innovation | Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 1.40pm
Australian avocados are the latest premium fresh fruit product to be exported to Japan, cementing new trade relations and market opportunities for our horticultural products. The “Aussie Avo” was ceremoniously launched at a high-profile event at the Australian embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday. Government officials from both sides were in attendance, along with Japanese importers…
East-West Collaboration Tackles Costly Pest
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 10.33am
Fruit flies cost Western Australia’s horticulture industry $10.2 million per annum in lost production and control measures so it’s little wonder scientists, growers and government are investing heavily to tackle the pest once and for all. Recently invited to view WA’s Sterile Insect Technology (SIT) facilities in Perth and Carnarvon, Victorian Goulburn Murray Valley Regional […]
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Cherry symptoms challenge experts
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 10 December 2018, 6.25pm
John and Peter noticed there was something wrong with their cherries during pruning. Many of the flowers had blight symptoms and in the next few days, branch canker symptoms appeared. By early November, many fruit had small sunken black spots despite a comprehensive fungicide program. Everyone concluded that this symptom on green fruit had never been seen before on this scale. What followed was a case that challenged some of Tasmania's most experienced plant pathologists.
Free online Chain of Responsiblity training
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 5 December 2018, 1.12pm
A free training unit developed by AgSafe to provide an overview of the significantly-expanded new Chain of Responsibility provisions in relation to heavy vehicle operation is available online until the end of the year. The changes to the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) that came into effect on 1 October 2018 align Chain of Responsibility […]
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SA Hailstorm update
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 5 December 2018, 11.46am
Apple and Pear Growers Association of South Australia (APGASA) CEO Susie Green has given an update on the damage incurred by the hailstorm two weeks ago. APGASA undertook damage assessments late last week by sampling around 85 blocks across the Adelaide Hills Region, with at least one sample collected from nearly every grower. As expected, every […]
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Apple consumer data now available online
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 7.02pm
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SA growers count crop losses after hail strikes again
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 4.47pm
For the second consecutive year, growers in the South Australian Adelaide Hills have been struck by severe hail storms, just as the new season’s young fruit was forming. The series of wild storm fronts hit during the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, 21 November, causing widespread power outages and delivering hail to most of […]
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