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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Led by Australia’s Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) and New Zealand’s Better Border Biosecurity (B3NZ) and cemented by a Memorandum of Understanding between Australia and New Zealand, a new joint initiative will focus on biosecurity Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) efforts at pre-border, border, and post-border stages. The initiative also aims to build capacity to […]
The Australian cherry harvest is underway, with growers anticipating a large crop and good season. This season also marks the first full season that cherry growers on the Australian mainland can export to the Chinese mainland, and shipments of Australian fruit have already started to arrive in China by air-freight.
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd (APAL) has categorically condemned the mistreatment of agricultural workers and denounced unscrupulous operators who damage the ‘clean, green’ reputation of Australian industry as a whole. Responding to the Harvest Trail Inquiry released by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO), APAL has expressed serious concern at the level of non-compliance detailed and […]
Voting members of Hort Innovation, Australia’s national horticultural Research and Development Corporation (RDC), today elected three new board directors at their Brisbane AGM, increasing their female representation to four out of nine directors. The newly elected director, Ms Julie Bird, has a broad background in the Australian horticulture industry spanning over 25 years. Ms Susan…
Australian researchers have turned to plant genetics to help solve DNA mysteries and create the horticultural tree crops of the future under a new $13.3 million joint research project. Delivered through Hort Innovation under the Hort Frontiers strategic partnership initiative, this five-year project will develop a breeder’s genomic toolkit for tree breeders and researchers to…
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