Fruit Growers Tasmania | Tuesday, 8 January 2019, 4.00pm
Favorable seasonal conditions in northern Tasmania have expressed have helped growers set up bumper crops harvest in Tasmania's north as the industry enters it's peak production period. Growers in southern Tasmania have experienced a more challenging season, but are optimistic of increasing sales across the state.
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Tuesday, 8 January 2019, 4.00pm
FGT has provided a low cost fruit testing service to help growers meet the needs of QA programs since 2003. The FGT service uses independent NATA-accredited laboratories to detect and quantify chemical, heavy metal and microbiological contaminants within fruit.
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 24 December 2018, 5.00pm
The team at FGT wishes you all a very Merry Christmas. A special thank you too all throughout industry who have made my first ‘100 days’ so fruitful (excuse the pun). In my various travels around the state and chats on the phone, I’ve loved hearing about your respective enterprises and your plans for the future. I look forward to being part of your ongoing prosperity as we work together to champion the fantastic array of premium quality fruit that’s on offer in our great state of Tasmania.
Hort Innovation | Friday, 21 December 2018, 10.27am
Mistletoe, the beloved festive kissing plant, has become famous in the Australian macadamia industry but for all the wrong reasons. A research investigation, led by mistletoe expert Professor Dave Watson from Charles Sturt University, is investigating the significant effect that native mistletoes are having on the production of macadamia nuts in Queensland. Funded by Hort…
Hort Innovation | Friday, 21 December 2018, 10.24am
Western Australians love brassicas. Queenslanders are keen on fresh salad and Victorians love their leafy Asian vegetables. According to the latest data insights from global information company Nielsen, consumers in particular states are buying significantly more of these vegetables when compared to their buying patterns a year earlier. The Hort Innovation funded project – Harvest…
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 3.23pm
Following the 2019 Post-harvest seminar, APAL is hosting a one-day tour of the Southern Victoria apple growing region, Gippsland on Thursday, 17 January 2019. Participants will travel on a bus guided by APAL Technical Manager Angus Crawford and Horticultural Adviser Marcel Veens visiting state-of-the-art packing facilities, owners and managers of some of the most progressive apple […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 12.39pm
Coming just weeks after hailstorms swept the Adelaide Hills region, heavy midnight storm systems over Orange, NSW, dumped 20 millimeters of rain in just 14 minutes with far higher rainfall totals recorded over the December 13 – 14 period. Accompanied by hail and heavy winds, apple and cherry crops were heavily impacted. Those apple orchards […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 10.25am
Dear members, Following a presentation from Apple and Pear Australia Ltd (APAL) depicting an alternative marketing strategy and structure during October’s stakeholder meeting, APAL has, at the request of industry, engaged Hort Innovation seeking changes to ensure a more effective marketing program. Hort Innovation and APAL have discussed at length and agree that the ability […]
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Berries Australia | Friday, 14 December 2018, 2.34pm
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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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