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…
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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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.
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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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 and Pear Australia Limited | Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 7.02pm
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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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Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 2.13pm
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 […]
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Fruit Growers Tasmania | Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 1.30pm
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 Limited | Monday, 26 November 2018, 12.04pm
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 […]
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