Hort Innovation | Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 4.22pm
Today represents a symbolic day for emoji lovers from all around the world. But Aussie mango lovers are in especially good spirits after the release of the long-anticipated mango emoji. The launch arrives after a two-year-strong campaign led by Australian Mangoes and funded through Hort Innovation with national consumer and grower support to lobby the emoji…
Hort Innovation | Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 2.54pm
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 10.44am
The Jazz™ Apple team is looking for two to three apple or pear professionals with a love of cycling to join their team for The Hunger Ride, a 1-day corporate cycling challenge through 172kms of Victoria’s most beautiful and difficult cycling terrain. The ride is set to take place on Saturday 16 March 2019, and consists of […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 11.43am
Longstanding Australian Pome Fruit Improvement Program (APFIP) operations manager Mark Hankin stepped down in October after over a decade running the program. Mark leaves the role for a family business venture outside the apple and pear industry, but still in the Huon Valley, where he and his wife Trici have bought the Huonville Goodyear Autocare […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 3.55pm
Prime Minister Scott Morrison indicated support for the new Ag Visa program at the National Farmer’s Federation (NFF) Congress last week, but only on the condition that “hard data” was supplied. The NFF Congress convened in Canberra to discuss the most important issues facing Australian farmers. In addition to discussions about drought and diversity in […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Sunday, 21 October 2018, 8.00am
With growers looking to set up their crop for the coming season with the possibility of limited water, AgFirst’s John Wilton explores ways to grow marketable crops in a dry year; methods that are also relevant if water is not an issue. Matching crop load to tree canopy size and growing conditions determines fruit quality. […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Sunday, 21 October 2018, 8.00am
Collecting data may be time-consuming but, as Sarah Dunn from Battunga Orchards in West Gippsland shares, it can deliver significant cost savings and is vital in helping make good business decisions for long-term profitability. In an orchard, data collection can mean recording all daily activities including spraying, pruning, thinning, fruit measuring, pest monitoring, general maintenance, […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Sunday, 21 October 2018, 8.00am
Robotics and automation will play a key role in fifth-generation fruit grower Mitchell McNab’s plans to drive efficiencies and quality in his Goulburn Valley family orchard. For more than a century H.V. McNab & Son Pty Ltd has been at the forefront of apple and pear production in the Goulburn Valley – the epicentre of […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Sunday, 21 October 2018, 8.00am
The launch of a new premium-pear brand Goulburn River Gold® and blush pear Fránk™ at Asia Fruit Logistica in Hong Kong in September attracted strong interest from international buyers. Australian exhibitors reported a string of trade enquiries for the blush pear ANP-0131 that was bred at the Agriculture Victoria’s Tatura-based Australian National Pear Breeding Program. […]
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Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Sunday, 21 October 2018, 8.00am
There are many paths to increasing apple and pear consumption – the ultimate target of levy-funded marketing activities. Hort Innovation’s Olivia Grey shares an update of targeted marketing activities part of the 2018 marketing campaign for apples and pears. Apples advertising wrapping up Most of the above-the-line advertising – advertising that targets a broad range […]
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