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… Read more…
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… Read more…
Hort Innovation has proudly thrown its support behind a new joint initiative to combat threats to our plant biosecurity. Cemented by a Memorandum of Understanding between Australia and New Zealand, the Trans-Tasman collaborative, led by Australia’s Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) and New Zealand’s Better Border Biosecurity (B3NZ), will focus on biosecurity Research, Development and… Read more…
Apple and Pear Australia Ltd (APAL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Justin Smith to the role of Industry Services & Export Manager. CEO Phil Turnbull said redressing a historical imbalance of investment and focus, particularly in terms of market access and re engaging in export markets, sits firmly core of the new Apple […]
The national Fair Farms Initiative (FFI) designed to improve workplace relations practices across Australian horticulture was given an additional $1.5m in ongoing funding last week. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the ongoing funding for the FFI Monday, 5 November following discussions at the recent National Farmer’s Federation (NFF) Congress, where he spoke about the proposed […]
The FGT team have just come off a busy week heading around all key growing regions for our ‘Meat and Greet’ sessions. FGT CEO Stuart Burgess shares his thoughts on the events and how this will shape the organisation. Read more…
Hort Innovation has now released the annual reports for 2018. These reports detail investment spending for research and marketing projects from national grower levies, and are available here. Read more…
Changes to the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) that came into effect on 1 October, 2018, provide that every party in the heavy vehicle transport supply chain has a duty to ensure the safety of their transport activities. This means businesses who own themselves or contract other heavy vehicle owners or drivers to deliver their produce need […]
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