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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Wine Australia and Hort Innovation have teamed up through the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) to safeguard the nation against a devastating bacteria that could cripple the country’s multi-billion dollar wine and horticulture sectors. Xylella fastidiosa is an exotic bacteria that prevents a plant from feeding by impeding the movement of rising sap. While Australia…
A powdery explosion of what was once an unripened green banana has turned into an agricultural revolution that reduces food waste, adds post-harvest value and serves the vegan and coeliac community. Krista Watkins, a banana farmer from Walkamin in the Atherton Tablelands, Northern Queensland, was awarded the 2018 National Rural Women’s Award in Canberra last night. Eight…
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will begin an import risk analysis for apples from the Pacific Northwest States of the USA in November 2018. The import risk analysis will involve a scientific assessment of the biosecurity risks and potential import protocols for US apples, and a draft is expected to be released for a 60-day public consultation period in March 2019.
Apple and Pear Industry Update APAL has been advised that the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will begin an import risk analysis for apples from the Pacific Northwest States (Oregon, Idaho and Washington) of the United States of America in November 2018. This is the result of a direct request by the US Government. […]
Over the next five years, the apple and pear industry has the potential to positively shift its commercial and sustainability prospects. This is the core message to come out of the new Apple and Pear Industry Strategy 2018-2023 co-ordinated on behalf of the industry by APAL. It’s a positive outlook for growers operating in an […]
Apple and pear industry groups will work together to develop a national cross-jurisdictional crisis management plan to ensure consumers have access to clear, consistent, and fact-based information in the event of any future concerns around food safety. State apple and pear association representatives meeting at an APAL-convened gathering in Melbourne on 8 October to discuss […]
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