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Boost for Tas cherry exports to Japan
1:02 PM AEDT | Tasmania's premium cherries can now be exported to the valuable Japanese market under an improved quarantine protocol that is expected to generate millions of additional export dollars.   | New spud chips away at diabetes ... | Going cherry crazy
Senate inquiry to assess banana imports
28/11/2008 | The terms of reference were released yesterday for a Senate Inquiry that will examine the facts about the import risk analysis for the importation of Cavendish bananas from the Philippines.  | Veg industry to highlight its ... | Going cherry crazy
Rain ignites Qld vegie engine room
27/11/2008 | The engine room of Queensland horticulture is poised to switch to overdrive in the aftermath of an extraordinary weather event dumping unseasonal rains on the near-parched Lockyer Valley district.  | Going cherry crazy | Global financial shock hits ...
25/11/2008 | AUSVEG Ltd has appointed a new board of directors at its annual general meeting held in Melbourne yesterday, following the adoption of a new constitution for the company last month.  | Global financial shock hits ... | Veg industry to highlight its ...
New spud chips away at diabetes and in-crop water use
24/11/2008 | A new, healthier variety of potato is set to take the Australian market by storm. Unlike most spuds, Almera is suitable for people who are diabetic or striving to maintain a healthy weight.   | CommentsComments (3) | Going cherry crazy | Roos just a short hop away from ...
Going cherry crazy
23/11/2008 | An estimated 25,000 people are expected to go cherry crazy at the 59th National Cherry Festival in Young, with the event’s stature attracting visitors from far and wide.
Veg industry to highlight its low-carbon footprint
21/11/2008 | Measuring the carbon footprint of the vegetable industry is the subject of a series of discussion papers released this week by Horticulture Australia Limited.   | CommentsComments (2) | Worse to come in banana ... | Premium produce vital for ...
AUSVEG adopts new constitution
18/11/2008 | AUSVEG, the national peak industry representative organisation for the vegetable and potato industries, has adopted a new constitution which will see it move away from being a federation of state representative organisations to having direct grower membership.   | Filippino bananas a grave ... | Premium produce vital for ...
ACCC warns fruit growers to protect their summer harvest
17/11/2008 | Growers trading produce without a Horticulture Produce Agreement required by the mandatory Horticulture Code of Conduct could be placing themselves at unnecessary risk this growing season, according to the ACCC.   | Premium produce vital for ... | Filippino bananas a grave ...
Worse to come in banana quarantine row: IbisWorld
14/11/2008 | Business analyst firm IbisWorld is forecasting worse things to come for Australian agriculture, following yesterday's conditional recommendation from Biosecurity Australia that Filippino bananas be allowed into the country.  | CommentsComments (3) | Food business to survive ... | Premium produce vital for ...
Filippino bananas a grave quarantine risk to Aus industry
13/11/2008 | Peak Queensland horticulture organisation Growcom remains 'gravely concerned and alarmed' by Biosecurity Australia's recommendation to allow cavendish bananas from the Philippines into Australia under strict import conditions.   | CommentsComments (3) | Food business to survive ... | Keep Merbein Research Lab open: ...
Premium produce vital for Australian horticulture
11/11/2008 | Australian horticulture must position itself as a supplier of high-quality produce that attracts premium prices in order to be competitive both domestically and abroad, according to a recently-released industry report.  | Incitec in trading halt ahead ... | Labour shortage drives ...
Keep Merbein Research Lab open: NSW Farmers
30/10/2008 | The NSW Farmers’ Association will lobby the NSW and Federal Government in a bid to keep the historic Merbein Horticultural Research Laboratory, near Mildura, open and operating.   | CSIRO outlines changed role for ... | Banana prices to halve
30/10/2008 | Fruit king Nick Moraitis – who finds out tonight whether he has won the Agribusiness Leader of the Year Award at a ceremony hosted by National Australia Bank – is not worried about the worldwide economic slowdown.   | Consortium in new bid for fruit ... | Wholesale markets in doubt | AUDIO: Fruit king not worried about ...
Market turbulence: vegie swindlers weeded out
27/10/2008 | It's become a Saturday morning staple for thousands of Canberrans to head to the Capital Region Farmers' Markets to buy fresh, home-grown produce. But what started four years ago as a small venture of just 12 stalls at Exhibition Park in Canberra run by the Rotary Club of Hall has now become a major enterprise.  | Banana prices to halve | Wholesale markets in doubt
CSIRO outlines changed role for Sunraysia research
23/10/2008 | CSIRO remains 'committed to assist planning of an alternative model for horticultural research in the Sunraysia district'. But it will continue with its plan to consolidate its wine research in Adelaide, moving it from the Merbein research station.  | Bottled wine exports on the rise | Growers vote in favour of ...
Banana prices to halve
22/10/2008 | Woolworths is expecting a bumper banana crop from north Queensland will hit stores nationwide in about a fortnight, with prices set to halve.  | Orange research helps apple ... | Paris to taste Australia’s ...
Growers vote in favour of creating Citrus Australia
14/10/2008 | History has been made today in Griffith, NSW, where Australian citrus growers have voted to wind up the existing peak body Australian Citrus Growers Inc and form Citrus Australia Ltd.  | Melamine scare in Chinese ... | Heinz $288m bid for Golden Circle
Melamine scare in Chinese vegetable imports
9/10/2008 | Vegetables from China are the latest food to come under focus over possible melamine concerns, with Food Standards Australia New Zealand checking on overseas tests.  | CommentsComments (7) | Why Aussie farmers need McCain | Water buy-back boilover
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