Day: 2 August 2016

The Australian banana industry will need a diverse strategy to successfully fight Panama Tropical Race 4 (TR4) and maintain production in the event of TR4 becoming more widespread. These were the findings of a three-person Australian banana industry team who undertook a 12-day study tour of banana production…

Growers in New South Wales suffered severe losses from storm damage brought about by the East Coast Low early this month. Paula Doran reports. Return to full production could take a minimum of 18 months according to long-time growers, following a storm they say was more like…