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27 December 2018

Cassowaries benefit from feral pig fight

A reduction in feral pig numbers in the Cassowary Coast is contributing to a rise in the region’s iconic, namesake bird. The Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) is leading a coordinated feral pig management effort, which involves aerial shooting, as well as ground shooting, baiting,…
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21 December 2018

Changing of the banana guard

Louis Lardi is hanging up his yellow hat. One of the banana industry’s most recognisable faces is retiring this week, after eight years and more than 300,000 kilometres spent traversing North Queensland farms. Australian Banana Growers’ Council Yellow Sigatoka Liaison Officer, Louis Lardi, will hang…
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20 December 2018

Registrations open for Congress on the Coast 2019!

Registrations are open for the 2019 Australian Banana Industry Congress to be held at Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast from May 22-24 – with big savings for those who book early!  Log on to the Congress website at www.bananacongress.org.au to take advantage of great ‘early bird’ rates, offering…
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20 December 2018

The Way Forward: Developing a future TR4 Plan

All growers nationally are being asked to have their say on a proposed Five-Year TR4 Control and Containment Strategy, to guide industry’s future response and decide how it will be funded. Sonia Campbell reports. It is well recognised that Queensland’s banana industry has had unprecedented success in containing Panama Tropical race 4,…
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20 December 2018

Who Dares Wins: Investing in more than bananas

It’s a much touted old saying: don’t put all your eggs in one basket. And it seems banana growers have taken heed, filling their baskets not only with bananas, but with avocados, sugarcane, cattle and more. For a variety reasons including risk and disease management, many…
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20 December 2018

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, just bananas!

All images courtesy of Helen Rushton We often talk about the best way to grow and market bananas – but what about the best way to throw them? A range of techniques were put to the test at the 2018 World Championship Banana Hurl, held as part the Macksville…
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20 December 2018

ABGC Annual General Meeting

The ABGC held its Annual General Meeting in Tully on November 21, where Chair Stephen Lowe presented ABGC’s Business Case for the Future of the TR4. The meeting was followed by a traditional barbecue, which proved a great chance for growers to catch up with ABGC Yellow Sigatoka Liaison Officer, Louis Lardi,…
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