Year: 2019

By Sonia Campbell Four banana growers on the mid-North Coast of NSW and a fifth in central Queensland are continuing to recover after suffering severe losses from catastrophic bushfires, which swept through both states in November. For some, returning to full production could take up to…

Despite tough growing conditions, the quality of bananas at this year’s Murwillumbah Show was ‘outstanding’ according to judges. Growers were competing for more than $8000 in prizes, thanks to the hard work of local BGA executive Colin Singh, Zac McKeever and Ethan McKeever. “Considering the conditions, it’s incredible the high quality that…

The Cassowary Coast Banana Growers’ Association has raised thousands of dollars for some very good causes over the past two years through Innisfail’s Feast of the Senses. The BGA has a stand at the popular event where members of the public are invited to guess the weight of a banana bunch,…

Almost 100 people attended the Tully Sustainable Farming Day, held on November 8. The event, which was an initiative of the extension network including the Australian Banana Growers’ Council, featured a range of ways to improve production, profit and sustainability. Attendees were also given an update on banana nutrient rate trials…

new era began for members of the New South Wales- based Bananacoast Credit Union on November 1. Almost five decades after a formation meeting was held in the Country Women’s Association rooms in Macksville, a merger with P&N Bank was approved. While the name remains, the merger was pitched to…

The national banana levy collected by the Federal Department of Agriculture is compulsory for commercial banana growers. It is 2.19 cents per kilogram of bananas sold. The dollars collected show an estimate of production for the previous financial year. Right is a table of the…

The latest wave of Consumer Tracking results, an impromptu Triple J banana fest and spots in nine of the ten top mainstream television programmes are among the latest Australian Bananas marketing highlights. TV If you were watching The Block, Australia’s Got Talent or This Time Next Year,…