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Month: September 2020

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14 September 2020

ABGC e-bulletin – Growers invited to strategic planning meetings

14 September, 2020ContentHave your say on industry strategyABGC Board Meeting outcomes You’re invited: industry strategic planning meetingsThe Australian banana industry has a rare chance to shape its own future – and your input is needed. The ABGC is developing a 5-year strategy to enhance industry profitability and sustainability. It will not…
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Media Releases News & Media
10 September 2020

New case of Panama TR4 confirmed in Far North Queensland

Media Release from the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Biosecurity Queensland (BQ) has confirmed Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4) is present on a fifth commercial banana farm in the Tully Valley.Panama TR4 Program Leader Rhiannon Evans said the property had been declared…
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7 September 2020

Growers’ e-bulletin – September 7, 2020

7 September, 2020ContentWorkers urgently needed on banana farmsPanama TR4 surveillance changingNational feral pig forumFinal call for Nuffield Scholars  Worker shortagesThe Australian Banana Growers’ Council has written to the Queensland Premier, as well as the Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries, Mark Furner, urgently requesting the…
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Magazine Articles News & Media
1 September 2020

Improve record keeping with BetterBunch app

Record keeping can be an onerous and time-consuming task for growers.  Banana growers need to record fertiliser and chemical usage for food safety accreditation and under the government reef regulations.The BetterBunch app is a free, easy to use app that has been helping growers since…
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Magazine Articles News & Media
1 September 2020

Inspectors at coalface in fight against BBTV

GRANT EAST (NSW) JOSHUA CHAPMAN (NSW) New Trainees ANN PHILLIPS AND LACHLAN HOHNBERG SAMANTHA STRINGER (QLD) WAYNE SHOOBRIDGE (NSW)navigate_beforenavigate_next Banana Bunchy Top is the most devastating virus disease worldwide for bananas. The ABGC’s National Bunchy Top Project is working to contain the spread and minimise the…
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Magazine Articles News & Media
1 September 2020

Waterways report card

Elaine Seager, Terrain Water quality in the Tully, Johnstone, Russell and Mulgrave freshwater rivers and estuaries continues to be in ‘good’ overall condition, according to the latest Wet Tropics Report Card (July 2018-June 2019). The grades are an average across the entire year and are an…
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Magazine Articles News & Media
1 September 2020

Senate hears feral pig impacts

Following ABGC’s submission to the inquiry into the impact of feral deer, pigs and goats in Australia, ABGC Deputy Chair, Leon Collins, was invited to speak at Parliament House on Tuesday 21 July. Due to COVID restrictions, Leon addressed the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee…
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