2025 | Australian Banana Growers

Countdown to chlorpyrifos withdrawal

Tegan Cavallaro and Ingrid Jenkins – Queensland DPI | Dr Rosie Godwin – ABGC Time is ticking on the use of chlorpyrifos in the banana industry. Last year the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) released their regulatory decision to cancel all uses of…

Nominations Open: Future Farming Award 2025

Nominations are now open for the Future Farming Award, presented at the Banana Congress Ball. The award recognises a banana grower who runs a productive operation whilst showing a desire to contribute to the long-term improvement of farm management practices for the benefit of the environment…

A Safe Way for Banana Growers to Speak Up

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Cassowary Coast Regional Council – scheduled works

This list of scheduled work is supplied by the Cassowary Coast Regional Council as part of ongoing collaboration with ABGC to give banana growers more awareness of their plans. This comes from a shared goal to improve biosecurity measures and safeguard the banana industry. APRIL…

TR4 surveillance restarts

The Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) has announced that the surveillance program – delivered by ABGC Grower Support (Biosecurity) – has officially resumed today (7 April 2025) to continue protecting Australia’s banana industry from the devastating impacts of Panama disease tropical race 4 (TR4). This…

Join us at Banana Congress 2025

Dear growers and banana industry partners, You’ve hopefully been hearing about the 2025 Australian Banana Industry Congress for some time now, but I wanted to take this opportunity to formally extend an invitation to you. Banana Congress will take place from 6-8 August at RACV Royal…

Growers and industry behind #1 fruit come together for Congress

Banana growers, researchers, and industry stakeholders from Australia and around the world will meet on the Gold Coast from 6-8 August to take part in the 16th Australian Banana Industry Congress. Even though three decades have passed since Congress began (the first event was also on…