Brief survey on Cost of Production
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Author: Amy Spear
CEO’s Member Update
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Growers’ e-bulletin – 6 July, 2023
ContentTR4 Program now led by industryPALM scheme updateAustralian Bananas advertising activities Join the ABGC’s extension teamHort Innovation Director vacanciesACCC webinars on Codes of ConductFrom farmer to reality tv fave? TR4 Program now led by industry Queensland’s ongoing management of Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4)…
Major milestone in the management of Panama TR4
Queensland’s ongoing management of Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4) will be led by the banana industry from 1 July 2023.Panama TR4 was first discovered in Queensland in the Tully Valley in 2015. Since then, it has been successfully contained to just eight properties…
Supply Chain Engagement Update: In Store Education Begins
1000 Woolworths, Coles stores brushing up on bananas The banana in store education and merchandising program is under way across a combined 1000 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets around Australia.The program is an investment funded by Banana Marketing and R&D levies aimed at improving the quality…
Growers’ e-bulletin – 21 June, 2023
ContentABGC Board Meeting outcomesCassowary Coast: Free nutrient management plansPanama TR4 updates Check your fertilizer labelsCongress Supporter: CelciusPro TR4 transition, benchmarking discussed at ABGC Board MeetingRising cost of production, benchmarking and the TR4 Transition to Industry Management were high on the agenda for an Australian Banana Growers’…
Golden appeal to both TR4 and consumer demand
The Goldfinger mutagenesis project started as a pursuit to find a marketable banana variety resistant to Panama TR4. However, it may also prove a commercial winner by filling a market void and increasing category demand. In a 2011 report, ‘New and alternative banana varieties designed…