Amy Spear | Australian Banana Growers

WA banana bonanza

In February this year, Western Australia’s Sweeter Banana Cooperative put out a simple call to action: buy all the local bananas you can. Perfect tropical conditions and a COVID-19 lockdown in Perth (coming right at the end of the summer school holidays) had led to…

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Increasing spread of TR4

While there have been just five commercial banana farms confirmed with Panama disease tropical race 4 (TR4) since March 2015, the disease continues to spread in the Tully Valley. The number of plants confirmed with TR4, and the number of sites where these plants have been…

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The wait for workers continues

For more than twelve months now, banana growers have been dealing with a new workforce reality involving significantly less employees and an uncertain future. In fact, the arrival of COVID-19 put unprecedented pressure on almost all Australian agri-businesses, as regular labour options ceased with the closure…

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Chair Column – April 2021

Stephen Lowe, Chair At the end of 2020, I think most growers had high hopes that 2021 would somehow wave a magic wand and bring with it some positive prosperity, to counteract a year we’d all rather forget. After a tumultuous 12 months that included a pandemic,…

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CEO Column – April 2021

Jim Pekin, CEO Cyclone and floods At the time of writing this report, the ABGC was aware of severe flooding problems facing growers in northern New South Wales and were continuing to keep them updated on impacts we had been made aware of and resources available to…

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Banana growers celebrate National Banana Day

The Australian banana industry is urging all lovers of the nutritious snack to get behind growers and show their support for National Banana Day tomorrow (May 1). Bananas remain Australia’s favourite fruit, with 95 per cent of households buying an average of 800g each week. Our…

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Growers’ e-bulletin – April 23, 2021

oin us in celebrating National Banana Day on May 1No images? Click hereApril 23, 2021ContentNational Banana Day – May 1Worker shortage updateNotes from the TR4 Management BoardBananas a hit at Feast of the SensesEntrepreneurs’ Programme Thanks to our Congress sponsors National Banana Day – May 1Let’s Get Moving! It’s National Banana…