Amy Spear | Australian Banana Growers

Walking the Landscape

By Monica Haynes, Terrain The Wet Tropics isn’t called the Wet Topics for nothing, but heavy rain didn’t stop more than 100 people ’walking’ local landscapes recently to better understand how water catchment systems work. The Wet Tropics Major Integrated Project (MIP) has organised a number of ‘Walking the Landscape’ workshops,…

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Sediment management workshop

The Australian Banana Growers’ Council has rolled out the first of a series of sediment management workshops aimed at helping north Queensland banana growers improve their on-farm sediment practices. The first was held at the South Johnstone Research Station on March 16 and attracted an enthusiastic group of growers. The ABGC…

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Congress 2019 in the works

The Gold Coast sure knows how to host a premier event. This year, the Commonwealth Games. Next year? The Australian Banana Industry Congress! Royal Pines Resort has been selected as the venue to host our next biennial Congress, from May 22 to 24, 2019. The site will effectively…

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New field trials at South Johnstone

By Tegan Kukulies The NextGen banana growers group have kicked off 2018 with a field walk through two field trials which were planted in late 2017 at the South Johnstone DAF research station. Members of the group were able to see first-hand the 600 Goldfinger plants which have been…

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UNDER THE MICROSCOPE – Blood Disease

A new, regular feature in Australian Bananas magazine, Under the Microscope will profile the industry’s emerging and exotic diseases. Sometimes you just need the facts, fast. WHAT IS BLOOD DISEASE? Banana Blood Disease is caused by a bacterium called Ralstonia syzygii subsp. celebesenis which belongs to a…

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HARPS: Who, where and why

The initial purpose of a Harmonised Australian Retailer Produce Scheme (HARPS) was to provide a single food safety certification to replace multiple requirements for growers supplying more than one supermarket chain. However, this could not be explicitly achieved. What growers are now required to have is a base scheme—like Freshcare—as well…

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Growers’ e-bulletin – April 20, 2018

20 April, 2018 Content Marketing updateInteractive Panama workshopsQueensland’s Vegetation Management lawsAustralian Bananas MagazineDevelopment opportunities for youInnisfail Ag Field DayFlood RecoveryReject AnalysisCoffs ShowHort Agreements Build a bridge and get … on with marketing! Update from Hort Innovation Along with the rest of our media activity, the Australian…