Category: Media Releases

The Australian Banana Growers’ Council has thrown its support behind a Go Fund Me campaign aiming to assist banana growers affected by the devastating East Coast bushfires. While fires continue to cause devastation both in NSW and Queensland, growers have so far suffered hundreds of…

Cassowary Coast banana growers have joined forces with Cassowary Coast Regional Council and local authorities to help address serious concerns over the number of people illegally entering banana farms, putting in jeopardy their $600 million industry. A recent increase in reports of trespass onto banana…

Banana growers have pleaded with recreational pig hunters in Far North Queensland to not enter banana farms without permission, warning that a recent spate of illegal trespassing posed a serious risk to their $600 million industry and the Cassowary Coast economy. The Australian Banana Growers’…

Some of the Australian banana industry’s top researchers will ‘speed date’ growers in Innisfail next month. As the name implies, this short and sharp extension event will feature a format made popular through the National Banana Roadshows – essentially giving growers and researchers a chance…

The Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) is again calling on the Queensland Government to reconsider impractical aspects of the proposed reef regulations which could jeopardize the state’s banana industry and severely restrict economic development. Of particular concern is that the regulations would classify new horticultural…

The Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) has begun a new project aimed at managing Bunchy Top, one of the most devastating viral diseases affecting bananas worldwide. ABGC’s CEO Jim Pekin appointed well-known banana-advocate David Peasley as Project Manager of the new National Banana Bunchy Top…

The Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) has warned the Queensland Government that proposed additional reef regulations for land already owned by growers could have devastating impacts for the $600m industry. The proposal would classify new horticultural development – on both current and future banana farms…