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ABGC e-bulletin – Growers invited to strategic planning meetings

14 September, 2020ContentHave your say on industry strategyABGC Board Meeting outcomes You’re invited: industry strategic planning meetingsThe Australian banana industry has a rare chance to shape its own future – and your input is needed. The ABGC is developing a 5-year strategy to enhance industry profitability and sustainability. It will not…

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New case of Panama TR4 confirmed in Far North Queensland

Media Release from the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Biosecurity Queensland (BQ) has confirmed Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4) is present on a fifth commercial banana farm in the Tully Valley.Panama TR4 Program Leader Rhiannon Evans said the property had been declared…

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Growers’ e-bulletin – September 7, 2020

7 September, 2020ContentWorkers urgently needed on banana farmsPanama TR4 surveillance changingNational feral pig forumFinal call for Nuffield Scholars Worker shortagesThe Australian Banana Growers’ Council has written to the Queensland Premier, as well as the Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries, Mark Furner, urgently requesting the…

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Improve record keeping with BetterBunch app

Record keeping can be an onerous and time-consuming task for growers. Banana growers need to record fertiliser and chemical usage for food safety accreditation and under the government reef regulations.The BetterBunch app is a free, easy to use app that has been helping growers since…

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Waterways report card

Elaine Seager, Terrain Water quality in the Tully, Johnstone, Russell and Mulgrave freshwater rivers and estuaries continues to be in ‘good’ overall condition, according to the latest Wet Tropics Report Card (July 2018-June 2019). The grades are an average across the entire year and are an…

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Senate hears feral pig impacts

Following ABGC’s submission to the inquiry into the impact of feral deer, pigs and goats in Australia, ABGC Deputy Chair, Leon Collins, was invited to speak at Parliament House on Tuesday 21 July. Due to COVID restrictions, Leon addressed the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee…

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Update on the spread of TR4

Panama TR4 continues to spread slowly in the Tully Valley, but escalation of the disease is always a constant threat. The number of plants confirmed with TR4, and the number of sites where these plants have been destroyed on infested farms (destruction sites), is increasing as…