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Issue 59 – August 2020
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Is your record keeping adding to your bottom line?
Keeping accurate records is a key ingredient in running a successful business. Collecting, storing and analysing data makes good business sense and will improve productivity and profitability. There are many ways growers can keep records. For example, a simple diary with notes about the timing…
Queensland marks five years of TR4
March marked five years since the first Queensland detection of Panama tropical race 4 (TR4) in the state’s far north. With four Tully farms now confirmed with the disease, we take a look back at some of the lessons learnt since March 2015; why the…
Plant crop variety results at South Johnstone
By Jeff Daniells and Carole Wright, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Several TR4 resistant varieties are amongst the new varieties being assessed for agronomic performance at the South Johnstone Research Facility. The growers who attended the June 2019 field walk at South Johnstone saw…
Tom relishes opportunity to use science to help banana industry flourish
By Lea Coghlan Early this year, Tom Flanagan took up a new role as industry development officer with the NSW Department of Primary Industries. Australian Bananas Magazine spoke to Tom about the journey the has taken to arrive in the banana industry. Tom Flanagan’s arrival…
Unlocking secrets to the suppression of Panama disease
By Tony Pattison, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Why is it that Panama disease shows up in some plants, blocks and farms and not others? The answer to this question may be in the soil, and what lives in it. What is living in…