Category: Growers’ e-Bulletin

11 December, 2018 Early-bird registrations now OPEN In 2019, we’re taking the Australian Banana Industry Congress to the next level – and the Australian Banana Growers’ Council invites you to be part of it. Congress will be held at the five-star RACQ Royal Pines Resort on…

7 December, 2018 Content Marketing win Australian Bananas magazineEvents and Meetings updateBiosecurity PolicyTR4 newsletter available Freckle Levy proposal Register for Congress soon A win for banana marketing Australian Bananas marketing, funded by Hort Innovation with grower levies, has won an award from the Outdoor Media Association. The OMA’s Creative…

23 November, 2018 Content ABGC board meeting outcomes Goldfinger mutagenesis updateChlorpyrifos informationMatt Abbott’s Nuffield reportCongratulations to the WatkinsFair Farms Save the date in Coffs QFF’s Cyclone Insurance Project ABGC AGM & Board Meeting The ABGC Board met in Mission Beach this week. Highlights included decisions to end the Freckle…

9 November, 2018 Content Benchmarking report published Cassowary Coast BGA updateBioreactors field dayWater quality trialBackpacker visa changesA-peeling marketing ABGC’s Annual General meeting Benchmarking report now available Howard Hall, of Pinnacle Agribusiness, has published his final report on the banana benchmarking program. This project (BA16009) involved data collection throughout…

26 October, 2018 Content Zoning workshopJoin the Banana SIAP WA update on Coffee Bean WeevilOrganophosphate insecticidesNew marketing tool for growersBanana industry fund annual reportMurwillumbah Show entries Collaboration in Canberra Time to get in the zone Cassowary Coast growers: have you secured your place for the free zoning workshop  in…

12 October, 2018 Content Folimat deadline fast approachingWe heart bananasZoning your farm – free workshop ABGC’s new Plant Health Officer welcomedA tax time tipKeep up-to-date with resistant variety researchCracking croc photo captured Folimat deadline fast approaching It will be illegal to use Omethoate (Folimat) on bananas and…

28 September, 2018 Content TR4 in ChinaHealthy meals in marketingSafety around machines Tweed BGA executiveMoving banana plants in NSWAll (treatment) systems goGrants up for grabs The staggering impact of TR4 in China © Andre Drenth Professor Andre Drenth, of the University of Queensland, recently visited the Guangxi…