Category: Magazine Articles

Peter (left) and Dan Molenaar By Sonia CampbellGrowers in northern New South Wales and the mid-North coast continue to recover from extreme flooding which caused devastation across communities in March. The catastrophic weather event left a path of destruction, with growers living in and around flood-ravaged…

A $9.8 million research project has been launched to develop TR4 resistant varieties of Cavendish and Goldfinger bananas.The project is being jointly delivered by Brisbane-based Queensland University of Technology and Hort Innovation and aims to develop resistant banana varieties using gene-editing techniques.QUT project lead, Distinguished…

By Rosie GodwinMany growers and resellers have been expressing concern over the potential outcomes of the Chlorpyrifos (e.g Strike-Out, Lorsban) and Neonicotinoids including Imidacloprid (e.g. Confidor Guard) and Clothianidin (e.g Shield) reviews and their possible impacts on the banana industry.These chemical actives are currently under…

By Kathryn Dryden, ABGC Keeping track of the nutrients and chemicals applied on your farm is best practice. It’s even better if growers do this regularly, rather than rushing as they prepare for an audit. Not only is it best practice, but there are regulations that make…

The ABGC Best Practice Team has welcomed Maria Ribbeck to the team based in South Johnstone. Maria will be joining the Best Practice project until the end of June 2022 to support water quality monitoring and extension. Maria has come to ABGC after working for…

Since December last year, the ABGC Best Practice team has been flying a small drone over 40 farms across the Johnstone and Tully catchments to capture high resolution images of banana paddocks.These images are being used as part of a project funded by the Department…

The Brisbane Markets was a victim of southern Queensland’s devastating flood emergency in late February and early March.Inundated by flood waters which measured about one metre lower than the 2011 flood peak, the market community responded to the call of arms to clean up and…