Skip to content
Australian Banana Growers
Admin Login
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • COVID-19
    • Covid-19
    • Workforce Shortages
    • Job Vacancies on Banana Farms
  • About Us
    • The Australian Banana Growers’ Council
    • Meet the Team
  • News
    • Media Releases
    • Grower e-Bulletins
    • Media Kit
    • Australian Bananas Magazine
    • Videos
    • Image Gallery
    • Magazine Articles
  • Our Industry
    • Australian Bananas
    • Economic contribution
    • Employment
    • History of Bananas
    • Key facts
    • Subtropical Bananas
    • Tropical Bananas
    • Transport Figures
    • Awards of Honour
    • Strategic Plans
  • Projects and Resources
    • Panama TR4 Program Management Board
    • Panama Tropical Race 4
    • Biosecurity
    • Banana Bunchy Top
    • Banana Industry Levy
    • Scholarships
    • Cyclone Information
    • QBAN
    • QLD Water Quality Regulations
    • Grants
  • BMP
    • Biosecurity BMP
    • Environmental BMP
  • Membership
    • Why join ABGC?
    • Grower Members
    • Affiliates and Partners
    • Membership forms and rules
Home
/
Magazine Articles

Category: Magazine Articles

Magazine Articles News & Media
1 October 2020

Under the Microscope: Banana Freckle

Banana Freckle on Cavendish Under the Microscope profiles the industry’s emerging and exotic diseases. This month we profile the Banana Freckle Disease.What is Banana Freckle Disease?Freckle is caused by a fungus called Phyllosticta cavendishii which affects a wide range of bananas including Cavendish. Freckle affects…
Read Morearrow_forward
Magazine Articles News & Media
1 September 2020

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…
Read Morearrow_forward
Magazine Articles News & Media
1 September 2020

Inspectors at coalface in fight against BBTV

GRANT EAST (NSW) JOSHUA CHAPMAN (NSW) New Trainees ANN PHILLIPS AND LACHLAN HOHNBERG SAMANTHA STRINGER (QLD) WAYNE SHOOBRIDGE (NSW)navigate_beforenavigate_next Banana Bunchy Top is the most devastating virus disease worldwide for bananas. The ABGC’s National Bunchy Top Project is working to contain the spread and minimise the…
Read Morearrow_forward
Magazine Articles News & Media
1 September 2020

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…
Read Morearrow_forward
Magazine Articles News & Media
1 September 2020

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…
Read Morearrow_forward
Magazine Articles News & Media
1 September 2020

Banana farming legacy continues 75 years on

The third generation of Mackay banana growers from left – Barrie, Stephen, Daniel, Cameron and Gavin – currently lead the family’s farming enterprise. By Lea Coghlan STANLEY’S LEGACY When Stanley Mackay established a company to run his banana farm in Tully, Far North Queensland, 75 years ago,…
Read Morearrow_forward
Magazine Articles News & Media
1 September 2020

Keeping Panama TR4 aware

Panama TR4 Program engagement officer, Rebeca Breaden, delivering a Panama Ed session to SES volunteers in Innisfail before the COVID-19 health pandemic. By Sarah Flenley, Biosecurity Queensland’s Panama TR4 ProgramHow will BQ’s engagement team keep Panama TR4 front and centre in people’s minds over the…
Read Morearrow_forward

Posts navigation

1 2 … 54 navigate_next
Tags
ABGC Andre Drenth Australian Banana Growers' Council Australian Bananas Banana Freckle banana growers bananas biosecurity Biosecurity Queensland blood disease Colin Singh Congress David Rolfe Dianne and Frank Sciacca eco-bananas environment Fire Appeal frozen bananas Gavin Eilers Growers' e-bulletin HARPS LEAD program Mackay marketing Matt Weinert New South Wales NextGen Northern Territory NSW Panama TR4 Queensland Election Reef Reef Alliance Reef Trust research Roadshows Rum Jungle Organics Sarah Simpson Sediment South Johnstone Stephen Lowe Taiwan Tweed BGA Under the Microscope Water Quality
Categories
  • Archives
  • News & Media
    • Australian Bananas Magazine
    • Growers' e-Bulletin
    • Magazine Articles
    • Media Releases
  • Videos
    • Australian Banana Industry Congress 2019
    • Best Management Practice
    • Congress 2017
    • Industry News
    • National Banana Roadshow
    • Panama TR4
      • A0001
    • Soil Health
Recent Posts
  • Workers offered to storm-damaged property owners to clean up paddocks 6 March 2021
  • Banana growers call for urgent Government assistance 4 March 2021
  • Growers’ e-bulletin – Cyclonic winds hit FNQ farms 2 March 2021
Archives
Subscribe to our email list

*this form uses Invisible reCAPTCHA technology and is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Workforce Shortages
and
Banana Job Vacancies

National Office
  • Unit 3, South Gate East Commercial Centre
    250 Sherwood Rd ROCKLEA QLD 4106
  • (+61 7) 3278 4786
  • (+61 7) 3278 4938
  • info@abgc.org.au
Quick Links
  • About Us
  • Our Team
  • Why join ABGC?
  • Our Industry
  • Panama TR4 Program Management Board
  • Biosecurity
  • Panama Tropical Race 4
Growers’ e-Bulletins
  • Workers offered to storm-damaged property owners to clean up paddocks
  • Growers’ e-bulletin – Cyclonic winds hit FNQ farms
  • Growers’ e-bulletin – February 23,
  • Growers’ e-bulletin – February 9, 2021
  • Promoting biosecurity to potential farm workers
Media Contacts
  • Sonia Campbell 0428 038 330
  • Amy Spear 0439 005 946
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
2021 Australian Banana Growers Council. All rights reserved. | Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Admin Login