Category: News & Media
Growers’ e-bulletin – August 18, 2017
18 August, 2017 Biosecurity a focus of latest banana benchmarking Hort Innovation has commissioned the next round of benchmarking in the Australian banana industry with a major focus on biosecurity investment and strategies employed by growers. The collection of data for the past two financial…
Tests confirm TR4 on suspect Tully Valley farm
Queensland Agriculture Minister Bill Byrne has today announced that a suspect Panama Tropical Race 4 detection on a Tully farm has returned a positive result. Biosecurity Queensland (BQ) has advised the Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) that vegetative compatibility group tests (biological testing) has conclusively…
Growers’ e-bulletin – July 19, 2017
19 July, 2017 INDUSTRY UPDATE TR4 INFORMATION The ABGC Board has committed to providing regular updates via email to the industry throughout the current round of testing of suspect plant material found on a Tully farm last week. In terms of ongoing on-farm biosecurity management, the…
Record crowds expected at Australia’s most unique banana contest
Organisers of the Australian Banana Packing Championships are tipping record crowds at this year’s event, after the unique contest gained international exposure in 2016. Held each year at the Innisfail Show, the championships are believed to be the country’s only contest showcasing the banana industry’s…
Suspect Panama TR4 Samples on Tully farm
Biosecurity Queensland (BQ) has today announced a suspect Panama TR4 detection on a Tully farm. The Australian Banana Growers Council (ABGC) urges growers to ramp up their on-farm biosecurity measures in light of the news of this suspect detection. “The initial molecular test has come…
New Report – Planning for TR4
In May and June, the Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) provided assistance to interested growers to prepare their Farm Biosecurity Management Plan. This week, pathologist, Shane Dullahide reported on that work. Shane assisted growers to develop individual plans tailored to the operations of their banana…