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The arrival of Amazon

Tristan Kitchener, of Kitchener Partners, discusses the anticipated entry of Amazon into Australia, and what their grocery and fresh foods offering could mean for the supermarket industry, and the question marks for producers. Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, says that the reason Amazon…

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Panama Open Day

The Australian Banana Growers’ Council is encouraging local banana growers to attend a unique Panama disease open day at South Johnstone next week. Hosted by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), the day is designed to highlight the latest research and development focussed on…

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Cyclone moving south of key banana growing regions

The Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) expects little impact on the key growing regions from Cyclone Debbie. “With predictions that the cyclone will hit landfall along the Whitsunday coastline, the worst of the impact will be south of the more heavily banana focussed…

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Registration open for Congress 2017

An inspirational cast of speakers will join the program for the Australian Banana Industry Congress (ABIC) in Sydney this June. Registration opened last week, and the biennial event is again shaping up to be a strong drawcard for growers and industry supporters. International speakers…

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Growers’ e-Bulletin – 3 February 2017

Workshop to review the Banana Industry Strategic Investment Plan Growers are encouraged to attend a workshop on the review of the Strategic Investment Plan for the use of the Marketing and R&D levy funds. It will be held at the South Johnstone Research Station on…

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Growers’ e-Bulletin – 20 January 2017

[abgc_ebulletin_header id=”2153″ size=”full” link_type=”custom_url” link=”#” target=”false” caption=”false” align=”center”] [abgc_ebulletin_title title=”Banana advertising bonanza!” tag_type=”h4″ show_hr=”false”] Bananas will be back in the spotlight next month when the latest marketing burst by Australian Bananas kicks off on February 19. The campaign will include nation-wide advertising on television (including…