Category: News & Media

Farmers from around the world have met in chilly Ireland to discuss the hot topics in global agriculture. Bananas’ 2016 Nuffield Scholar Matt Abbott, from Mena Creek in North Queensland, was there and wrote this report. What an experience. The Nuffield Contemporary Scholars Conference (CSC)…

Fourteen banana industry members, including nine growers, have been appointed to a new panel advising Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) on investment strategies for industry levy funds. The panel, called the Strategic Investment Advisory Panel, replaces the former Industry Advisory Committee and its two subcommittees…

Australian Bananas’ new marketing program launched in September with the latest research showing volume growth but some softness in retail pricing. Rhyll Cronin reports. Bananas have retained their status as Australia’s number one fruit in 2015, according to the latest market research. Figures from research…

A grower kit, farm gate biosecurity signage and shed posters are among materials being supplied to North Queensland growers as part of the response to banana plant disease Panama Tropical Race 4 (TR4). The Australian and Queensland Governments have funded the materials as part of…

Banana growers have been asked for their ideas on the industry’s hot research topics as part of preparations for the national banana roadshow, set to roll out across three States in June and July. The industry’s National Banana Development and Extension Program is hosting the…

Banana plant destruction methods to be used for any future detections of Panama TR4 would be considered on a “case-by-case” basis, Biosecurity Queensland (BQ) said. At time of writing, in March 2016, the first TR4 infested property has had detections of the disease on five…

For Innisfail local Rebecca Sapuppo, leading the TR4 Program is more than just a job. Rebecca talks about what motivates her and the Program’s team. For more than a decade, Rebecca Sapuppo has been part of Biosecurity Queensland’s (BQ’s) efforts to manage the plant pests…