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Mandatory biosecurity, ongoing education and incentive programs were some of the suggestions given to the Panama TR4 Program’s Management Board by Innisfail growers at a focus group meeting. The Panama TR4 Program Management Board convened a focus group of Innisfail growers to inform the future direction…

Australia’s top banana scientists gathered in Brisbane in April to share the latest research helping to protect and improve farming of the nation’s favourite fruit.Over the course of two days, more than 30 scientists delivered updates to an audience of almost 80 people on a…

ABGC welcomes new extension officer Tamaya Peressini to the Best Practice Team. Tamaya (or Tam) grew up in Cairns and is pleased to be back in the Tropics after living in Canberra for the last two years.Tam has just finished her graduate role at the…

Work is progressing at the New South Wales-based variety trial site in Alstonville, with a slab marking the start of construction of a shed to be used for fruit processing and data collection. The shed will be completed by the end of this month (August), with…

At the time of going to print, the Fair Work Commission’s hearing of the Australian Workers Union application to vary the Horticulture Award regarding piecework rates had almost wrapped up. The NFF and the NFF Horticulture Council (of which the Australian Banana Growers’ Council is part)…

In July, four months after Tropical Cyclone Niran, growers were finally able to access disaster relief grants of up to $75,000. The ABGC had previously raised concerns about the delay in opening the application process after more than 100 banana farms were damaged in March. “We were…