Category: News & Media
New ABGC page to advertise banana job vacancies
The Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) has launched a new page on its website for growers to advertise job vacancies on their banana farms.The dedicated, noticeboard-style page comes as a result of continuing critical labour shortages. Growers interested in including their job vacancies on the page…
Cyclone Information
A range of resources are available to banana growers both for preparing for cyclones and dealing with the aftermath. If you can’t find what you’re looking for below, please contact [email protected]. You can also visit the Better Bananas website. Factsheets [abgc_pdf heading=”Preparing for a cyclone”…
Growers’ e-bulletin – December 16
16 December, 2020ContentQLD Seasonal Workers trial extendedReminder: Sourcing SWP workers correctly Banana Jobs NoticeboardHave your say on R&D levy investmentsHow are you spreading your fertiliser?New biosecurity awareness videos National Lost Crop RegisterIncentives to work on QLD farms ABGC looking for extension officer AgSkills2.0 available for NSW growers Seasonal Worker Program trial extendedThe…
Banana growers ask community to ‘get in the zone’ and help protect against Panama TR4
Biosecurity Queensland, in consultation with ABGC, have created a series of videos to help spread the biosecurity message. In the videos, which you can view here, growers share their story about what biosecurity is and how everyone can play a part in protecting farms. Full release…
Australian Bananas Magazine – December 2020
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Growers’ e-bulletin – Spotlight on Worker Shortages
No images? Click here3 December, 2020 Spotlight on worker shortagesThe increasingly critical issue of getting workers on farms remains a key priority for the ABGC. New Banana Jobs Noticeboard ABGC recently launched the national Banana Jobs Noticeboard https://abgc.org.au/bananajobs/ to help growers advertise and source local workers in key growing regions. To post…