1. An example of fall restraints for bagging machines.
3. Examples of fixed, and non-fixed systems, to reduce falls from loading dock facilities.
4. Examples of fixed railings and gates to reduce ...
There’s something undeniably special about regional shows.
They are a great chance to socialise and there is no better way to celebrate local produce, creativity and skill.
In Coffs Harbour, Innisfail...
In his eight years as Australian Banana Growers’ Council Yellow Sigatoka Liaison Officer, Louis Lardi says he’s traversed over 300,000km by road, received just one speeding ticket, cracked two windscr...
RACQ Royal Pines Resort – the site of the 2019 Congress.
Preparations for the next Australian Banana Industry Congress (ABIC) are gaining momentum with an exciting program already in the ...
Export opportunities investigated
Where in the world could Australian bananas make their mark?
A recently released study investigated opportunities for locally grown produce in an already compe...
What does the latest round of benchmarking reveal about the banana industry? The 2016/17 results are in and Howard Hall, of Pinnacle Agribusiness, is here to help break them down.
It’s clear b...
Australian Bananas continues to reach consumers in innovative, exciting ways – using both new and traditional media to target their audience.
Marketing Manager Kylie Drumond reports.
Hort Innova...
To ensure everyone plays their part in helping to minimise the spread of Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4), Biosecurity Queensland has been implementing a number of key projects to raise awa...
Congratulations to Matt Abbott and Joshua Rolfe who have claimed a place among the world’s fastest outrigger canoe paddlers.
The North Queenslanders, both from well-known banana growing families, comp...
Soil and topographic work is underway at sites for bioreactors (nitrogen traps) and constructed wetlands on farms in the Cassowary Coast region.
Contractors are undertaking topographical surveys and s...
A former Far North Queensland banana farmer believes a mechanical banana harvester he developed 20 years ago will eventually become the way of the future.
With horticultural farming practices increasi...
Banana growers in the Wet Tropics can increase their profitability and sustainability by adopting the banana industry’s suite of best management practices (BMP).
That was the message from Department o...
Mena Creek grower David Rolfe uses a wick wiper to apply herbicide.
The invention is already used by a handful of other growers.
If time and money are two things you value, a Wet Tropics inv...
Efficiency on a North Queensland banana farm has spiked, thanks to the recent introduction of a locally-built spreader.
Mick Horsford farms at Mena Creek and Pin Gin Hill, along with his brother Kris ...
1. Cavendish leaf destroyed by Black Sigatoka
2 Lesions of Black Sigatoka producing spores
Under the Microscope profiles the industry’s emerging and exotic diseases.
Sometimes you just need...
Root damage caused by the banana spiral nematode.
Root damage caused by the burrowing and lesion nematode.
By Jennifer Cobon and Wayne O’Neill
The most damaging nematode pest of bana...
Dr Tony Pattison delivers a presentation on the Australian experience in the management of TR4 at ACORBAT 2018
By Dr Tony Pattison
Miami, Florida is better known for its beaches, rather than ban...
The latest banana research has been on tour, bringing valuable science and new on-farm strategies to growing regions around Australia.
The 2018 National Banana Roadshow began in Murwillumbah on July 2...
By Jeff Daniells, Katie Ferro, Massimo Bianco and Sharon Hamill – Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Queensland DAF gives an update on progress with the irradiated Goldfing...
Alana Sciacca and her partner Jake Siltanen with some of the seconds bananas they deliver to households across North Queensland.
It’s clear the banana doesn’t fall far from the bunch when you st...
The latest advances in banana research are now available at the click of a button.
A dedicated electronic R&D resource has been developed by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in collabor...
The banana industry was well represented at the first Leadership Exploration and Development (LEAD) program in Canberra from 2-4 July.
LEAD involves growers from a range of industries including banana...
Doriana Mangili from Sweeter Banana Co-operative
An Australian banana business manager has shared a subtropical marketing success story at a prestigious conference in Turkey.
Doriana Mangili, from Swe...
Dr Rosie Godwin
Boston: home of the Red Sox, Harvard University and – for a few days this year – the world’s brightest plant pathologists.
The International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP) was held...
Since the initial detection of TR4 in the Tully Valley in 2015, Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) and Biosecurity Queensland (BQ) have attempted to keep Queensland banana growers abreast of bi...
