Record keeping can be an onerous and time-consuming task for growers.
Banana growers need to record fertiliser and chemical usage for food safety accreditation and under the government reef regu...
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Elaine Seager, Terrain Water quality in the Tully, Johnstone, Russell and Mulgrave freshwater rivers and estuaries continues to be in ‘good’ overall condition, according to the latest Wet Tropics Repo...
Following ABGC’s submission to the
inquiry into the impact of feral deer,
pigs and goats in Australia, ABGC Deputy
Chair, Leon Collins, was invited to speak
at Parliament House on Tuesday 21 July.&nbs...
The third generation of Mackay banana growers from left – Barrie, Stephen, Daniel, Cameron and Gavin – currently lead the family’s farming enterprise.
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Panama TR4 Program engagement
officer, Rebeca Breaden, delivering a Panama Ed
session to SES volunteers in Innisfail before the
COVID-19 health pandemic.
By S...
Panama TR4 continues to spread slowly in the Tully Valley, but escalation of the disease is always a constant threat. The number of plants confirmed with TR4, and the number of sites where these plant...
When the COVID-19 health pandemic
took hold earlier this year, the
Australian Banana Growers’ Council
(ABGC) moved swiftly to ensure
growers were kept abreast of the
rapidly changing environment, whic...
Growers who employ seasonal workers, including visa holders, must have a health management plan in place to manage the risk of COVID-19. The Seasonal Workers Health Management Plan Direction came into...
By Richard Dinnen, Biosecurity Queensland When Panama disease tropical race four (Panama TR4) was first detected in Queensland in 2015, industry and government asked the international community for gu...
The future of the banana industry relies heavily on the next generation. For banana research, this requires having energetic, innovative, early career scientists gain their qualifications working alon...
The National Banana Development and Extension Program has been renewed for a further five years, with a clear focus on re-engaging with growers at a farm level. Now in its third iteration, the project...
By Professor Andre Drenth Bananas are susceptible to three important bacterial wilt diseases that reduce productivity and quality.These diseases are Moko, blood disease and banana Xanthomonas wilt and...
By Tony Pattison, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), South JohnstoneBACKGROUNDPanama disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4) was first found in the Tully valley in March 2015.The unknowns surroundin...
Fourth generation farmer Shayne Cini on the bank of the South Johnstone River which runs beside his banana farm at Wangan.
By Lea Coghlan Just like farming, l...
Earlier this year the Banana Strategic Agrochemical Review Process (SARP) was conducted through desktop audit and industry liaison to: • Assess the importance of the diseases, insects and weeds that c...
Lakeland is a step closer to realising longterm water security with the Queensland Government making the first milestone payment towards the Lakeland Irrigation Area Business Case. In June, the Govern...
A global pandemic may seem a complete world away from a disease that threatens Australia’s banana industry. However, on-farm responses by banana growers’ to COVID, compared to efforts to continue to c...
The Australian banana industry’s search for new varieties resistant to diseases such as Panama tropical race 4 (TR4) and Panama disease race 1 is looking brighter than ever, thanks to major inroads be...
The curtain has closed on the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) long history of banana research at the Duranbah trial site in northern NSW.
The final trials at the site were completed i...
– Stephen LoweCOVID-19 Last magazine the COVID-19 pandemic was just taking hold globally – and four months later there still remains a great deal of uncertainty, both here on home soil and...
– Jim PekinSurveillance strategy review The new Panama TR4 Program Management Board was due to meet for the second time on July 15, but had to post-pone, due to unforeseen circumstances. The Boa...
The quest for a commercially acceptable variety resistant to TR4 continues at the Coastal Plains Research Farm in the Northern Territory.
The latest results from the program have been promising with f...
