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Prime pineapple season
20 Mar 10 | THE sweet smell of pineapple filled the storeroom at Pace Farming, Rollingstone, where a bountiful season has been met with high prices.  | Banana growers turn green at ... | Fruitpickers sacked for ...
Pigging out on lychees
18 Mar 10 | UNDERNEATH bird netting that spans eight hectares, Peter Gudgeon talks of his life on the road driving trucks around Australia, trawling for prawns off the coast of Townsville, and growing lychees.  | Banana growers turn green at ... | The ultimate diagnostic guide ...
Fruit pickers should know work rights: ombudsman
16 Mar 10 | THE Fair Work Ombudsman has warned backpackers about how to defend their rights after revelations that fruit pickers have been abused, denied water and paid a fraction of what they are owed.  | CommentsComments (1) | Fruitpickers sacked for ...
Fruitpickers sacked for pleading for water
15 Mar 10 | Backpackers are victims of rogue operators in the fruitpicking industry, writes Rick Feneley.  | CommentsComments (6) | Atherton avocado prices rocket | The ultimate diagnostic guide ...
Banana growers turn green at price volatility
12 Mar 10 | BANANA prices continue to be volatile, making specialist marketing and supply agreements, market timing and farm location increasingly important in securing profitable market prices.   | Federal Govt no show at hort ... | Atherton avocado prices rocket
The ultimate diagnostic guide for diseases affecting fruit crops
09 Mar 10 | Regarded as the fruit grower’s Bible, the latest edition of Diseases of Fruit Crops in Australia provides essential information and images of important diseases affecting most fruit and nut crops grown across Australia.   | Federal Govt no show at hort ... | Atherton avocado prices rocket
Atherton avocado prices rocket
04 Mar 10 | AVOCADO farmers on the Atherton Tableland have been enjoying enormous returns on their produce, with prices topping $45/tray during the first two weeks of the 2010 season. That price j  | Growcom takes food plan back to ... | Federal Govt no show at hort ...
22 Feb 10 | THEAustralian Government again did not send a representative to the Fruit and Vegetable Conference in Berlin.
Growcom takes food plan back to table
22 Feb 10 | GROWCOM says the Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce report scotching the idea that northern Australia could be transformed into a major food bowl for Asia without further research was unsurprising.   | LNP backs Abbott's bid to ... | Backlash against northern water ...
Norma honoured for her hort passion
17 Feb 10 | NORMA Higgins has received two things from Canberra in recent days - an acknowledgement of her work in Northern Territory horticulture, and a flu.  | Banana size shouldn't matter to ... | Horticulture's new 10 commandments
Bats over-run Mt Isa park
25 Jan 10 | THE southern half of Warrina Park at Lake Moondarra in Mt Isa has been closed for public safety due to an infestation of migratory bats.   | CommentsComments (1)
Horticulture's new 10 commandments
22 Jan 10 | THE new Horticulture Industry Award 2010 (HIA 2010) was finally delivered on December 23 and came into effect from January 1 along with the 10 National Employment Standards (NES).   | CommentsComments (1) | Boogan's top banana | Mango profits difficult under ...
Banana size shouldn't matter to supermarkets: Burke
21 Jan 10 | FEDERAL Agriculture Minister Tony Burke has blasted Australia's big supermarket chains for being too picky when buying fruit from farmers.   | CommentsComments (2) | Banana council appoints new CEO | Growers go bananas over waste
Tableland lime harvest in full swing
19 Jan 10 | LIME production is nearing the end of its season on the Atherton Tableland before moving south.   | Mango profits difficult under ... | Banana council appoints new CEO
Boogan's top banana
18 Jan 10 | DESPITE high southern prices, bananas in the South Johnstone area in North Queensland are in good supply.
Banana council appoints new CEO
18 Jan 10 | The Australian Banana Growers’ Council has appointed its new chief executive officer Jonathan Eccles, who will take up the role on February 1.
Mango profits difficult under new award
15 Jan 10 | CHANGES to the horticultural award are set to complicate life for farmers trying to make a profit from the fruit and vegetable industry.  | AUSVEG, Terranova Seeds team up | AUSVEG joins forces with Bayer ...
Brisbane in a wheelie bin spin over mango glut
12 Jan 10 | BACKYARD mango trees shedding their tropical fruits this season are causing woes for Brisbane residents struggling to dispose of the glut.
Growers go bananas over waste
07 Jan 10 | MORE than 100,000 tonnes of Queensland bananas go to waste every year because the fruit does not meet cosmetic retail standards.   | CommentsComments (1)
AUSVEG, Terranova Seeds team up
05 Jan 10 | AUSVEG and Terranova Seeds have joined together for the upcoming AUSVEG National Convention and Trade Show to provide solutions for vegetable and potato growers.  | Banana industry honours Len ... | AUSVEG joins forces with Bayer ...
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