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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 rocketThe ultimate diagnostic guide ...
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 ...
18 Jun 09 | A new agreement over quarantine means China will be able to receive more Australian mangoes.
17 Jun 09 | The achacha is not a dance but a fruit, and North Queensland could be the perfect place for them.   | CommentsComments (1)
04 Jun 09 | New pay rates for Northern Territory labour-hiring mango producers could alter many bottom lines.
Necessity leads to Banana Blankey
03 Jun 09 | It might sound like a child’s comfort toy, but the Banana Blankey is solving a serious problem.
Mechanical banana harvester takes stalks as well
14 May 09 | A mechanical banana harvester is being designed to also remove banana plant stalks for use in paper production.
Banana protest takes to streets
26 Mar 09 | The message was clear, loud and yellow: North Queenslanders don't want imported bananas.  | CommentsComments (5) | Optimistic yield outlook for WA ...Visit Farm Weekly | VIDEO: Buy now to beat machinery price ...
Nearly 3000 head at Nebo sale
25 Mar 09 | As one of the district’s biggest sales of the year, there were plenty of cattle on hand last week at the Nebo Special Store Sale.

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