3rd September 2010

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  • Dried fruit and nut demand on the up

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    Global demand for nuts and dried fruit is on the rise. That's the view of the International Nut and Dried Fruit Council Foundation, which represents 50 countries. INC is a not for profit ... more

  • Pear could be rare fare

    Created Mon, 30th of Aug 2010

    A shortage of pears is being predicted for Australia towards the year's end. A smaller harvest and increased sales mean that supplies of Australian pears are starting to run out. Tony Russell, ... more

  • Record Tasmanian olive crop

    Created Fri, 27th of Aug 2010

    Tasmania's olive growers have produced a record crop this year ,despite severe frosts earlier in the season. More than 240 tonnes of olives were harvested across the state, more than twice last ... more

  • Orchards to use Mildura city effluent

    Created Thu, 26th of Aug 2010

    Effluent water from residential and industrial areas of Mildura in north-west Victoria will be used to irrigate fruit and annual crops. Lower Murray Water has spent $35 million upgrading a waste ... more

  • Researchers investigate fresh uses for blemished bananas

    Created Wed, 25th of Aug 2010

    Scientists are examining how to best use blemished bananas that would otherwise be destined for the rubbish bin. Each year around 80,000 tonnes of bananas are rejected at packing sheds across ... more

  • Taiwan peach market reopens at last

    Created Thu, 19th of Aug 2010

    Peach and nectarine growers are celebrating a big win, with the lucrative Taiwanese market being reopened for exports. Australian growers lost access to the markets six years ago because of ... more

  • Riverina farmers told to prepare for locusts

    Created Thu, 19th of Aug 2010

    Riverina farmers are being told that soon-to-emerge locusts will cause damage whether they like it or not. The locust problem is expected to put pressure on Riverina vineyards for the first ... more

  • Warracknabeal to produce export grade sultanas

    Created Thu, 19th of Aug 2010

    Some dried fruit growers will receive $2,000 a tonne for their sultanas this season - the highest prices in 10 years. Warracknabeal dried fruit processor Clyne Foods is introducing a new Export ... more

  • New fruit and vegie lobby group wll run a tight budget

    Created Wed, 18th of Aug 2010

    The new Horticulture Taskforce will hire a lobbyist to represent the industry's views on industrial relations and biosecurity. A taskforce has been established to fill the hole left by the demise ... more

  • New horticulture lobby group established

    Created Tue, 17th of Aug 2010

    The horticulture industry has a new lobby group after an agreement to establish a new fruit and vegetable representative body. The Horticulture Taskforce will replace the Horticulture Australia ... more

  • Early stone fruit harvest in WA

    Created Tue, 17th of Aug 2010

    Stone fruit will be hitting shelves in Western Australia earlier this year because of a dry, mild winter. Some producers in WA's south-west region have received only half their average rainfall, ... more

  • Reward gives police fresh leads in mass seedlings poisoning

    Created Tue, 17th of Aug 2010

    Police in north Queensland say they have been inundated with public information about the poisoning of more than 7 million fruit and vegetable seedlings in late June in Bowen, south of ... more

  • Chilli wards off the weevil

    Created Mon, 16th of Aug 2010

    A natural and novel approach to pest management is being used at an organic olive grove in Mt Barker in WA's Great Southern. The Department of Agriculture and Food have just finished a trial ... more

  • Bank closes in on cherry grower

    Created Thu, 12th of Aug 2010

    The former president of Cherry Growers Australia is fighting to keep his cherry business in the NSW Riverina after one of his lenders foreclosed. Ian Hay's Cherryhaven Orchard, in Young, has been ... more

  • Farmers back new 'buy local' campaign

    Created Wed, 11th of Aug 2010

    A new campaign has been launched to identify locally-grown fruit and vegetables as Tasmanian-grown. The supermarket chain Woolworths is rolling out "Tassie Grown" labels in its Tasmanian ... more

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