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AUSVEG adopts new constitution
18/11/2008 | AUSVEG, the national peak industry representative organisation for the vegetable and potato industries, has adopted a new constitution which will see it move away from being a federation of state representative organisations to having direct grower membership.   | Filippino bananas a grave ... | Premium produce vital for ...
ACCC warns fruit growers to protect their summer harvest
17/11/2008 | Growers trading produce without a Horticulture Produce Agreement required by the mandatory Horticulture Code of Conduct could be placing themselves at unnecessary risk this growing season, according to the ACCC.   | Premium produce vital for ... | Filippino bananas a grave ...
Worse to come in banana quarantine row: IbisWorld
14/11/2008 | Business analyst firm IbisWorld is forecasting worse things to come for Australian agriculture, following yesterday's conditional recommendation from Biosecurity Australia that Filippino bananas be allowed into the country.  | CommentsComments (1) | Food business to survive ... | Premium produce vital for ...
Filippino bananas a grave quarantine risk to Aus industry
13/11/2008 | Peak Queensland horticulture organisation Growcom remains 'gravely concerned and alarmed' by Biosecurity Australia's recommendation to allow cavendish bananas from the Philippines into Australia under strict import conditions.   | CommentsComments (3) | Food business to survive ... | Keep Merbein Research Lab open: ...
Premium produce vital for Australian horticulture
11/11/2008 | Australian horticulture must position itself as a supplier of high-quality produce that attracts premium prices in order to be competitive both domestically and abroad, according to a recently-released industry report.  | Incitec in trading halt ahead ... | Labour shortage drives ...
Keep Merbein Research Lab open: NSW Farmers
30/10/2008 | The NSW Farmers’ Association will lobby the NSW and Federal Government in a bid to keep the historic Merbein Horticultural Research Laboratory, near Mildura, open and operating.   | CSIRO outlines changed role for ... | Banana prices to halve
30/10/2008 | Fruit king Nick Moraitis – who finds out tonight whether he has won the Agribusiness Leader of the Year Award at a ceremony hosted by National Australia Bank – is not worried about the worldwide economic slowdown.   | Consortium in new bid for fruit ... | Wholesale markets in doubt | AUDIO: Fruit king not worried about ...
Market turbulence: vegie swindlers weeded out
27/10/2008 | It's become a Saturday morning staple for thousands of Canberrans to head to the Capital Region Farmers' Markets to buy fresh, home-grown produce. But what started four years ago as a small venture of just 12 stalls at Exhibition Park in Canberra run by the Rotary Club of Hall has now become a major enterprise.  | Banana prices to halve | Wholesale markets in doubt
CSIRO outlines changed role for Sunraysia research
23/10/2008 | CSIRO remains 'committed to assist planning of an alternative model for horticultural research in the Sunraysia district'. But it will continue with its plan to consolidate its wine research in Adelaide, moving it from the Merbein research station.  | Bottled wine exports on the rise | Growers vote in favour of ...
Banana prices to halve
22/10/2008 | Woolworths is expecting a bumper banana crop from north Queensland will hit stores nationwide in about a fortnight, with prices set to halve.  | Orange research helps apple ... | Paris to taste Australia’s ...
Consortium in new bid for fruit market
17/10/2008 | A powerful consortium of wholesalers and growers has launched a private bid to build a new wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Dandenong, which could force the State Government to abandon its $1 billion market relocation plan.  | Wholesale markets in doubt
Wholesale markets in doubt
16/10/2008 | A $1 billion joint venture to move Melbourne's Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market from Footscray to Epping is on the brink of collapse and may require a government bail-out.  | Paris to taste Australia’s ... | Growers vote in favour of ...
Tropical fruits aid obesity fight
15/10/2008 | Tropical fruits could become the next weapon to be used in the battle against obesity.  | CommentsComments (1)
Orange research helps apple growers
14/10/2008 | Scientists at the Orange Agricultural Institute have come up with a simple plan which could save the apple industry millions of dollars and boost production well into the future.
14/10/2008 | Australian horticultural exporters are headed for the gastronomic capital of the world, Paris, next week to showcase the best of our macadamias, almonds and dried fruit in a bid to capture more of the lucrative European market at France's SIAL food exhibition.  | Shares, dollar surge on Wall St ... | Overnight drop in southern NSW ...
Growers vote in favour of creating Citrus Australia
14/10/2008 | History has been made today in Griffith, NSW, where Australian citrus growers have voted to wind up the existing peak body Australian Citrus Growers Inc and form Citrus Australia Ltd.  | Melamine scare in Chinese ... | Heinz $288m bid for Golden Circle
Melamine scare in Chinese vegetable imports
9/10/2008 | Vegetables from China are the latest food to come under focus over possible melamine concerns, with Food Standards Australia New Zealand checking on overseas tests.  | CommentsComments (7) | Why Aussie farmers need McCain | Water buy-back boilover

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Conservation cows out to change ag's image

13/11/2008 | Cattle are getting a bad rap these days, so it's refreshing to see Britain's venerable National Trust getting into the business of "conservation cows".
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