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Apple growers confident they'll survive import crunch

09 Mar 10 | In the depths of Batlow's winter, when overnight temperatures in the Snowy Mountains plunge to minus 10 degrees, orchardists smile knowingly. |

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Row over roadblocks amid fruit fly scare

07 Mar 10 | WHEN a tiny, pregnant fruit fly hitched a lift into Victoria's Sunraysia district recently, she sparked an immediate crackdown and kindled a row over how best to protect the region's valuable fruit-growing industries.

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Rampant growth threatens market gardens

04 Mar 10 | WHEN you are biting into a tomato, cucumber or lettuce, chances are you are tasting a piece of Sydney's history. But it is a slice of Sydney that is fast disappearing, warns Therese Sweeney, the artist behind an exhibition that tells the stories of the city's migrant market gardeners. |

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Fruit fly detected at Woodville North

03 Mar 10 | Primary Industries and Resources SA has declared another fruit fly outbreak at Woodville North today (March 4). | Fruit fly outbreak declared at ... Visit Stock Journal

| Fruit fly outbreak at Mildura Visit Stock Journal

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Fruit fly outbreak declared at South Brighton

02 Mar 10 | Primary Industries and Resources SA has declared a fruit fly outbreak at South Brighton. | Fruit fly outbreak at Mildura Visit Stock Journal

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HAC chair denies collapse claims

28 Feb 10 | THE Horticulture Australia Council (HAC) isn’t going anywhere. |

Comments (3) | Tas cherries on their way to Korea Visit Stock & Land

| Almond harvest to exceed 2009 crop Visit Stock & Land

| VIDEO: Dalby marks ethanol anniversary

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Riverland irrigators prepare for fruitful recovery

19 Feb 10 | A new program has been launched by the State Government aimed at supporting Riverland irrigators in their business decision making. | $988,000 for improved broadband ... Visit Stock Journal

| Family farms must brace for change Visit Stock Journal

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Tas cherries on their way to Korea

11 Feb 10 | THE FIRST-ever consignment of Australian cherries left this week for Korea.

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Dow launches new citrus insecticide

30 Jan 10 | Citrus growers now have new weapon against costly citrus leafminer. | Quarantine alert: Japan blocks ... | Fruit fly outbreak at Mildura Visit Stock & Land

| AUDIO: Lucy Knight chats with sceptic ...

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She'll be apples: cider sales soar as old favourite returns

28 Jan 10 | WHEN the Henry family started making cider 15 years ago, demand for the apple drink was dismal. |

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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. |

Comments (2) | Banana council appoints new CEO Visit North Queensland Register

| Growers go bananas over waste Visit North Queensland Register

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Industry horror at new hort award

21 Jan 10 | A UNIFORM Australia-wide industrial award for the horticulture industry may make employing weekend labour too expensive for 1200 NSW growers.

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Quarantine alert: Japan blocks Qld mangoes

15 Jan 10 | UPDATE: JAPAN has temporarily blocked all mango imports from Australia following the detection of insect larvae in a mango at a South East Queensland export facility. | AUSVEG, Terranova Seeds team up | Growers go bananas over ...

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Fruit fly outbreak at Mildura

12 Jan 10 | The Victorian Department of Primary Industries is declaring a 15 kilometre suspension zone in Sunraysia following the detection of a Queensland fruit fly in Mildura.

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Brisbane in 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. |

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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. |

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Postpone new hort industry award: Ausveg

07 Jan 10 | AUSVEG wants the Federal Government to postpone the introduction of the Horticulture Industry Award until 1 July 2010, due to the significant impacts it will have on vegetable and potato growers. | Australian growers set for ... | Growers go bananas over waste Visit North Queensland Register

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Australian growers set for international horticultural quest

26 Dec 09 | TEN Australian vegetable growers are set for the horticultural quest of a lifetime when they visit the Fruit Logistica trade fair in Berlin, Germany, and view horticultural facilities and on-farm practices in Israel and Spain from 27 January to 12 February next year. |

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Citrus industry on-guard for Huanglongbing

24 Dec 09 | LOCAL citrus growers have returned home from the annual Australian Citrus Industry conference, with a reminder to be on-guard against a potentially devastating exotic disease Huanglongbing (HLB) and the insect that transmits it, the Asian citrus psyllid. | AUSVEG joins forces with Bayer ... | Great fruit glut pulps profits ... | VIDEO: Ballarat grown steers to $830

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A blooming great Christmas gift idea

22 Dec 09 | GREEN gifts are proving popular this festive season, with Queensland’s lifestyle horticulture industry reporting strong growth in the nursery and cut flower sectors. | Bundaberg grower using his melon | Photos from Macadamia Farm ...

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