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22-12-2017
FAR scores four Sustainable Farming Fund projects
FAR researchers have received $550,000 from the MPI Sustainable Farming Fund to investigate four environmental and crop production issues for their growers.
22-12-2017
Murray Valley fruit fly workshop creates buzz
Around thirty growers from across the Murray Valley attended a fruit fly workshop held by Citrus Australia’s Murray Valley Regional Advisory Committee (MVRAC) at Belah Heights in Trentham during December.
22-12-2017
Building resilience to extreme weather events
In close to thirty years of operation, Lizard Mountain Nursery near Yeppoon had not really felt the wrath of nature until 2015 when Category Five Tropical Cyclone Marcia crossed the coast of Central Queensland.
22-12-2017
New data insights to unwrap this Christmas
Hort Innovation said it has worked with global information and measurement company, Nielsen, to bring growers the largest series of insights into market performance and shopping behaviour yet.
21-12-2017
USDA expands flexibility, encourages integration in SNAP administration
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued national programme guidance that gives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) state operators new flexibility to make their operations more efficient while improving customer service.
21-12-2017
North QLD Manbulloo mangoes set sail for Asia
3,250 cartons of Manbulloo mangoes grown in North Queensland have set sail for Asia from the Port of Townsville in refrigerated containers on Mariana Express Lines’ Kota Nasrat container vessel.
21-12-2017
Plant & Food Research’s new CEO announced
Plant & Food Research has announced the appointment of David Hughes as its new Chief Executive Officer.
21-12-2017
Urban dwellers also need sustainability - HortNZ
Horticulture New Zealand CEO Mike Chapman notes that the 23 December 2017 'Listener' magazine reports that, in the last five years, Aucklanders have chopped down a third of their trees, and that 90% of what is left is at risk of also being cut down.
21-12-2017
Govt closely watching dry conditions
Farmers and growers in very dry regions around the country are urged to make plans to get through a summer that has turned hot and dry sooner than usual.
21-12-2017
Initial screening for control of adult male red clover casebearer moth
Moths were collected from red clover paddocks in mid-Canterbury on 12 December 2017. These were held in vented cages in a shade house. Humidity in the cages was kept elevated using tissue moistened with tap water.
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