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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.
20-12-2017
PMA A-NZ launches its 2018-2020 strategic plan
An increasingly demanding marketplace demands an increasingly responsive PMA A-NZ.
18-12-2017
Preventing agricultural mobile plant roll-over fatalities
In December 2017, a worker on a Tamborine Mountain avocado farm was killed when a single seat ride-on mower being driven by another worker rolled over on a steep slope and crushed her.
18-12-2017
Stingless bees latest weapon to protect Aussie crops
Researchers are boosting their understanding of native stingless bees as pollinators in a $10M effort to help safeguard Australia’s fruit, nut, vegetable and cut flower supply into the future.
15-12-2017
Could blockchain revolutionise the ag supply chain?
There is a lot of excitement and talk about ‘blockchain’ but yet little is known about what it actually is, and how this digitised technology could be implemented in the agrisector.
15-12-2017
Country freedom status
MPI provides a searchable database to help exporters determine whether certain plant pest or disease organisms are present in New Zealand.
14-12-2017
Celebrating the rose in SA
The Limestone Coast was the centre of the rose universe earlier this month, when the Rose Society of South Australia converged on Mount Gambier, enjoying a whirlwind tour of the region’s best gardens and the hospitality of The Barn.
11-12-2017
Chemical access update continues
Australia's flower industry associations have been working collaboratively at a national level and with the Nursery & Garden Industry Australia to improve chemical access for flower growers across Australia.
11-12-2017
Ball opens 18-ha production facility in Australia
Ball Australia says it has exciting times ahead with the expansion of its existing young plant production and seed distribution business.
11-12-2017
More biosecurity officers for summer rush
Thirty-two new quarantine officers have graduated from their training, bolstering the Ministry for Primary Industries' biosecurity defences at New Zealand’s border.