Trials of ‘mutated bananas’ on a research farm in the Northern Territory are being watched closely by Australia’s $600 million banana industry. It is hoped these banana plants will be resistant to the deadly Panama Disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4), which wiped out the NT’s banana industry in theContinue Reading
The 2017/2018 Australian mango season was the biggest on record, with more than 10 million trays picked across the country for the first time. The Northern Territory supplied the most mangoes to market, with a 48 per cent share of the national crop. Queensland’s farmers produced 47Continue Reading
Australia’s only commercial Achacha plantation is on the market, providing investors with an opportunity to secure a monopoly over the sweet, tangy fruit. Achacha (achachairú, Garcinia humilis) is a native of Bolivia. Located on the Bruce Highway 45km south of Townsville at Palm Creek, the 123 hectare (304Continue Reading
Add “cause for a university evacuation in Australia” to the long list of reasons that durian may be the world’s most maligned fruit. About 3 p.m. Saturday local time, Melbourne’s Metropolitan Fire Brigade sent out an alert about a chemical hazard at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Continue Reading
South Australia has strengthened its import requirements, following the discovery of fruit fly larvae in four consignments of Queensland mangoes sent to South Australia during the summer harvest, which threatened its fruit fly-free status. The reforms include a ban on fruit that has been heat-treated as well asContinue Reading
Mangoes are a fruit typically associated with tropical climates and summer months, but a Western Australian farmer is proving that wrong. In the town of Harvey, two hours south of Perth and 33 degrees south of the equator, a flourishing mango plantation is still producing fruit, a month afterContinue Reading
Flood damage on banana farms in north Queensland — Australia’s largest growing area — is expected to lead to reduced supply and a rise in prices. The full extent of crop losses will not be known until later this week, but farmers who have been able to inspect theirContinue Reading
Indonesia will soon export mangoes and dragon fruit to Australia, a decision made during the 21st meeting of the Working Group on Agriculture, Food and Forestry Cooperation (WGAFFC) between Australia and Indonesia, held in Melbourne from Feb. 14 to 15. The Agriculture Ministry’s Agriculture Quarantine Agency head, BanunContinue Reading
The world’s most noxious fruit has long had a reputation amongst backpackers through Southeast Asia for its foul stench and for many trying it out is a rite of passage, albeit often an unpleasant one. The taste is an acquired one, to say the least, but if you find you’reContinue Reading
Harry Debney, the chief executive of market darling Costa Group, has heard all the gags about smashed avocado and Millennials. But Tuesday’s share price surge at Costa – up 10 per cent to a record high of $6.88, taking its 12-month gain to 79 per cent – is noContinue Reading
Queensland mango farmers are “scratching their heads” over a trade deal that will see the first trays of mangoes arrive from Indonesia, putting them in direct competition with the local harvest. Indonesian media are reporting the country will soon begin exporting mangoes and dragon fruit to Australia, “a decisionContinue Reading
People from Sydney’s Vietnamese community view picking lychees as a way for their urban-raised children to gain an understanding of farm life and food production. For more than 20 years busloads of predominately Vietnamese and some Chinese have descended on Ted and Elizabeth Knoblock’s lychee farm just south ofContinue Reading
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