News (Page 194)

by Jonathan Hair, ABC Net   The storm did hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage to fruit farms near Yeppoon.   Ben Clifton’s property was one of those hit by Marcia’s fury.   “The scene here after Cyclone Marcia was utter devastation – there was machinery wrapped around telephone poles,Continue Reading

by Maura Maxwell, Fruitnet   Bananas consistently outperform other fruits and vegetables on the European market when it comes to consumption according to data from Freshfel.   In a presentation on new actors, consumption and distribution trends, challenges and future prospects in the European Union made at this week’s International BananaContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet   Peak body Avocados Australia is proposing changes to the industry’s national avocado levy to provide additional resources for biosecurity management through Plant Health Australia.   All commercial growers pay the levy, which funds research and development (R&D) projects and marketing activities.   The industry also hasContinue Reading

by Carlos Nunez Fresh Plaza   Prices for avocados from California have been modest as good supplies from Mexico have kept the market in check. Signs point to this year’s crop from California being bigger than last year’s, so growers are being careful to harvest at a deliberate pace until MexicanContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet   An academic believes the South Australian government should be leveraging Adelaide’s relationship with Chinese sister city Shandong in its bid to have the state’s fruit fly free status recognised in the People’s Republic.   Ryan Manuel, a fellow at the Australian Centre on China and theContinue Reading

by Carl Collen, Fruitnet   Florida’s citrus growers say as much as 90 per cent of their acreage and 80 per cent of their trees are infected by the deadly greening disease (HLB), which is making a huge dent in the state’s US$10.7bn citrus industry.   That is according to aContinue Reading

by Luisa Cheshire, Fruitnet   Malaysian durian exporters are bracing themselves for a slowdown in exports as an unseasonable heatwave takes it toll on production, reports The Malay Mail online.   Agnessia Best Fruits Trading (Malaysia) director Albert Tan told the paper the extreme weather, brought on by the El NinoContinue Reading

by Jolynn Francis, The Star   Durian lovers can expect to sink their teeth into the first batch of the D604 and Kunpoh Angbak from May 1 onwards.   Bao Sheng Durian Farm owner Chang Teik Seng said these would be followed by the Lipan, D600, Kapri, Little Red, D11, Horlor,Continue Reading

  Durian exporters are feeling the heat brought by El Nino phenomenon as some businesses are bracing for a slowdown in exports.   Agnessia Best Fruits Trading (Malaysia) director Albert Tan expects the company’s durian exports to decrease as he said the extreme weather had stunted the growth of theContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet   Astreamlined online application system is being viewed as the catalyst for an increase in the number of Australian citrus growers registering their blocks for export to the South Korean, Chinese, Thai and Taiwan (KCTT) markets.   Under the online system, 3221 blocks have been registered soContinue Reading

by Maura Maxwell, Fruitnet   Colombia’s banana production increased by 13.2 per cent in both volume and value in 2015 according to figures released by the country’s producer association Augura.   The association’s president Juan Camilo Restrepo Gómez said 94m boxes of the fruit were shipped last year compared with 83mContinue Reading