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Pome fruit - Marketing & export

Red Rich Fruits secures Australian rights to Cosmic Crisp apples

Cosmic Crisp apple is set to take off in Australia thanks to an exclusive agreement between Australian fruit grower, packer, and marketer, Red Rich Fruits, and varietal managers Proprietary Variety Management (PVM).

Flowering, thinning & PGRs

Bee-Scent for pollination

Bee-Scent is a pheromone-based enhancement product that aids in attracting bees to the target crop.

Post harvest

StixFresh breathes longer life into fruit

Seattle-based start-up StixFresh has developed a sticker that can keep fruit and vegetables fresh for up to two weeks longer than usual.

General

Elders strengthening horticulture investments in technical services

Building on its position in Australian horticulture was one of the aims for iconic agribusiness Elders at this year's Hort Connections.

Marketing & export - Packaging & labelling

Australia is in the process of revolutionising its barcode system

GS1 Australia is in the process of revolutionising its barcode system, providing more information and traceability of loose produce items.

Establishment & maintenance

ANFIC - our role is to protect IP rights

ANFIC have recently had to enforce their IP rights on various nurseries and growers

Citrus

Citrus and grape by-products could serve as food preservatives

Citrus and grape by-products that are normally treated as waste could potentially be used in the production of natural food preservatives.

Marketing & export

Free Trade Agreements Boost Australian Fruit Grower’s Exports

Australia’s Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are helping the companies expand their global presence.

Flowering, thinning & PGRs

APIS Bloom - Bloomin' marvellous

Increase foraging of commercial European honeybees by attracting them into your crop.

Cherries - Pome fruit - Flowering, thinning & PGRs

$5M pollination grant

Key crops will receive a pollination boost under a new research project that investigates novel technology and practices for optimising pollination.

Citrus

Citrus eating quality best in seven years

Citrus eating quality - best in seven years.

Avocado - Citrus

Grower lathers crops in molasses to protect produce as South Australia endures consecutive frosts

As South Australian temperatures plummet below zero severely damaging crops, some growers are turning to creative methods to protect their produce.

Mangoes

Non-invasive fruit ripeness measurement

Queensland researchers have developed a new tool to assess the ripeness of mango crops prior to harvest, potentially boosting harvest timing and fruit quality. The non-invasive sensor team from CQUniversity this week revealed it had created new sensor system technology using near-infared spectroscopy to assess produce in the orchard, without damaging the product. The technology allows farmers to better plan their harvest, by employing the right number of pickers at the right time.

Mangoes - Marketing & export

Multi-lingual manual motivates multinational mango moves

Mango growers and exporters will soon have a manual describes the best appearance and eating qualities of mangoes for export markets.