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Fruit eNews edition 185

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Saturday, 2 March 2024, 9.00am

In this edition:
  • A Competitive Payroll Tax Leads The Tasmanian Fruit Industry’s Election Requests
  • Fruit and water testing services
  • Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
  • Order your Export Tape
  • Later Chinese New Year worked out perfectly for Tassie grower
  • Hort Innovation led cherry promotional campaigns
  • National cherry season wrap up webinar
  • Churchill Fellowship applications now open
  • Diversifying Disability Employment Awareness Training
  • Introduction to the Pergola Training System for Cherries
  • Introducing the Optimising apple production systems project
  • APAL Short Course in Fruit Production
  • Hort Connections 2024
  • Two-day Retail Negotiation Skills Workshop
  • Leadership Scholarships for Women in Farming
  • National Agriculture Market Intelligence Hub closed
  • Rabobank business programs
  • RegTech Impact Survey for Grower Businesses

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Fruit eNews edition 184

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 26 February 2024, 9.00am

In this edition:
  • State election opportunities
  • Strawberry nursery tray plant quality and establishment webinar
  • Fruit and water testing
  • Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
  • Export Tape
  • Cherry Field Day
  • Energy Efficiency Grants for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Round 2
  • Introducing the Building sustainable soils project
  • Four Corners: Super Power - The cost of living with Coles and Woolworths
  • Have your say on the Food and Grocery Code
  • Horticulture Awards for Excellence
  • Resilient Farming Tas & Climate Risk in Practice workshop
  • Tamar Irrigation Scheme
  • Amendment of Import Requirement 2 for Mangoes
  • Fair Talk by Fair Farms
  • Cherry Traceability Pilot project
  • Farm Access Code of Conduct
  • Export Fundamentals for Australian Fruit & Vegetable Growers

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Strwaberry tunnels

Fruit eNews edition 183

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 19 February 2024, 9.00am

In this edition:
  • Strawberry nursery tray plant quality and establishment webinar
  • Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
  • Export Tape
  • Fruit and water testing forms
  • Applications open for third round of the Traceability Grants Program
  • Learn why Aussie agriculture needs bees
  • Hort Innovation Grower and Partner Survey results
  • Hort Connections 2024
  • Nominations open for 2024 APAL Awards for Excellence
  • Energy Efficiency Grants for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Round 2
  • Leadership Scholarships for Women in Farming
  • National Fruit Fly Council membership
  • A new home for TIA in North West Tasmania
  • Fair Farms webinar
  • Master your tax and super obligations
  • National Management Group Communiqué: Varroa destructor
  • International Fresh Produce Association A-NZ Produce Executive Program
  • Rainbow Lorikeets

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Fruit eNews edition 182

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Saturday, 10 February 2024, 9.00am

In this edition:
  • Shining a light on Tasmanian Blueberries
  • Strawberry nursery tray plant quality and establishment webinar
  • Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
  • Order your Export Tape
  • Updated Fruit and water testing forms
  • Latest Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook released
  • Australian Cherry Industry Conference registrations open
  • Tasmania is fruit fly free, help to keep it that way!
  • Does orchard floor management improve soil health?
  • Help shape regional drought planning in Tasmania
  • Australian growers band together to boost the whole berry basket
  • Australian levy-funded apples marketing campaign reached new audiences
  • Drought Loan Information Webinar
  • Hort Connections funding available
  • Drop-in Day for the Tamar Irrigation Scheme
  • 26TEN Workplace Grants
  • National Fruit Fly Council membership
  • National Mid-Season Cherry Webinar
  • Beyond Blue’s NewAccess for Small Business Owners
  • Narrow Orchard Systems for Future Climates survey
  • Rabobank business programs
  • New Chair of the Australian Fresh Produce Alliance

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Fruit eNews edition 181

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 29 January 2024, 9.00am

In this edition:
  • Strawberry nursery tray plant quality and establishment webinar
  • Shining a light on Tasmanian Blueberries
  • Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
  • Order your Export Tape
  • Updated Fruit and water testing forms
  • Taiwan cherry box cards
  • APAL's Future Orchard Walks
  • 2022/23 Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook webinar
  • Two-day Retail Negotiation Skills Workshop
  • Churchill Fellowship next application round
  • Nominations open for 2024 APAL Awards for Excellence
  • Support for regional internet and phone connectivity issues
  • Fair talk with fair farms
  • Select Committee on Supermarket Prices
  • Amendment of Import Requirement 2 for Mango and Plum
  • APAL Future Orchards International Tour in New Zealand
  • Leadership Scholarships for Women in Farming
  • Small Business Advice and Financial Guidance Program

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Fruit eNews edition 180

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Friday, 19 January 2024, 9.00am

In this edition:
  • Fruit Growers Tasmania in partnership with ANZ
  • Tasmanian Blueberries
  • National Cherry Industry Mid-Season Webinar
  • Fruit and water testing forms updated for 2023-24
  • Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
  • Order your Export Tape
  • Taiwan cherry box cards
  • Drop-in Days for the Tamar Irrigation Scheme
  • Hort Connections funding available
  • Savour Tasmania - Inbound Trade Mission
  • New year, new workplace laws
  • Minimum hours for PALM scheme workers
  • APAL Future Orchards International Tour in New Zealand
  • Business Growth Loan Scheme extended

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Fruit eNews edition 179

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Tuesday, 16 January 2024, 12.00pm

In this edition:
  • Celebrating Tasmanian Blueberries
  • Order your Export Tape today
  • Taiwan cherry box cards
  • Fruit and water testing forms updated for 2023-24
  • Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide 2023/24
  • Nominations open for 2024 APAL Awards for Excellence
  • Hort Connections funding available
  • Savour Tasmania - Inbound Trade Mission
  • Biosecurity Tas renew Emergency General Biosecurity Direction
  • APAL launches MRL mobile phone app
  • 2022/23 Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook webinar
  • Two-day Retail Negotiation Skills Workshop
  • AgPick launch new app
  • Fair Farms webinar
  • Cherry Picked podcast
  • Churchill Fellowship next application round
  • AgriFutures On Air
  • 26TEN Workplace Grants

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Fireworks celebrations
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Fruit eNews edition 178

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 8 January 2024, 12.00pm

In this edition:
  • Welcome to 2024
  • Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
  • Taiwan cherry box cards
  • Order your Cherry Bags and Export Tape
  • Fruit and water testing forms updated for 2023-24
  • Tasmanian Cherry Output Set To Surge by 25% in 2023/24
  • Big Honour for Reid Fruits in China
  • Tasmanian fruit growers on cloud nine as ideal conditions for harvest set them up for export boom
  • Worldwide search for labour-saving tech underway
  • Independent Reviewer’s Annual Report into the Australian Food & Grocery Code
  • General Biosecurity Duty
  • Tasmanian Irrigation news
  • Bee Health Technology survey
  • Forthside Research Facility Field Day
  • NFFC Fruit Fly Management Guides
  • Ag Trade Apprenticeship Project: Survey Open for Feedback
  • New cyber security resources for small to medium businesses
  • Berry plant protection guide
  • Hort Connections funding available
  • Savour Tasmania - Inbound Trade Mission
  • BeeConnected App available free now
  • New interactive Work Health and Safety tool for the agriculture industry
  • Ag-tech provider urges growers to act on compliance

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Tas Bushfires
Photo: Chris Emms

Fruit eNews edition 177

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 18 December 2023, 12.00pm

In this edition:
  • Bushfire emergency preparedness
  • Fruit and water testing forms updated for 2023-24
  • Fruit Growers Tasmania end of year arrangements
  • Tasmanian cherry season briefing for Asian buyers
  • Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
  • Export Tape now available
  • 1kg ‘Tasmanian Grown’ Cherry Bags available soon
  • Taiwan cherry box cards
  • Farmers find wins in Migration Strategy but falls short on detail
  • Celebrating 60 Years of Agricultural Science at the University of Tasmania
  • AgriFutures Australia: Horizon Scholarship
  • Plant Exports - 2023/2024 Christmas and New Year closure arrangements
  • Permit applications for the small hive beetle response during the holiday period
  • Integrated Pest & Pollinator Management webinar
  • CGA Annual General Meeting
  • Two-day Retail Negotiation Skills Workshop
  • Savour Tasmania - Inbound Trade Mission
  • On-farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme
  • Participate in your industry's pest, weed and disease survey
  • Grower Funding is Now Available for Hort Connections 2024
  • Improving workforce data collection to foster the growth of Australian agriculture
  • Grad Dip Agribusiness (horticulture) course

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Cherry season launch at Hill St
Photo: Kat Hagenbach | Hill Street

Fruit eNews edition 176

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 11 December 2023, 12.00pm

In this edition:
  • The wait is over...the Tasmanian cherry season has begun!
  • Export Tape now available
  • 1kg ‘Tasmanian Grown’ Cherry Bags available soon
  • Fruit industry leader awarded inaugural Tasmanian Industry Biosecurity Award
  • Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
  • Taiwan cherry box cards
  • Savour Tasmania - Inbound Trade Mission
  • Participate in your industry's pest, weed and disease survey
  • National Biosecurity Training Hub
  • Biosecurity campaign focuses on international travellers
  • Two day Retail Negotiation Skills Workshop
  • Get help to commercialise or grow with the Industry Growth Program
  • On-farm Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate Scheme
  • Food and agribusiness market updates
  • Nuffield report released
  • Sustainable apple orchard nutrition
  • Farmers seeking a fair go call for price transparency beyond supermarket inquiry
  • New portal to support growers through dry times
  • Grower Funding is Now Available for Hort Connections 2024

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