Fruit Growers Tasmania | Thursday, 2 July 2026, 9.15am
As the horticulture industry in Australia is grappling with varroa mite and other pressures on honeybee populations, researchers are looking into alternative pollinators. At the recent Fruit Growers Tasmania Cherry Growers Workshop in Jericho, research entomologist, Raylea Rowbottom from seedPurity, presented her recent findings about Hoverflies as pollinators in sweet cherry.
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Friday, 26 June 2026, 8.45am
A trapping program which ran in season 2025-26 to monitor for Oriental Fruit Moth found zero captures of the moth in participating cherry orchards in southern Tasmania.
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 22 June 2026, 9.15am
On 11 June, cherry growers and key industry stakeholders came together in Jericho for Fruit Growers Tasmania’s Cherry Growing Workshop which focused on soil health, pollination and orchard management.
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 1 June 2026, 7.00am
Tasmanian Farmer article - June 2026, by Peter Cornish, CEO of Fruit Growers Tasmania.
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Sunday, 1 March 2026, 7.00am
Tasmanian Farmer article - March 2026, by Peter Cornish, CEO of Fruit Growers Tasmania.
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