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AGM 2024 Peter Presentation

Fruit eNews edition 266

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 15 September 2025, 8.30am

In this edition
  • Fruit Growers Tasmania Annual General Meeting 2025
  • Fruit Growers Tasmania Board update
  • Apply now for a scholarship through the University of Tasmania
  • Feeding Australia: A National Food Security Strategy
  • Productivity powwow with Simon Dornauf
  • Financial support services webinar
  • National Fruit Fly Strategy Workshop
  • Accelerating Trade Grant Program
  • Tasmanian Trade Consultation
  • Women & Leadership Australia scholarships
  • 2026 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award
  • 2026 Awards for Excellence in Women’s Leadership
  • Shaping the future of horticulture investment
  • September is National Suicide Prevention Month
  • Spraying Crops Best Practice webinar
  • 2025 WorkSafe Tasmania Month - Registrations now open
  • Apply for Primary Employers Tasmania’s $5,000 Scholarship
  • Core Skills Occupations List consultation
  • TAS Farm Innovation Hub surveys

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AFL 2025

Fruit eNews edition 265

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Sunday, 7 September 2025, 9.30pm

In this edition
  • Tackling turbulent times in trade
  • Fruit Industry Development Officer
  • New export market opens up for apple growers
  • Australian Berry Journal - Spring 2025
  • $1 billion more for Regional Investment Corp
  • Stand with the Land this Ag Day
  • Tasmanian Trade Consultation
  • Winter orchard walk presentations now available
  • Building the case for fumigation-free apple exports
  • TAS Farm Innovation Hub surveys
  • New tool empowers growers to tap productivity opportunity
  • Discover how HortIQ is transforming horticulture insights webinar
  • Spraying Crops Best Practice webinar
  • Pacific Engagement Visa employer information webinar
  • Soilborne diseases webinars
  • Environmental approvals for the Sassafras Wesley Vale Irrigation Scheme Augmentation
  • 2025 WorkSafe Tasmania Month - Registrations now open
  • 2025 Pollinator Photography Competition
  • Apply for Primary Employers Tasmania’s $5,000 Scholarship
  • Core Skills Occupations List consultation
  • Have Your Say on Phase 2 of the PALM Scheme Review

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Seasonal Produce Guide 2025 cover

Fruit eNews edition 264

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Friday, 29 August 2025, 9.30am

In this edition
  • Last chance to advertise in the Seasonal Produce Guide
  • Last chance to nominate for Fruit Growers Tasmania Board
  • Fruit Industry Development Officer
  • Lifetime achiever sails through nearly half a century in the industry
  • Thinning workshop for apple growers
  • Tasmanian Trade Consultation
  • Farmer’s legacy provides a boost for sustainable agriculture
  • Spraying Crops Best Practice webinar
  • What are the benefits of biodiversity for pest management in cropping systems?
  • Fruit Growers Tasmania has moved
  • PIPS 4 Profit research updates from the APAL Technical Symposium
  • Pacific Engagement Visa employer information webinar
  • Soilborne diseases webinars
  • What the Right to Disconnect Means
  • Apply for Primary Employers Tasmania’s $5,000 Scholarship
  • APAL Board member nominations Tasmania
  • It's National Biosecurity Week
  • Core Skills Occupations List consultation
  • Have Your Say on Phase 2 of the PALM Scheme Review

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Seasonal Produce Guide 2025 cover

Fruit eNews edition 263

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 25 August 2025, 7.30am

In this edition
  • Seasonal Produce Guide advertising opportunities close soon!
  • Fruit Industry Development Officer
  • Last chance to nominate for Fruit Growers Tasmania Board
  • Fruit Growers Tasmania has moved
  • Pacific Engagement Visa employer information webinar
  • Fair Talk by Fair Farms : PALM Scheme Deep Dive
  • Soilborne diseases webinars
  • Fruit Growers Tasmania in partnership with ANZ
  • Nominations for the 2025 Tasmanian Biosecurity Awards are now open
  • APAL Board member nominations Tasmania
  • Future Orchards Trial Incubator 2025–26 applications are open
  • Get ready for National Biosecurity Week
  • Have Your Say on Phase 2 of the PALM Scheme Review
  • On Farm Connectivity Program Round 3 consultation

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Seasonal Produce Guide 2025 cover

Fruit eNews edition 262

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 18 August 2025, 3.30pm

In this edition
  • Seasonal Produce Guide 2025/26 open to advertisers
  • Fruit Growers Tasmania has moved
  • Just a Farmer screenings
  • Nominations open for Fruit Growers Tasmania Board members
  • Fruit growers blast payroll tax grab
  • Hobart Airport runway ready for take off
  • Fair Talk by Fair Farms : PALM Scheme Deep Dive
  • APAL Grower of the Year finds networks invaluable for learning and support
  • Gavin Pearce takes on agricultural minister role
  • National Cherry Industry Season Launch Webinar 2025/26
  • Unlocking the Dazzle: A New Era for Australian Apple Growers
  • Horticulture Showcase
  • Nominations for the 2025 Tasmanian Biosecurity Awards are now open
  • Grant Opportunity Now Open: $20M Innovation Challenges Pilot
  • Fact Sheet: Pollination and Pollinator Friendly Plantings
  • APAL Board member nominations Tasmania
  • Become a member of Cherry Growers Australia Limited
  • Building climate resilient soils workshop
  • Get ready for National Biosecurity Week
  • Have Your Say on Phase 2 of the PALM Scheme Review
  • On Farm Connectivity Program Round 3 consultation

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APAL Award winners 2025
Photo: Fred & Hannah + Jacqui Beven Photography

Fruit eNews edition 261

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 11 August 2025, 5.30pm

In this edition
  • 2025 APAL Technical Symposium and Awards for Excellence event recap
  • Nominations open for Fruit Growers Tasmania Board members
  • Export crop monitoring training for Apples and Pears 2025-26 closes 15 August
  • Skills Insight welcomes new Chief Executive Officer
  • Nominations for the 2025 Tasmanian Biosecurity Awards are now open
  • $7.94 million to boost viticulture and horticulture drought resilience
  • Get ready for National Biosecurity Week
  • No Snackgrets: the campaign making apples Australia’s go-to snack
  • APAL Board member nominations Tasmania
  • Future Orchards Trial Incubator 2025–26 applications are open
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Surveillance Paused
  • Just a Farmer screenings
  • IFPA Australian Sustainability Summit
  • Become a member of Cherry Growers Australia Limited
  • Help shape the future of cherry exports
  • Exploring Agritourism for Australian Growers webinar
  • Building climate resilient soils workshop
  • Fair Work Ombudsman webinars
  • Have Your Say on Phase 2 of the PALM Scheme Review
  • Provide Export Market Development Grants feedback
  • On Farm Connectivity Program Round 3 consultation

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AGM voting 2025

Fruit eNews edition 260

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Friday, 1 August 2025, 8.30am

In this edition
  • Nominations open for Fruit Growers Tasmania Board members
  • Asia Fruit Logistica 2025 - Last chance to participate!
  • Export crop monitoring training for Apples and Pears 2025-26 closes 15 August
  • Export Accreditation for Apples and Pears 2025-26 closes 8 August
  • Australian horticulture’s $1 billion annual productivity opportunity
  • Fruit and Veggies Yummy Yummy
  • Future Orchards Trial Incubator 2025–26 applications are open
  • APAL Board member nominations Tasmania
  • TAS Farm Innovation Hub opportunities
  • Exploring Agritourism for Australian Growers webinar
  • Research into Crop Pollinators and Other Beneficial Insects
  • Just a Farmer screenings
  • Help shape the future of cherry exports
  • Become a member of Cherry Growers Australia Limited
  • Have Your Say on Phase 2 of the PALM Scheme Review
  • Building climate resilient soils workshop
  • Fair Work Ombudsman webinars
  • Drones in Ag webinar
  • Irrigation Basics for the Berry Industry
  • National Horticulture Compliance Survey 2025
  • Provide Export Market Development Grants feedback
  • On Farm Connectivity Program Round 3 consultation

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AFL 2024
Photo: Fresh Plaza

Fruit eNews edition 259

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Thursday, 24 July 2025, 3.30pm

In this edition
  • Asia Fruit Logistica 2025 - Opportunity to participate
  • Export Accreditation for Apples and Pears 2025-26
  • Just a Farmer screenings
  • 2025 National Farm Safety Week and Safer Farms Report
  • Have Your Say on Phase 2 of the PALM Scheme Review
  • Agricultural industry forum 2025
  • Building climate resilient soils workshop
  • On Farm Connectivity Program Round 3 consultation
  • Little Farms Singapore is coming to Launceston
  • Trials test precision thinning for apples
  • Help shape the future of Australia’s cherry industry
  • Fair Work Ombudsman webinars
  • Precision Summerfruit Orchard Management webinar
  • Exporters After Hours – Connecting Tasmania’s Export Community
  • Future Orchards winter walk next week
  • Drones in Ag webinar
  • Irrigation Basics for the Berry Industry
  • Provide Export Market Development Grants feedback
  • National Horticulture Compliance Survey 2025

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Apple blossom

Fruit eNews edition 258

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Friday, 18 July 2025, 11.30am

In this edition
  • Export Accreditation for Apples and Pears 2025-26
  • Help shape the future of Australia’s cherry industry
  • Asia Fruit Logistica 2025 - Opportunity to participate
  • Blueberry Voluntary Levy Updated for 2025-26
  • 2025 APAL Technical Symposium program and speakers announced
  • Little Farms Singapore is coming to Launceston
  • Fair Farms Fair Talk webinar
  • Ask the expert: what makes a great website?
  • Expressions of Interest: Farming Forever National Summit
  • Summerfruit Australia Announces Board Appointments
  • APAL Board member nominations Tasmania
  • Precision Summerfruit Orchard Management webinar
  • Exporters After Hours – Connecting Tasmania’s Export Community
  • Cherry Nutrition Webinar Series
  • Drones in Ag webinar
  • Irrigation Basics for the Berry Industry
  • Registrations open – Future Orchards winter walks
  • Provide Export Market Development Grants feedback
  • APVMA 2025 Stakeholder Survey
  • National Horticulture Compliance Survey 2025

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Tax cuts
Photo: Nataliya Vaitkevich

Fruit eNews edition 257

Fruit Growers Tasmania | Friday, 11 July 2025, 9.30am

In this edition
  • Fruit industry calls for a competitive payroll tax ahead of the State election
  • Export Accreditation for Apples 2025-26
  • Asia Fruit Logistica 2025 - Opportunity to participate
  • Fruit Growers Tasmania Honours Scholarship for 2025
  • Little Farms Singapore is coming to Launceston
  • APAL Board member nominations Tasmania
  • Invitation to become a member of Cherry Growers Australia Limited
  • Berries Australia resource library
  • Pollination and Varroa - What comes next?
  • Farm Business Resilience Planning Course
  • FarmX Conference & Expo
  • New resistance management strategies critical to safeguarding Australian cropping production and productivity
  • Fruit Growers Tasmania in partnership with ANZ
  • Cherry Nutrition & Best Practice Spray Webinar Series
  • Exporters After Hours – Connecting Tasmania’s Export Community
  • Drones in Ag webinar
  • Irrigation Basics for the Berry Industry
  • APAL Exporter Workshops
  • Registrations open – Future Orchards winter walks
  • National Horticulture Compliance Survey 2025

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