ATGA launches low-cost Qfly control initiative for growers
Australian table grape producers can now order low-cost attract-and-kill Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) lures, as part of an ATGA initiative to encourage area-wide management in south-east growing regions this season. The Australian Table Grape Association has accessed 10,000 Bugs for Bugs MAT cups – pheromone lures – for table grape producers to install, for the […]
Pick of the Bunch • 27 September 2024
Our 26 September edition of Pick of the Bunch is out now. What’s inside?
Pick of the Bunch • 13 September 2024
Our 13 September edition of Pick of the Bunch is out now. What’s inside?
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TG23000: Table Grape Market Access and Trade Development
The Australian Table Grape Association will lead a new five-year Hort Innovation grower-funded Table Grape Market Access and Trade Development program. What is it all about? This investment secures and enhances market access for Australian table grapes through export readiness, capacity building, export compliance, market access, market intelligence, in-market relationships and more. Challenge As Australia’s […]
Vine magazine • August 2024
Our August to October edition of the Vine magazine is out now! Inside this spring edition, we delve deeper into new industry projects, trade and market access updates. We hear from researchers Associate Professor Michael Considine and Professor John Considine about a Western Australian project transforming northern Australian table grape production. HortIQ provides some insights […]
Pick of the Bunch • 30 August 2024
Our 30 August edition of Pick of the Bunch is out now. What’s inside?
Grower profile: Michael Mobilio
Michael Mobilio has only been involved in the table grape industry for eight years, but his love of horticulture runs deep. Michael and his brothers were raised on a stone fruit property at Lake Boga, Victoria, but educated in Melbourne for high school and tertiary studies, as their parents’ placed “great importance on education”. After […]
Pick of the Bunch •
Our 15 August edition of Pick of the Bunch is out now. What’s inside?– Export registration is here– Pre-AFL outbound mission to China– Qfly presentation now available– Leadership program set to empower rural women– Bureau of Meteorology releases latest outlook– Have your say on climate-smart farming practices– Events– The mixed bunch
On-farm Queensland fruit fly management – presentation
Brett Irvine runs Irvine Horticultural Management Services, a technical service provider for the table grape industry. Brett has operated vineyards and provided agronomy services in Queensland and Sunraysia, and highlights the importance of adding Queensland fruit fly baiting to growers’ existing integrated pest and disease management programs. At the recent export registration sessions, Brett Shared […]