The Taglog vineyard labour management system improves the efficiency for growers and the transparency for pickers, as it is scaling up to be rolled out across Australia.
The Australian apple and pear industry has once again showed “an excellent compliance with food safety standards and demonstrated the strong commitment of the pome fruit industry to good agricultural practice” according to the latest National Residue Surv
The Australian Department of Agriculture has considered the biosecurity risks for Australia associated with the importation of commercially produced fresh avocado fruit for human consumption from Chile.
Canada's big spending Public Sector Pension Investment Board has bought into another Australian nut orchard venture, also paying $490 million for 89,085 megalitres of high security water in the lower Murray Darling Basin.
Crops across Western Australia are expected to take a major hit as a result of recent unseasonal weather, with some growers reporting losses of up to 40 percent.
After Australian states and territories introduced plastic bag bans, supermarkets like Woolworths have recently begun offering alternatives such as paper bags.
One of Queensland’s largest seedless watermelon growers, Andrew Martens of Marto Farms has unveiled the first blockchain end-to-end consumer traceability and marketing system on seedless watermelons in Australia.
The largest beverage companies in Australia have collectively announced a 7% reduction in sugar in the first progress report on the industry’s sugar reduction pledged.