Feb 13, 2024 | Australia, Environment, Grove Innovation News, Olive business, Olive Diseases
Developments in the regulatory oversight of crop protection chemicals are communicated via regular Ag Chemical Updates produced by the Hort Innovation-funded project Regulatory support and co-ordination (pesticides) (MT20007). The updates provide a summary of the...
Jan 9, 2024 | Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases
Managing fruit fly is a complex process and requires long-term sustained and planned activity. To assist industry and increase the general understanding of fruit fly management, the National Fruit Fly Council (NFFC) has developed a set of basic primers, tailored for...
Nov 14, 2023 | Grove Innovation News, Olive business, Olive Diseases
The Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) is currently underway across a range of levy-paying industries, including olives. The industry SARP reports assist in ensuring the availability of and access to effective chemical controls for each industry’s...
Oct 10, 2023 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases, Technology/Science
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has installed two new cutting-edge 3D x-ray units at Brisbane and Melbourne international airports, trialling the screening of incoming baggage for biosecurity risks. The devastation caused by the current...
Sep 12, 2023 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business, Olive Diseases
Australian biosecurity has received another boost after the nation’s seven plant Rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry renewed a partnership to tackle the nation’s most prolific pests and diseases....
Aug 8, 2023 | Australia, Courses/Education, Events, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases
Olive lace bug remains an important pest for the Australian industry and has recently been a major problem for many locations in NSW (particularly the Hunter Valley) and southern Western Australia. One of the reasons has been the weather patterns that have favoured...