Industry Sector Horticulture
Farm Management
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New Australian Standard for organic products At last we have an organic standard with some real relevance to the domestic marketplace. It represents the culmination of over 20 years effort by the organic industry. I personally was first involved in an approach to the Federal Government with a request for a standard in 1989.The new AS 6000 from Standards Australia also represents the result of nearly five years of intensive lobbying and commitment from the Organic Federation of Australia (OFA).Until now the ‘default’ key industry document has been ... Read more |
Forest Range Third generation apple orchardist from Forest Range in South Australia. “The longer we do it the less we do”Graeme Schultz is ... Read more |
Growing organic grapes and almonds Organic horticulture in the Willunga plains has changed radically in the last few decades. Under pressure from government policy to ... Read more |
Angus Fisher, Millbank Farm, Terara Angus and Lise Fisher are BFA certified vegetable producers on Millbank Farm, at Terara, near Nowra, N.S.W.The farm has 75 ... Read more |
Barry Beach - Beach Organics Barry Beach produces vegetables, herbs, seed and seedlings on his 10 acre property at Middleton, on the South Coast of ... Read more |
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Market Trade and Supply Chain
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Horticulture - Export Export Markets outside USA and JapanAt present all AQIS accredited certified organic produce is accepted for entry into the EU, based upon an equivalence arrangement between the EU and the Australian Government. For most categories of goods, specific certification arrangements are required for entry into the USA and Japan. The USDA operates the National Organic Program (NOP) and Japan operates the Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS).China has recently announced a requirement for Chinese certification, and most organic goods will need to ... Read more |
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Hot Roast Chestnuts Street vending and value adding brings home the bacon.If you walk down the main street of Stirling or Aldgate, in ... Read more |
The Market for Organic food The market for organic food continues to grow in response to rising environmental awareness and even in current economic downturn ... Read more |
Farmers Markets Shocked by the poor quality of food available in US cities, I started the search for an edible piece of ... Read more |
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Horticulture - Features
New Australian Standard for organic productsAt last we have an organic standard with some real relevance to the domestic marketplace. It represents the culmination of over 20 years effort by ... Read more |
Olives - Olea europa var sativa Olives can be grown on all soil types except in boggy conditions. Olives are mostly self-pollinating, hardy, evergreen trees 7 -12m tall, with small leathery ... Read more |
Almonds Their early blossom is a welcome sight, when the rest of the orchard trees are bare. Almond harvestAlmonds are a stone fruit, closely related to ... Read more |
Chestnuts Rumours have mature trees dropping over a thousand dollars worth of nuts per year.Chestnuts are a large, quick growing forest tree. The Italian and Greek ... Read more |
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Horticulture - Latest News
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Lucerne cubing venture takes offIT'S easy to digest, a lucerne cubing business is offering fodder in its most convenient form yet, writes KIM WOODS
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Muraca ticks all the boxesJOHN Muraca is out to tick all the boxes with his weaner cattle.
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Doing it naturallyTONY Cristofaro is on a winner, using less water to grow bigger and healthier crops and cutting costs in the process.
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Smart yard successTOP-notch equipment enables a Riverina stud to shear, weigh and process 6000 lambs with only four staff.
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Creek chases chance in KazakhstanBEEF cattle breeders Bruce and Libby Creek are about to embark on their greatest challenge.
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Looking beyond the cowsDAIRY farmers Michael and Brianna Armstrong say their future lies in investing off farm, SIMONE SMITH reports
