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Matt Brann speaks to Stephen West about the discovery of Banana Freckle on the Tiwi Islands.
Topics: rural, fruit, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe fungal disease known as Banana Freckle has been discovered on the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin.
Topics: rural, quarantine, fruit, darwin-0800
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Farmers in South Australia's mid-north say they can't believe their properties have been flooded only weeks after being burnt out by bushfires.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, fruit, grain, vegetables, wheat, wool, irrigation, beef-cattle, dairy-production, sheep-production, mining-rural, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedAgriculture industry groups want the Federal Government to move quickly to ratify a free trade agreement with South Korea, now that the details of the deal have been revealed.
Topics: trade, agreements-and-treaties, federal-government, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, fruit, vegetables, viticulture, agricultural-policy, fishing-aquaculture, livestock, beef-cattle, dairy-production, pig-production, sheep-production, parliament-house-2600
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Topics: fruit, rural-women, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, dampier-6713
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| UpdatedSPC Ardmona avoided closure last week when its parent company Coca-Cola Amatil and the Victorian Government announced a $100 million investment plan to keep the ailing company in operation.
ABC Fact Check examines the main claims and counter claims made about the conditions and entitlements of SPC Ardmona's workforce.
Topics: manufacturing, fruit, food-processing, rural, food-and-beverage, federal-government, australia, vic
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government will today release the full details of its free trade agreement with South Korea.
Topics: trade, agreements-and-treaties, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-crops, fruit, grain, rice, sugar, agricultural-policy, livestock, beef-cattle, dairy-production, parliament-house-2600, korea-republic-of
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| UpdatedA banana farm is moving to full-scale production in the Cape York Aboriginal community of Hope Vale, a decade after the idea was first touted.
Topics: indigenous-policy, food-and-beverage, farm-labour, bananas, fruit, rural, hope-vale-4871, cairns-4870
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Warwick Long reports about the future for SPC Ardmona after the Victorian government decided to partly fund upgrades at the processor.
Topics: agricultural-crops, fruit, fruits, food-processing, food-and-beverage, shepparton-3630, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedSPC Ardmona says it will use the $100 million assistance package from the Victorian Government and parent company Coca-Cola Amatil to create new products.
Topics: agricultural-crops, fruit, food-and-beverage, food-processing, shepparton-3630, melbourne-3000
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Nikolai Beilharz speaks with Richard Hamilton about widespread rain across some wine grape growing regions and what potential damage may be done.
Topics: fruit, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedSPC Ardmona has praised consumers for buying its products when it was most needed, after the food processor was thrown a $22 million lifeline by the Victorian Government.
Topics: fruit, food-processing, food-and-beverage, shepparton-3630, melbourne-3000
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Cherry orchardist Tim Reid talks about the Little Cherry Virus found on a southern Tasmanian orchard.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, quarantine, fruit, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedrTesting of samples from a southern Tasmanian orchard has confirmed the presence of the Little Cherry Virus.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, fruit, quarantine, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government has announced a $22 million assistance package for SPC Ardmona, Australia's largest food processor and packaging company.
The Federal Government last month rejected a $25 million assistance request from SPC parent company Coca-Cola Amatil, putting the jobs of at least 2,700 people in the Goulburn Valley in doubt.
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine says his Government now wants to help the company to transform and modernise its operations at Shepparton.
Topics: food-and-beverage, state-parliament, states-and-territories, food-processing, federal---state-issues, company-news, fruit, rural, agricultural-crops, melbourne-3000, shepparton-3630
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Farmers in Western Australia's Ord are facing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damages to their irrigation systems after last week's heavy rain.
Topics: floods, irrigation, fruit, agricultural-crops, kununurra-6743
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| UpdatedThe South Australian honey industry is in crisis.
Topics: bushfire, rural, fruit, beekeeping, laura-5480, port-lincoln-5606, tintinara-5266, wirrabara-5481
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Dr Peter Spooner from Charles Sturt University talks about the financial benefits some native birds can have in almond crops.
Topics: fruits, fruit, mildura-3500
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It seems that birds might not always be the pest that farmers consider them to be.
Topics: fruit, fruits, mildura-3500
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Derwent Valley orchardist Tim Reid says although the cherry harvest was down this season on last year's bumper crop, growers received better prices for their cherries.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, fruit, crop-harvesting, plenty-7140
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Derwent valley cherry grower Tim Reid talks about the latest cherry harvest.
Topics: rural, fruit, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, crop-harvesting, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Tony Abbott has blamed unions for Toyota's demise in Australia and warned his colleagues to expect more economic shocks.
Mr Abbott told his colleagues union-negotiated agreements were partly to blame for Totoya's decision to leave the country, which is expected to cost 2,500 jobs.
The Prime Minister's comments follow criticisms from Workplace Minister Eric Abetz, who said Toyota's attempts to claw back "unproductive clauses" from the company's enterprise agreement were being frustrated by the union.
Earlier, Mr Abbott was challenged by several MPs about the Cabinet's decision to reject a $25 million bailout for fruit cannery SPC Ardmona.
Topics: liberals, political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-government, fruit, rural, food-processing, automotive, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedWhile the West Kimberley is on cyclone alert, East Kimberley residents are cleaning up after floods.
Topics: agricultural-crops, bananas, fruit, floods, weather, kununurra-6743, port-hedland-6721, broome-6725
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Despite the arrival of a significant river in Carnarvon this week, many growers remain on strict water rations.
Topics: agricultural-crops, fruit, vegetables, water-management, water-supply, carnarvon-6701
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Hear Adam Maskew, from the Department of Water, explain the process of testing the aquifer near Carnarvon.
Topics: agricultural-crops, fruit, vegetables, water-management, water-supply, carnarvon-6701