Latest stories about the herbs industry
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The value of irrigated agricultural production in Australia has hit more than $15 billion.
Topics: rural, sheep-production, goat-production, dairy-production, beef-cattle, crop-harvesting, wool, wheat, viticulture, vegetables, sugar, rice, oilseeds, herbs, grain, fruits, fruit, flowers, cotton, agricultural-prices, bundaberg-4670, wa, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt, nsw, act
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| UpdatedA Bundaberg ginger grower harvests his first commercial turmeric crop as demand for the so-called super food ramps up.
Topics: rural, alzheimers-and-dementia, diet-and-nutrition, food-processing, food-and-cooking, food-and-beverage, research, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, crop-harvesting, agricultural-crops, herbs, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedGourmet Garden, one of Queensland's fastest growing high-tech agribusiness companies has been sold to McCormick & Company.
Topics: agribusiness, herbs, palmwoods-4555
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Gourmet Garden sold for $150 million to US based company
Topics: herbs, agribusiness, palmwoods-4555
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Storm Bellamy understands the power of her name to build an organic tea brand and inspire Tasmanian farmers to supply herbs.
Topics: herbs, beverages, food-and-beverage, launceston-7250, new-zealand
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Fresh ginger imports from Fiji do not appear to present an immediate biosecurity threat to the Queensland industry, although more testing is being done to confirm that.
Topics: herbs, agricultural-crops, rural, fruit, quarantine, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558
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| UpdatedWild herbs and edible flowers grow in abundance on the side of the road near Launceston.
Topics: gardening, herbs, food-and-cooking, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, weeds, launceston-7250, perth-7300
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| UpdatedScientists researching the history of a native Australian tobacco plant say it could solve the dilemma of how to grow crops in space.
Topics: space-exploration, herbs, biology, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA first-time garlic farmer in Western Australia is pleased with his inaugural harvest and the potential the business holds.
Topics: herbs, gingin-6503
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In a retail environment where consumers are increasingly looking for quick and easy options, herb farmers Sebastian and Cyrene Torrisi have been forced to think outside the square.
Topics: herbs, food-processing, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedNot far from the middle of Sydney there are seven hectares of heritage listed farming land, where vegetables have been grown for the last 150 years.
Topics: vegetables, gardening, urban-development-and-planning, historians, herbs, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAustralia's largest ginger processor says the new country of origin labelling laws could be problematic for processors who rely on seasonal ingredients.
Topics: herbs, agricultural-crops, rural, vegetables, maroochydore-4558
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| UpdatedA Sunshine Coast strawberry grower says the industry has become overcrowded, forcing prices down, so he has diversified into the higher value ginger crop instead.
Topics: rural, crop-harvesting, herbs, fruit, agricultural-crops, maroochydore-4558
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The small NSW town of Merriwa grows rosemary sprigs from a bush from Gallipoli to sell for charity at Anzac Day march.
Topics: anzac-day, herbs, charities, merriwa-2329
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A Western Australian first time garlic grower is off to a good start, with perfectly timed wet weather.
Topics: vegetables, vegetable-fruit-nuts, herbs, gingin-6503
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| UpdatedResearch has found ginger growers can increase yields by up to 20 per cent by changing the way they fertilise.
Topics: fruits, fruit, agricultural-crops, rural, vegetables, herbs, maroochydore-4558
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| UpdatedA heavy wet season in south-east Queensland has brought about a spike in diseases to the state's ginger farms, but the industry is fighting back.
Topics: rural, fruit, agricultural-crops, herbs, maroochydore-4558, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government has put a price on the agricultural damage caused by Cyclone Marcia.
Topics: cotton, fruit, grain, herbs, oilseeds, wheat, agricultural-policy, beef-cattle, pasture, cyclone, cyclones, rockhampton-4700
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| UpdatedThey are plonked into the sides of our Christmas hams, used in perfumes, cigarettes and herbal medicines, but who actually grows cloves?
Topics: rural, environment, trade, herbs, agricultural-crops, darwin-0800, indonesia
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| UpdatedAustralian and New Zealand ministers have rejected recommendations to overturn a ban on selling hemp as food.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, regulation, health, herbs, food-processing, tas, kindred-7310, new-zealand
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The ginger industry now has more power to determine how major plant disease outbreaks are dealt with, but it will cost growers money.
Topics: vegetables, agricultural-crops, rural, fruit, herbs, maroochydore-4558
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| UpdatedIt might be home to the NSW snowfields, but it's also become the site for hydroponic herb production.
Topics: agribusiness, solar-energy, alternative-energy, herbs, environmental-management, food-processing, food-and-cooking, dalgety-2628, canberra-2600
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The conditions on importing fresh ginger from Fiji will be reviewed, as the first trade season ends.
Topics: herbs, agricultural-crops, trade, environmental-health, pests, government-and-politics, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedA non-for-profit organisation that supports Sunshine Coast farmers says more collaboration is needed to boost the region's fine food reputation.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, fruits, fruit, vegetables, herbs, pig-production, livestock, beef-cattle, dairy-production, hydroponics, fishing-aquaculture, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, food-processing, mapleton-4560
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| UpdatedBuderim Ginger says imported product does present a biosecurity risk, but says Fiji is a quality ginger growing area.
Topics: agricultural-crops, herbs, rural, pests, pest-management, environment, yandina-4561, maroochydore-4558