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• Irrigated agriculture now worth more than $15 billion

  
  QLD Country Hour

  By Kallee Buchanan

  Posted September 15, 2016 11:30:36

  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

• A Queensland farmer is exploring the booming popularity of turmeric as a super food

  
  QLD Country Hour

  By Kallee Buchanan

  Posted July 25, 2016 13:51:33 | Updated July 25, 2016 15:59:11

  A 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

• McCormick buys Gourmet Garden business for $150 million Feature (video)

  
  ABC Rural

  By Jennifer Nichols

  Posted April 28, 2016 17:12:25 | Updated April 29, 2016 08:21:16

  Gourmet Garden, one of Queensland's fastest growing high-tech agribusiness companies has been sold to McCormick & Company.

  Topics: agribusiness, herbs, palmwoods-4555

• Gourmet Garden sold for $150 million to US based company Video

  Video
  ABC Rural

  39sec

  Posted April 28, 2016 16:07:57

  Gourmet Garden sold for $150 million to US based company

  Topics: herbs, agribusiness, palmwoods-4555

• Bellamy sisters source organic herbal crops for tea

  
  ABC Rural

  By Rosemary Grant

  Posted March 24, 2016 14:30:30

  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

• Review into Fijian ginger imports calms biosecurity concerns, but more research needed

  
  ABC Rural

  By Marty McCarthy

  Posted December 14, 2015 13:31:59

  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

• Searching for edible weeds in Launceston

  
  Tas Country Hour

  Hilary Burden

  Posted November 06, 2015 12:58:50 | Updated November 26, 2015 11:04:25

  Wild 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

• Australian tobacco plant could make farms in space possible

  
  QLD Country Hour

  By David Iliffe

  Posted November 03, 2015 18:08:09 | Updated November 04, 2015 11:37:16

  Scientists 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

• Garlic growing success for first-time farmer Cameron Williams

  
  WA Country Hour

  Posted October 09, 2015 18:53:31 | Updated October 12, 2015 09:34:05

  A first-time garlic farmer in Western Australia is pleased with his inaugural harvest and the potential the business holds.

  Topics: herbs, gingin-6503

• Herb cubes transform fresh food retail space (photos)

  
  ABC Rural

  By Charlie McKillop

  Posted September 08, 2015 14:14:31

  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

• Sydney's historic Chinese market gardens Feature

  
  ABC Rural

  By Fiona Pepper

  Posted August 05, 2015 14:13:49 | Updated September 18, 2015 16:47:05

  Not 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

• Food labelling laws a problem for seasonal food manufacturers

  
  ABC Rural

  By Marty McCarthy

  Posted July 27, 2015 07:31:45 | Updated July 27, 2015 07:37:29

  Australia'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

• Strawberry farmer finds more value in ginger

  
  ABC Rural

  By Marty McCarthy

  Posted June 16, 2015 09:11:36 | Updated June 16, 2015 10:26:18

  A 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

• Gallipoli rosemary grows for Anzac Day

  
  NSW Country Hour

  Caitlin Furlong

  Posted April 23, 2015 13:44:29

  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

• Wet weather welcome for first time garlic grower

  
  WA Country Hour

  By Tara de Landgrafft

  Posted April 13, 2015 11:13:02

  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

• Research finds ginger growers can cut costs, boost yields by changing fertiliser practice

  
  ABC Rural

  By Marty McCarthy

  Posted April 07, 2015 08:23:43 | Updated April 07, 2015 13:50:13

  Research 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

• Ginger industry looks to innovation, as wet weather brings disease woes to Queensland ginger farmers

  
  ABC Rural

  By Marty McCarthy

  Posted March 13, 2015 08:20:06 | Updated March 16, 2015 18:17:46

  A 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

• Qld Ag Minister forecasts cyclone damage bill $200m for farms

  
  ABC Rural

  By Amy McCosker

  Posted March 12, 2015 17:35:24 | Updated March 13, 2015 08:39:27

  The 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

• A look into Indonesia's clove empire Feature

  
  ABC Rural

  By Matt Brann

  Posted March 10, 2015 07:14:32 | Updated March 10, 2015 11:27:48

  They 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

• Ban on hemp foods to stay

  
  ABC Rural

  By Alex Blucher

  Posted January 30, 2015 14:26:27 | Updated January 30, 2015 21:00:34

  Australian 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

• Ginger industry steps up biosecurity strategy

  
  ABC Rural

  By Marty McCarthy

  Posted January 15, 2015 09:21:08

  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

• Solar herbs grown hydroponically are thriving in the Snowy

  
  NSW Country Hour

  Michael Cavanagh

  Posted December 30, 2014 08:38:33 | Updated December 30, 2014 09:22:12

  It 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

• Import rules for Fijian ginger to be reviewed

  
  ABC Rural

  By Eliza Rogers

  Posted November 19, 2014 09:13:24

  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

• Sunshine Coast farmers told partnerships are the key to profitability

  
  ABC Rural

  By Marty McCarthy

  Posted November 07, 2014 10:09:52 | Updated November 07, 2014 11:04:25

  A 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

• Ginger processor concerned about fresh Fijian imports

  
  ABC Rural

  By Marty McCarthy

  Posted October 16, 2014 09:57:43 | Updated October 16, 2014 10:16:54

  Buderim 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