Australians can expect more than 68,000 tonnes of avocados to hit retailer shelves in coming months Avocado production and consumption continues to rise in Australia, with more than 68,000 tonnes of avocados expected to hit retail shelves in coming months....
Read More
The market for grapes is in motion. In addition to a growing production, seasonal changes worldwide are shaping up the market. With the South African season finishing a little earlier than expected, the delayed supply from South America and the...
Read More
Apples are being harvested at one of the last remaining orchards in the New South Wales New England region after a dry growing season. Once producing fruit for the national and international market, the area's production now services the local...
Read More
Lending to Australian agribusinesses has hit a six-year high, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The weaker local currency and strong interest in agricultural assets from overseas investors has been driving the demand for finance in the...
Read More
New Zealand may not be the biggest horticultural producer in the world, but their export has increased significantly in recent years, a New Zealand Fresh Facts report shows. The total export value of the horticultural sector is 3.9 billion dollars,...
Read More
HORTICULTURAL exporters will be able to simplify the path to foreign markets by having their own industry-based Plant Export Authorised Officers (AOs). The Federal Government is investing $800,000 to support horticulture exporters, in particular small exporters, by bolstering the number...
Read More
Doubling of farmers' incomes will require large-scale changes in the output that India currently produces and how it goes about producing it. India will gain massively by shifting focus to pulses and horticulture and by moving people out of agriculture,...
Read More
Cherry Growers Australia (CGA) CEO Simon Boughey says export records have been "smashed" across a wide range of markets this season, and believes shipments could grow further if more access protocols are achieved for the country's mainland growers. In the campaign to...
Read More
A recently released report in Australia shows that the future for fruit exports is looking positive; exports are expected to increase from $821 million in 2015–16 to around $900 million by 2020–21. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics...
Read More
Believe it or not, Australia, the land of barbeques and Vegemite, is an important grower of rice for the Asian market, with local growers ranking among the best in the world. Australian farmers provide sought-after product to the rice-loving continent, with...
Read More
FRUIT exporters have shaken off a decade of backpedalling to surge ahead with increased output to foreign markets. That's the summation from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)'s Outlook 2016 agricultural commodities report. Between 2010–11...
Read More
The Indian food sector presents exporters with a potentially significant medium- to long-term opportunity. The size of the country's population – around 1.2bn – and an expanding middle class are driving growth in demand. In the first on our series of articles...
Read More
