The Australian Government has accepted the Wold Trade Organisation Appellate Body’s decision to allow New Zealand apples to be imported into Australia, after an appeal was rejected this week. The...

The World Trade Organisation has publicly released its final ruling, vetoing stringent Australian quarantine rules and allowing the widespread importation of New Zealand apples into Australia. The 598-page...

A genetic glitch in some Gala apple trees, which stops cells from dividing, has been found to result in apples which are almost double the size of their normal counterparts. Peter Hirst, a Purdue University...

The Federal Government has given the green light to apple imports from China today, following a recommendation by Biosecurity Australia. Fears of infestation by the spotted-wing fruit fly, Drosophila suzukii,...

The federal government has announced a grant of $100,000 for fruit marketing company Towac Fruit Export Cooperative to develop a strategic plan to help build the competitiveness and resilience of the Australian...

The World Trade Organisation is expected to formally rule that Australia’s stringent quarantine restrictions on New Zealand apples are unfair, ending a 90 year long lockout on bringing the fruit...

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has begun using a new pest control technique to combat moth infestation by turning the insects gay. Three orchards are now established using the new technique, which...

Australian apple and pear growers are extremely concerned with the provisional final Import Risk Analysis (IRA) for apples from China.   APAL spokesperson on biosecurity issues and chairman of the Fire...

It’s juicy, exceptionally crisp and this year, it will be available from April until June for purchase from major supermarkets and leading independent fruit shops throughout Australia. That’s...

While much of Queensland has experienced heavy rainfalls this summer, apple growers around Stanthorpe, in the Granite Belt south west of Brisbane are facing tough growing conditions due to the drought. Picking...