Dried Fruits Australia's 2019 harvest tour program will continue today and tomorrow with events for growers and other industry staff. We know it's a busy time, but please attend if you can.
Thursday 11 April, 5pm
Join us at John Hunt's property this evening to see the new harvester he's built. His address is 46 Wolfe Road, Red Cliffs. See the Facebook event.
Friday 12 April, 12.30pm
Come and see Ashley Johnstone's harvest operations tomorrow at 2880 Sixteenth Street, Irymple (corner Karadoc Avenue and Sixteenth Street). See the Facebook event.
Let us know if you can make it by contacting the DFA office on 03 5023 5174 or admin@driedfruitsaustralia.org.au. You can also RSVP by selecting 'going' in the Facebook events linked above.
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The dried grape industry welcomed an exciting funding announcement this week.
Dried Fruits Australia will receive almost $400,000 to advance the growth of the industry across Sunraysia. The three-year project will demonstrate the best practices for achieving consistent yields of 10 tonnes per hectare, while gathering data to back up the findings.
The project will be conducted at vineyards in Red Cliffs, Merbein and Colignan, including two Murray River Organics' properties.
It will be funded under the Federal Government's Murray-Darling Basin Economic Development Program. Agrilculture Minister David Littleproud announced the news in Mildura on Monday (pictured above).
Read the media release here.
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News bites
A reminder that employers will be required to pay overtime to casual workers from Monday 15 April under changes to the Horticulture Award. Download the award variation made last week by the Fair Work Commission here.
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The Loddon Mallee Waste and Resource Recovery Group is hosting an event for the horticulture industry to share information about better management of organics waste. The day-long event will be held on Wednesday 1 May. Find out more.
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This publication has been funded by Hort Innovation using the dried grape R&D levy and funds from the Australian Government.
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