The AMA is dedicated to providing Australian melon growers with the latest information to connect the industry and improve productivity. We publish this periodical in order to deliver necessary updates for melon growers in an easy to digest and share format.
Melon News Magazine
Melon News Magazine
Melon News Dec 2022
Melon Quality Project – Educating Health Care Professional on Aussie Melons – Melon Export Strategy – Biosecurity Updates – Melon Roadshow Series – Assess and Manage Microbial Food Safety Wildlife and Domesticated Animals are a Source of Microbial Contamination
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Melon News July 2022
Managing Fall Armyworm in Australia – Melon Traceability Pilots in Export – Supply Chains – Market Intelligence Reports Melon Nonprotocol – Melon Quality Project – Message from Murray Watt – A Message from the Executive Officer – A Message from the Chair
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Melon News December 2021
Message from The Hon David Littleproud MP; Message from the Chair – Paul McLaughlin; Message from the Executive Officer – Johnathon Davey; Food Safety; Melon Exports: Melon Traceability; Melon Biosecurity; Further Melon Industry R&D
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Melon News February 2021
Message from the Chair; Melon Biosecurity; New Melon Export Reports; Towards Digital Traceability in the Melon Supply Chain; Safe Melons Program; Communication Update; CGMMV and Bees; Insects that Visit Watermelon Flowers in AustralIa
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Melon News September 2020
Melons Australia restructures; Organic amendments; Wheat straw to control Fusarium; Irrigation of watermelons; Pollination of seedless watermelon; Vine decline of melons; Harvesting genes to improve watermelons; Talking Melons 2020 and more…
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Melon News June 2020
Biosecurity levy investment; Understanding the role of honey bees in CGMMV; Area wide management of viruses and bacteria; Research comes to your screen; Risk & crisis management planning; Telecommunications 101 and more…
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Melon News December 2019
Syngenta 2020 Australian melon conference and field day, Australian melon consumer insights, Asia Fruit Logistica report, Middle East exports and more…
Melon News September 2019
Syngenta 2020 Australian melon conference and field day, BOM climate report, Murray Darling outlook, Water facts and figures, New rockmelon guides and more…
Melon News June 2019
Japan-Singapore-Malaysia in-market visits, A growers perspective on export, Exports to Japan, Export lessons from the mango industry and more…
Melon News March 2019
Chinchilla melon festival, Labile carbon, Weather extremes impact melon industry, Mealy Bug, Protected cropping and more..
Melon News December 2018
2018 Conference Round Up; New airfreight screening; Awards, agreements & arrangements; How safe are my soils?; Industry Development report; ..
Melon News June 2018
Conference infomration; Conference program; Conference speakers; Social progam; R&D investment; LEAD program; Stingless bees; Minor Use Permits…
Melon News April 2018
Listeria Investigation, Validating & Verifying your Food Safety Program, Is HARPS required for my business?, LEAD program and more..
Melon News June 2017
New seed testing protocols, antimicrobial coatings for fruit, use of bioclay to fight viruses and more…
Melon News December 2017
Bird deterrents, Export plans, CGMMV world-wide, seed testing, Metham Sodium and more…
Melon News September 2017
Popularity of avocados in Australia, irradiation as an export treatment, challenging the food safety culture and more…
Melon News September 2016
Outbreak of salmonella in rockmelons, the expansion of melon sales to the Japanese market, the introduced Asian Honeybee pest and more…
Melon News March 2017
Use of automation in farming in Queensland, reports from the Chinchilla Melon Festival, assessing critical infrastructure resilience and more…
Melon News December 2016
Horticulture Code of Conduct, CGMMV Plans, FMA concerns over unworkable regulations and more…