SYDNEY - An outbreak of a feared disease affecting banana plants has been confirmed on an Australian farm, raising worries over the outlook for the country's $420 million industry. The so-called ...

AUSTRALIA is evaluating a request from the Philippines to review alternative biosecurity measures aimed at facilitating market access for local bananas in the country. The Department of Agriculture, ...

Australia’s largest banana grower Mackays has reportedly put its entire farming operations up for sale. The operating business of the tropical fruit company could be sold for as much as A$180m ...

THE Philippine push to export fresh Cavendish bananas to Australia are currently the subject of negotiations and technical exchanges between the two governments, the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) ...