Australian Banana Industry Congress 2021

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Australian Banana Industry Congress 2021

The Australian Banana Industry Congress 2021 is being held at Cairns from May 12-14

More than 450 growers, researchers and industry stakeholders registered for the event

Paul Corbett and Daniel Cooper from Signet

Henk de Graaf from Smart Farm Control

North Queensland banana farmers Matt Abbott and Gavin Devaney, along with Doriana Mangili from Sweeter Banana Co-Operative.

Jim Pekin, CEO of Australian Banana Growers' Council delivering an update on TR4 Industry Management Plans

Barry Campagnolo, Adrian Favero, Kaine Cole, Wayne McKeich and Shane Poggiolo from VISY.

Florian Ruhnke from FarmLab

Perfection Fresh recently launched three new banana brands into the market

Tim Harvey from Rivulis Irrigation

Darryl Edwards and Irene Radford from Loscam Australia

Olive Hood, Vino Rajandran and Caitlin Morris from Hort Innovation

Gary Ridden from Mojo Motorcycles

Trent De Paoli, Entrepreneur/Innovator at De Paoli Orchards

Ridley Bell, Founder/Owner of Mountain Blue Farms

Kyah Fritz and Tahlia Dale from Pakall

Matthew Howarth and Wes Bray from Opal Fibre Packaging Australia

Damien McKechnie and Brent Craighead from QMAC

Jeremy Liddle from Seasol

Wayne Shoobridge and Samantha Stringer from ABGC

Congress MC Todd Widdicombe interviewing former NRL star and Banana Ambassador, Billy Slater

Molly Blake from ABGC

Dion Harrison and Weiwei Cui from Arakai Pty Ltd

Liam Southam-Rogers and Henry Hyde from Applied Horticulture Research

Colin Hoey and Allan McGann from drumMUSTER

Marsha Aralar from Fair Farms

Tony Dyne from Yara Australia

Former NRL star and Banana Ambassador Billy Slater taking part in a virtual motorcycle race

Kim Kurtz from Department of Environment and Science

Kylie McKnight, Gary Fattore, Serkan Fevzi, Naomi Travers and Mark Harriot from Costa Bananas

David Sides and Darren Thomas from Omnia Specialties Australia

Peter McGregor and Anton Hornbuckle from Label Press Queensland

Donna Mogg from Harvest Trail Information Service

Sean Hughes from Nelson Australia

Chris Platt and Peter Weaver from AGCO Australia

Brooke Muccignat, Rodney Hill and James Rogers from Lindsay Australia

Phil Lintern and Danita Clark from Agspec Australia

Stuart Hart and Annlouise O'Brien from Stoller

Rhiannon Evans, Panama TR4 Program Leader from Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Damian Wirth from New Holland Agriculture Australia

Adam Smith from Entegra

Ali Zenel and Matthew Skinner from Cassowary Coast Cartons

Tim Hunt from Rabobank, and Tate Connolly & Georgia Sheil from Hort Innovation

Terry Carty and Alan Chambers from Inform Ag

Jennifer McKee from Grower Support

Lindsay Parker and Zane McDavid from MAIT Industries

Dr Andre Drenth from the Centre for Horticulture Science at University of Queensland

Perfection Fresh CEO Michael Simonetta

Johnny Hojmark from Tradecorp Australia