Persimmon Fund snapshot
$33 thousand
Invested in R&D in 2022/23
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$23 thousand
Invested in marketing in 2022/23
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$168 thousand
Levy collected in 2022/23
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Ongoing project
Persimmon productivity program (PR23000)
Ongoing project
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)
Completed project
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2022/23 (MT21202)
Completed project
Chemical residue report to support Australia’s Country Recognition Arrangement (CRA) with Indonesia (MT23000)
Final research report
Fund Impact Assessment 2020/21: cherry, vegetables and small tropicals (MT21013)
Recently added
Ongoing project
Persimmon productivity program (PR23000)
Ongoing project
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)
Completed project
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2022/23 (MT21202)
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Media Release
Banana army poised to defend Aussie plantations
Completed project
Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) - Updates (MT21005)
Completed project
Persimmon data generation investments (ST17000 and ST16006)
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Scientists bring flies to Varroa Mite Red Zone
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$11.5M effort to deliver bot-ready strawberries
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$1M investment to find new citrus varieties
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Research pays off in India avocado trade deal
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Australian horticulture grows by $6.15B within a decade
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Media Release
Tree immunisations could become a reality
Completed project
Consumer demand spaces for horticulture (MT21003)
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Media Release
Hort Innovation welcomes two new directors
Marketing
Marketing spotlight 2021/22
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Taste the Wonders of Australia
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New macadamia varieties to lower production costs
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Aussie avocados smash it in Singapore and Malaysia
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Eyeing new tech to increase Varroa mite armoury
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Hort Innovation Board candidates announced
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Scientists find 65 per cent of tree species at risk
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$7 million to source supreme strawberries
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$6.4 million boost for cool-climate horticulture growers
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Media Release
Pink, White strawberries soon to hit Aussie market
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Media Release
Varroa-targeting pesticide under development
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Ongoing project
Diagnosis and management of dieback in persimmon trees (PR21000)
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Media Release
New trial explores almond orchard recycling in Australia
Ongoing project
Consumer behavioural data program (MT21004)
Completed project
Pilot program: Consumer usage, attitude and brand tracking (MT21201)
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Media Release
New CEO appointed
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Aussie potatoes mashing previous records
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Persimmon Australia Inc
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Mt Lofty QLD, 4350
www.persimmonsaustralia.com.au
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