Persimmon Fund snapshot
$148 thousand
								Invested in R&D in 2024/25
										
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							See the investments
$50 thousand
								Invested in marketing in 2024/25
										
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							See marketing updates
$219 thousand
								Levy collected in 22024/25
										
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Marketing
                                                
                                       
                                                
                                                    Highlights from the 2024/25 Persimmon marketing campaign
                                                
                                            
                                                  
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                                                    Persimmon Industry Communications and Extension Program (PR23003) 
                                                
                                            
                                                  
Final research report
                                                
                                       
                                                
                                                    Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)
                                                
                                            
                                                  
Ongoing project
                                                
                                       
                                                
                                                    Consumer usage and attitude tracking 25/26 (MT24201)
                                                
                                            
                                                  
Ongoing project
                                                
                                       
                                                
                                                    Regulatory support and response co-ordination (pesticides) (MT24008)
                                                
                                            
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Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)                                        
                                    
                                            Ongoing project
                                        
                                        
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 25/26 (MT24201)                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Persimmon industry communications and extension program (PR20000)                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
National persimmon varietal evaluation program 2018-2023 (PR17000)                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT20007)                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2020/21 to 2022/23 (MT21015)                                        
                                    
                                            Ongoing project
                                        
                                        
Persimmon productivity program (PR23000)                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2022/23 (MT21202)                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            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)                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Scientists bring flies to Varroa Mite Red Zone                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
$11.5M effort to deliver bot-ready strawberries                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
$1M investment to find new citrus varieties                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Research pays off in India avocado trade deal                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Australian horticulture grows by $6.15B within a decade                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Tree immunisations could become a reality                                        
                                    
                                            Completed project
                                        
                                        
Consumer demand spaces for horticulture (MT21003)                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Hort Innovation welcomes two new directors                                        
                                    
                                            Marketing
                                        
                                        
Marketing spotlight 2021/22                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Article
                                        
                                        
Taste the Wonders of Australia                                         
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
New macadamia varieties to lower production costs                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Aussie avocados smash it in Singapore and Malaysia                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Eyeing new tech to increase Varroa mite armoury                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Hort Innovation Board candidates announced                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Scientists find 65 per cent of tree species at risk                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
$7 million to source supreme strawberries                                         
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
$6.4 million boost for cool-climate horticulture growers                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Pink, White strawberries soon to hit  Aussie market                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
Varroa-targeting pesticide under development                                        
                                    
                                    
                                            Media Release
                                        
                                        
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