{"id":733,"date":"2018-11-21T13:22:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T13:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=733"},"modified":"2018-11-21T13:22:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T13:22:03","slug":"16-9-million-for-smart-fruit-fly-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/11\/21\/16-9-million-for-smart-fruit-fly-management\/","title":{"rendered":"$16.9 million for smart fruit fly management"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Package to deliver high-tech fruit-fly management across Australia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>New technology to give growers advanced warnings of Queensland Fruit Fly movements<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Smart traps to be trialed giving growers instant alerts of fruit-fly detections\u200b<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Australian fruit and vegetable growers will be given a new edge in the fight against fruit fly, with new high-tech systems giving early warnings of fly movements.<br \/>\nMinister for Agriculture David Littleproud said a $16.9 million dollar package would assure our trading partners when produce comes from a fruit-fly free area.<br \/>\n&#8220;Fruit fly outbreaks cost the horticultural industry millions every year,&#8221; Minister Littleproud said.<br \/>\n&#8220;If we take control of fruit fly we&#8217;ll get access to more premium markets and boost farm gate prices.<br \/>\n&#8220;We&#8217;ve started a trial of smart-traps that&#8217;ll send farmers instant alerts if fruit fly is detected.<br \/>\n&#8220;Sensors detect fruit flies in the trap by the way they move and send mobile alerts to growers.<br \/>\n&#8220;This can provide farmers the best possible information so they can respond to an outbreak quicker.<br \/>\n&#8220;We&#8217;re also investing in a national mapping program, to track the movement of QFly in summer.<br \/>\n&#8220;The flies make their way south as it warms up and this will let growers know where they are and\u00a0help us target where to release our sterile fruit flies.<br \/>\n&#8220;We&#8217;re putting extension officers on the ground to help growers use the latest science.<br \/>\n&#8220;They&#8217;ll help farmers work through the latest R&amp;D and put it to work in their orchards.<br \/>\n&#8220;This package will help protect our $12 billion horticultural industry and reassure our trading partners of the systems we have in place.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe program would address fruit fly management across Australia, such as medfly in the west and Qfly in the east.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Fast Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Australia&#8217;s horticultural production is valued at over $12 billion employing over 50,000 people<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For the year ending June 2017, Australia exported $2.23 billion worth of horticultural products<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u200bFruit flies cost producers in Australia hundreds of millions of dollars annually in control measures and production losses<\/strong>.\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Package to deliver high-tech fruit-fly management across Australia New technology to give growers advanced warnings of Queensland Fruit Fly movements Smart traps to be trialed giving growers instant alerts of fruit-fly detections\u200b Australian fruit and vegetable growers will be given a new edge in the fight against fruit fly, with new high-tech systems giving early &hellip; 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