Media Releases

Presentations from this year’s DFA Grower Forum are now available for download. Kevin Bodnaruk, keynote speaker: Pesticide regulation and assessment Pesticide regulation and assessment Adam [...]

Applications are now open for the position of Dried Fruits Australia Chief Executive Officer. Please read the below position description to learn more about DFA, the role’s purpose, duties [...]

Merbein growers Janice and Simon Chivers have taken home the top award for producing this season’s best dried grapes. The winners of Dried Fruits Australia’s 2022 Dried Fruit Quality Awards were [...]

Irrigation technology, the impact of chemical residues, South Africa’s dried grape industry, sustainable farming, water, and local projects will be explored at Dried Fruits Australia’s 2022 [...]

The dried grape industry’s best producing businesses will be recognised this season with the introduction of a new annual awards program. Dried Fruits Australia’s Top Crop Awards will highlight [...]

Australia’s dried grape industry has launched its newest tool to promote the country’s premium product to both domestic and international markets. Dried Fruits Australia, with support from [...]

Growers will learn more about collaborative farming and a new disease prediction system as part of Dried Fruits Australia’s (DFA) new online event series. Launching on Tuesday 6 October, [...]

Dried Fruits Australia has recently been made aware of a significant reduction in the acceptable European MRLs for the fungicide Chlorothalonil. Advice from key dried grape processors is that [...]

All Victorian businesses with more than five employees are required to have a COVID Safe Plan in place. Employers must complete their plan by 11:59pm on Friday 7 August. Designed to help protect [...]

The dried grape industry has banded together to help rebuild the lives of fellow Australian farmers affected by the bushfires. Dried fruit growers have vowed to donate the value of some of this [...]