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Issue #68 • March 2012 Newsletter of the Murray Valley Citrus Board Inside this issue: Page Article Chairman’s Report 1 • Chairman’s Report Jan Denham 2 • Citrus Board Funding the War on Queensland Fruit Fly It’s that time again. Four years have passed quickly it seems and 4 • Chief Executive’s Report by the time you receive this Citrep, you will have received a package 5 • Proposed Murray Darling Basin Plan of information and many will have attended the consultation 6 • Running Costs of Diesel, LPG and Electrical Pumpsets in Sunraysia meetings carried out by the Victorian DPI on the re-making of the Murray Valley Citrus Board (MVCB). 7 • Activities of the Murray Valley Citrus Board – March Quarter 2012 8 • FEATURE ARTICLE: Citrus Information Technology Transfer The future of the services provided by the The MVCB has, over the years, been a leader Groups (CITTgroups) MVCB in this region depends on the outcome. in the development of the citrus industry This important decision needs to be made by and continues to provide important services. 10 • 2011 Tour of the Murray River: An all growers. Growers must consider the situation On-going MVCB Citrus Promotion carefully. It was the first to see the need for a sound 12 • FEATURE ARTICLE: database on crop forecasting and planting The Age Harvest Picnic at Werribee Park The MVCB, set up to manage your regional statistics. It has developed robust systems levy, to provide you with regionally relevant that have been adopted by other citrus 14 • Carbon Trading and the Potential research and grower information services, is growing regions. This data is now provided for the Citrus Industry to Provide established under the Agricultural Industry free of charge to Citrus Australia, the industry Sequestration Services – Growing Trees Development Act. Every four years growers national body, in aggregated form for their are asked to vote on whether they wish to National Crop Forecast and Plantings database. 15 • Sunraysia Farmers’ Market Update continue with the Order establishing the Murray Valley Citrus Board. The MVCB was the lead industry in establishing 16 • A CAL Conference Presentation the PFA (pest free area) and, until last season, The voting process is managed by Vic DPI, achieved great cost savings for all MVCB on behalf of both Victoria and NSW, and growers. A grower recently told me that he is responsible for the preparation of the estimates cold disinfestation of his fruit for documents sent to Murray Valley growers, export last season cost him $70–$80,000 the process of consultation, subsequent advice dollars. That is just one grower. The fight to Ministers and the polling of growers, continues against the recent outbreak. independently of the Board. Having a well-resourced regional group Following the DPI consultation meetings, has been invaluable in addressing, in a a report is prepared for the Minister who timely manner the Queensland fruit fly then decides if there should be a poll of (QFF) outbreaks that occurred last season Murray Valley Citrus Board growers about the re-making of the MVCB. and are continuing into this season, which PO Box 1384 Mildura Victoria 3502 If the Minister decides to carry out the poll the emergency required. The Board was Telephone (03) 5051 0500 the Electoral Commission will be advised to Facsimile (03) 5021 1905 conduct it. Cont’d on page 3... Email [email protected] Website www.mvcitrus.org.au 2 Newsletter of the Murray Valley Citrus Board Citrus Board Funding the War on Queensland Fruit Fly The last 18 months have seen an unprecedented number of outbreaks of Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) in the Murray Valley. At one stage, there were 34 outbreaks operating within the Sunraysia Pest Free Area. Around half of these outbreaks are on commercial grower’s properties with the rest being in peri urban areas. The Murray Valley Citrus Board (MVCB) Fortunately, the Board had planned for It has enabled properties affected by QFF has been working very closely with both an emergency pest situation by allocating outbreaks to be quickly identified and the Victorian and New South Wales levy funds paid in previous years to enable property owners to be contacted. Departments of Primary Industries and other control measures to be undertaken when government agencies to help eradicate the outbreaks occurred. Clearly, this is a major Growers operating horticultural business outbreaks and regain regional access to benefit of having a regional statutory within 1500m of an epicentre of a declared lucrative QFF sensitive domestic and export Board in place. QFF outbreak must take action to control markets. The strategy for the 2011/12 QFF on their properties. From detailed summer period has varied from last summer The Board’s property registration process, aerial maps, it has been established with growers being asked to take a hands-on which includes a detailed aerial map of that there are approximately 132 citrus role in performing eradication measures each citrus property and their extensive properties inside the 1500m radius, on their properties with Government up-to date plantings database, has also comprising around 1500 hectares, which departmental staff focusing on peri urban been a bonus for a co-ordinated and required eradication measures. areas. strategic approach to QFF control measures in the Sunraysia Pest Free Area. Without the Board collecting and The MVCB has been proactive in making collating individual property owners the QFF chemical, Naturalure, available to both New South Wales and Victorian citrus growers within the Murray Valley. Newsletter of the Murray Valley Citrus Board 3 Chairman’s Report Cont’d... quickly able to identify all citrus growers The MVCB Board currently spends its in the 1.5km radius of the epicentres and budget on the following areas: facilitated the necessary actions that • 57% on grower services – this growers were required to carry out. The includes the IDO and sessions Board was able to subsidise the costs for growers, fruit testing, crop of the treatments for those growers. forecasting, plantings data, research It is important to note that the control (currently citrus gall wasp) on-farm of QFF is for the benefit of all growers trials to increase fruit size and post within the PFA, not just those in the harvest treatments 1.5km outbreak quarantine area. • 25% on industry – this includes the PFA and Tristate Community During the height of the drought, the Awareness program MVCB was able to negotiate critical • 18% on governance contact details and planting information, water allocations for growers in NSW. the citrus industry would have been Unfortunately, this decision was not A well-resourced and efficient MVCB operating in a vacuum not having the accepted by the Victorian Water has served growers of the region well necessary information to co-ordinate QFF Authorities despite major efforts on over many years and would continue eradication operations in this region. the part of the Board. This negotiation to do so. and outcome was of great assistance The good news is that because of the to NSW growers. The quick action In this context, I have been proud targeted and strategic approach undertaken and government response was made to lead a Board that has faced some by the Board, a number of outbreaks possible by the up-to-date plantings significant regional challenges during have been successfully eradicated, and as data on hand at the MVCB. Issues such its term of office. We have worked a result, twenty-three areas have been as this will occur again and having diligently in the growers’ best interests reinstated to enable the movement of fruit the capacity to act in a strategic with sound research, commitment and into QFF sensitive domestic and export and timely manner with accurate enthusiasm throughout. markets such as Thailand, New Zealand, information will be critical for all Indonesia, India and the European Union. growers in the Murray Valley region. If you value the services that the MVCB provides, I urge you to continue Areas that have been reinstated are: The grower information sessions to support the Board. Please consider Abbotts Tank, Boundary Bend West, keeping growers up to date and what our region would be like if we Cardross, Karadoc, Lake Powell, Narrung, arranged by our IDO, Mary Cannard, have no access to funding to address Nyah West, Speewa, Wemen, Yelta, continue to be of value to growers our regional issues. Beverford South, Piangil, Woorinen, Nyah, and attendance always exceeds Euston, Gol Gol East, Merbein, Merbein expectations. East, Mildura, Nichols Point, Robinvale, Jan Denham Wood Wood and Nangiloc. Citrus Australia Limited (CAL) is proposing that the National R&D levy Chairman, MVCB The MVCB is very much aware of the be increased (which can only occur regional implications of QFF outbreaks by a poll of all growers) and that in both our export and domestic markets there should be Regional Advisory and is still working diligently towards Committees to advise CAL on regional achieving Pest Free Area status again. issues. This proposal will see all The MVCB’s Executive Officer, Mr Hugh decisions about where the National Flett says, “Fruit fly free status is the R&D levy is spent leaving the regions jewel in the export crown, enabling with no independently controlled citrus producers in the Murray Valley resources. region access to key export markets worth millions of dollars to the local Murray Under this model there is no guarantee Valley economy. This status is at risk as that: long as these outbreaks exist. They must be • any of the increased national levies eliminated as soon as possible and further will be spent in the region from outbreaks must be prevented at all costs.” which they came • the issues of our region will be The Board would like to thank all citrus addressed or funded growers, Board staff and departmental • funding would be allocated to staff involved in the eradication maintain the PFA programme.
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    RUN FOR FUN July/Aug 2008 FORMER NSW LITTLE A Word from the 2 President ATHLETES OFF TO BEIJING Editorial 3 The ROC 5 Coaches Corner 6 Development 8 Diary Resource Review 9 Projects Page 10 Jane Saville Count Me In 11 Luke Adams Jana Rawlinson With the 2008 Olympic Games only Lachlan Renshaw (800m); Adam Rutter Athletic NSW 12 New weeks away, athletes are in the final (50km walk); Lisa Corrigan (1500m); Dani s stages of their preparation before taking Samuels (discus) and Kate Smyth Kidz Cre8tions 13 the world stage, and all eyes are (marathon). starting to turn towards Beijing. The An Athlete’s Story 14 sport of Little Athletics is proud to see The youngest member of the team is Find a Word that the Australian Track and Field Team Dani Samuels, who 15 is comprised of a large percentage has just turned 20 of athletes that began their athletics years of age. Only careers in Little Athletics. In fact, about ¼ 5 years ago, at the of the team are former members of NSW 2003 LAANSW Special Points of Interest... Little Athletics! State Champion- ships, Dani was • Continuing to build Included in the list of former NSW Little proudly accepting a better future Athletes are Jane Saville (20km walk), gold medals for Jana Rawlinson (400m hurdles) and Luke both the shot put • Medicine ball Adams (20km walk), who have all and discus events. training tips participated in previous Olympic Games. Now she is • Diary of an outback For Jane, this will be her 4th Olympic accepting the Australian Team uniform Games, and she will no doubt be looking and a plane ticket to Beijing and we wait tour to better her bronze medal position from eagerly to see what else Dani will be able • Sportsmanship at the 2004 Games.