Global trends kick off TropAg 2017

Ashley Walmsley
Updated November 20 2017 - 2:50pm, first published 2:08pm
GLOBAL TRENDS: Dr Derek Byerlee, Georgetown University, USA, addresses the TropAg 2017 conference in Brisbane this morning, saying crops such as soybeans and palm oil are taking increasing focus due to their increasing value.
GLOBAL TRENDS: Dr Derek Byerlee, Georgetown University, USA, addresses the TropAg 2017 conference in Brisbane this morning, saying crops such as soybeans and palm oil are taking increasing focus due to their increasing value.

THE world’s tropical agriculture researchers have turned their focus to Queensland with TropAg 2017 kicking off this morning at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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