Bowen Burdekin mango farm owner Peter Le Feuvre is an advocate for leaving fruit to mature naturally on the tree, and said interfering came at a cost. “Some growers pick and ripen early because ...

Queensland mango growers are eyeing off an extra 300 million customers as they look to avoid a repeat of last season’s summer glut when prices plummeted to $1.50 each. Bowen farmers last year ...

One of Queensland’s most popular tourist spots that put Bowen on the map, turns 21. But how much do you know about Bowen’s Big Mango? The 10-metre iconic tourist attraction, at the top of The ...

But a glut of quickly ripening mangoes across the Burdekin, Bowen and Mareeba ... The average mango season is six to seven weeks, with the majority of a farm’s fruit picked in three weeks.

"We're a farm-based family business from Bowen and we have lime orchards and mango orchards and we also ... and Scenic Rim (south-east Queensland), taking advantage of food-based tourism.

“We’re definitely concerned.” Brad Bowen said a warmer winter will reduce this summer’s mango yield. Picture: Supplied Based in Queensland’s north, between Bowen and Townsville, he said ...