Pome, Citrus and Stonefruit

APC Pome, Citrus & Stone fruit Producers' Committee

The APC Pome, Citrus and Stonefruit Producers' Committee, was established in 1994 to provide services to Western Australian pome, citrus and stone fruit producers.

The Committee covers all Western Australian producers of apples, pears, nashi, citrus and stone fruits, including cherries.

 Pome Sub-Committee (Pomewest)

You can find out more at the Pomewest website.

  • Members Name | Current Term | Contact information

  • Jason Jarvis Chairperson | 2023 - 2026 | twinpack@bigpond.com 0429 311 363

  • Mario Casotti | 2022 - 2025 |

  • Sam Licciardello | 2022 - 2025 |

  • Harvey Giblett | 2022 - 2025 |

  • Executive Officer Nardia Stacy | nardia@pomewest.net.au | 0411 138 103

  • All terms are three years commencing in June (unless otherwise stated)

Functions

The Committee is enabled to provide all services (a) to (m) listed in Functions of an APC Producers’ Committee

Each year the Committee calls for Expressions of Interest in relation to suggestions on how the Committee should direct its activities (within the confines of the APC Service Functions) for the coming financial year.

Should you have any suggestions or feedback please contact the Committee Chairperson, Jason Jarvis on: twinpack@bigpond.com

Services undertaken by the Committee

The Committee funds such initiatives as: technology, medfly and various other research projects and industry training. Projects undertaken by the committee are guided by the current strategic plan.

The proposed Services to be provided 2022/2023 includes the following activities:

  • Technology Officer Salary/Operating/Study Tour

  • Maturity Standard Testing (TQAS)

  • Medfly Surveillance Trapping Network (Ashmere Consulting)

  • Systems Approach Market access (HIAL)

  • Producing sustainable cropload (DPIRD)

  • Platform (TBT)

  • Building Horticulture Business Capacity (DPIRD/VegWA)

  • Promotion & Publicity (Fresh Finesse/WA Farm Direct/MMooney)

  • WAFD Pome Event Mar 2023

  • Event Sponsorships- Donnybrook, Southern Forests, HOIG,

  • Codling Moth (DPIRD)

  • APC admin charge

A report on Committee activities can be found in the APC Annual Report.

Regular updates are provided via the weekly email newsletters and via the quarterly WAGrower magazine. Both the newsletter and the WAGrower magazine are emailed or posted out to pome FFS payers. If you are not receiving these communications please contact Nardia so that your contact details can be checked and updated if necessary.

Pome Fruits FFS Charge
— Apples, Pears and Nashi

as from 1 January 2015     

  1. The Pome general fee for service charge rate is:-

  2. All Pome (fresh fruit) $0.015 per kilogram

  3. All Pome (processing) $0.005 per kilogram

  4. The Pome biosecurity fee for service charge rate is:-

  5. All Pome (fresh fruit) $0.002 per kilogram

  6. All Pome (processing) $0.001 per kilogram

Further information on the Pome Sub-committee can be found at Pomewest (this is the name by which Sub-committee is known)

 

Citrus Sub-Committee (WA Citrus)

You can find out more at the WA Citrus Website.

  1. Members Name | Current Term | Contact information

  2. Joseph Ling Chairperson | 2022 - 2025 | joseph@agrifresh.com.au 0417 828 238

  3. Cliff Winfield | 2022 - 2025 |

  4. Shane Kay | 2023 - 2026 |

  5. Daniel Ying | 2023 - 2026 |

  6. Graham Tanner | 2023 - 2026 |

  7. Andrew Pergoliti | 2024 - 2026

  8. Industry Development Officer
    Bronwyn Walsh | | industrymanager@wacitrus.com.au 0400 873 875

  9. All terms are three years commencing in June (unless otherwise stated)

Functions

The Committee is enabled to provide all services (a) to (m) listed in Functions of an APC Producers’ Committee

Each year the Committee calls for Expressions of Interest in relation to suggestions on how the Committee should direct its activities (within the confines of the APC Service Functions) for the coming financial year.

Should you have any suggestions or feedback please contact the Committee Chairperson, Joseph Ling on: joseph@agrifresh.com.au.

Services undertaken by the Committee

The Committee funds such initiatives as: the general acct projects and biosecurity acct projects and various other research projects and industry training.

The proposed Services to be provided 2022/2023 includes the following activities:

  • Leadership and Comms (WA Citrus)

  • Promotions & Publicity (Fresh Finesse)

  • Review of Strategic Plan

  • External R&D projects

  • TQAS maturity Testing

  • Administrative Officer

  • Biosecurity projects

  • APC admin charge

A report on Committee activities can be found in the APC Annual Report.

Citrus FFS Charge
— Oranges, Lemons, Mandarins, Grapefruit, other citrus

as from 1 September 2021

  1. The citrus general fee for service charge rate is:-

  2. All citrus (fresh fruit) excluding exported fruit$0.005 per kilogram

  3. All citrus (processing fruit) excluding exported fruit $0.010 per kilogram

  4. All citrus (fresh or processing) exported to outside Australia$0.0027 per kilogram

  5. The citrus biosecurity fee for service charge rate is:-

  6. All citrus (fresh or processing or export)$0.0009 per kilogram

 

 Stonefruit Sub-Committee

  • Name | Current Term | Contact information

  • Anthony Caccetta Chairperson | 2021 - 2024 | antc83@hotmail.com 0438 844 457

  • Mark Scott | 2024 - 2026 |

  • Michael Padula | 2022 - 2025 |

  • Sebastian Fiolo | 2022 - 2025 |

  • Michael Fernie | 2022 - 2025 |

  • Wilma Byl | 2023 - 2026 |

  • Value Chain Facilitator for the WA Stone Fruit Industry
    Ross Anile | | ross.anile@perthnrm.com

  • Stonefruit email | |admin@wastonefruit.com.au

  • All terms are three years commencing in June (unless otherwise stated)

For Feedback: New Strategic Plan

Following extensive engagement with growers, stakeholders and the Committee, a new draft strategic plan 2024 to 2028 has been developed. The plan, together with a proposed roadmap was presented to growers in November 2024 for feedback. The Roadmap would see a change in FFS rates, and growers are invited to review the Strategy and Roadmap and submit any feedback to ross.anile@perthNRM.com before 15 December 2024.

Functions

The Committee is enabled to provide all services (a) to (m) listed in Functions of an APC Producers’ Committee

Each year the Committee calls for Expressions of Interest in relation to suggestions on how the Committee should direct its activities (within the confines of the APC Service Functions) for the coming financial year.

Should you have any suggestions or feedback please contact the Committee Chairperson, Danny DiMarco on: dimarconson@gmail.com.

Services undertaken by the Committee

The Committee funds such initiatives as: horticulture connection growers, and various other research projects and industry training.

The proposed Services to be provided 2022/2023 includes the following activities:

  • AGM Field Walk

  • Maturity Testing (DPIRD/TQAS)

  • Project Support officer

  • Promotion & Publicity

  • Fresh Finesse Instore demos

  • Horticulture Connections Growers

  • Horticulture Biosecurity Liasion Officer

  • Value chain facilitator (Perth NRM)

  • Grower/Retail/Wholesale Education Merchandiser

  • APC admin charge

A report on Committee activities can be found in the APC Annual Report.

Stonefruit FFS Charge
— Apricots, Cherries, Loquats, Nectarines, Peaches & Plums

as from 1 November 2009

  1. All stone fruit $0.015 per kilogram

  2. All stone fruit (processing) remains at $0.006 per kilogram

Further information on the Stone Fruit Sub-committee or WA Stone Fruit can be found at WAstonefruit

Should you have any suggestions or feedback, please contact the Chairman of the relevant sub-committee.

A review of Committee activities is located in the APC Annual Report.

Fee for Service (FFS)

Compliance - The collection of Fee for Service for the WA pome, citrus and stone fruit industries is regulated by the Agricultural Produce (Horticultural Industry) Regulations 2001. 

 
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