The week’s top stories (week ending 09/10/18)
Every week, AUSVEG rounds up the top stories on issues affecting the Australian vegetable industry. Here are this week’s most important news items:
Australian industry:
- Cancer Council calls for Australian review amid Roundup cancer concerns (Stephanie March, Four Corners)
- Bayer urges Aussie farmers to step up in battle over glyphosate (Brad Thompson, Australian Financial Review)
- Sort farm visas before summer, Nationals tell Morrison (Greg Brown, The Australian)
- Ag labour: Senator questions if agriculture visa is needed (Natalie Kotsios, The Weekly Times)
- ‘Get the f*** out’: Backpackers share Australian horror stories (Ashlynne McGhee and Andy Burns, ABC 7.30)
- VFF, union call for an amnesty on workers without visas as labour shortages hit home (Natalie Kotsios, The Weekly Times)
- Herbicide attack destroys potato and garlic crop (Gatton Star)
- Heavy vehicle laws: Farmer fine fears remain (Alexandra Laskie, The Weekly Times)
- ‘Don’t call it a disaster’: how to change the conversation about drought (Gabrielle Chan, The Guardian)
- Children on drought-ravaged farms get no time for rest or recuperation on their school holidays (Matt Bedford, ABC New England)
- Satellites could hold key to stopping water theft in Murray-Darling Basin (Simon Galletta, ABC Mildura-Swan Hill)
- Nuffield scholar to explore the potato’s potential in fresh cut industry (Cassandra Glover, Rural Weekly)
- ABARES reports 12% veggie farm cash increase (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- NSW biosecurity champion recognised (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- Whisky and vodka flow as Tasmanian farmers embrace spirit of sustainability (Fiona Breen, ABC Landline)
- World record 18.3-kilogram turnip grown by Tasmanian farmer Roger Bignell (Georgie Burgess, ABC Radio Hobart)
- Entrepreneur believes in the power of pure broccoli sprout powder (Camille Smith, The Weekly Times)
- Australian authorities on PSA watch (Matthew Jones, Asiafruit)
International news:
- Britain: Diverting traffic from Dover ‘would cost £2.5bn’
- Europe: European Commission acts to ban unfair trade practices in the food supply chain
- The Netherlands: Closer planting, a crispy bite and trio cultivation in lettuce
- The Netherlands: Lasting white cauliflowers and increasing resistances at Syngenta on Open Days Open Field
- Ireland: New government report recognises labour requirement in agriculture
This post appeared in the AUSVEG Weekly Update published 09 October 2018. Subscribe to the Update using our online form to receive the latest industry news in your inbox every week!