The week’s top stories (week ending 29/01/19)
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:
- Scott Morrison echoes Tony Abbott’s pledge to create more than 1 million jobs over the next five years (Matthew Doran, ABC News)
- No surplus, no lift in wage growth: Economic survey points to bleaker times post-election (Peter Martin, The Conversation)
- Record amount to be spent on mental health in the bush (Matt Collins, South Burnett Times)
- Mitolo Group plans to expand its potato packing operation (Giuseppe Tauriello, The Advertiser)
- Native bees are powerful pollinators, and there’s a simple way to help them (Dr Tanya Latty, ABC Science)
- Coles takes leap into robotics age (Ben Wilmot, The Australian)
- ENSO Outlook downgraded to El Nino Watch (Stock & Land)
- Queensland hot weather record broken in state’s scorching west (Aneeta Bhole and Krystal Gordon, ABC News)
- Heatwave, fears of ongoing drought fuel surge in water prices (Peter Hunt, The Weekly Times)
- Littleproud lashes Aldi, Coles for not doing more to help dairy farmers in drought (Andrew Marshall, Queensland Country Life)
- Faux meat & Peruvian gooseberries! Meet 2019’s biggest food trends! (B&T Magazine)
- Spud consumption a hot potato (Peta Bee, The Times/The Australian)
- Everything is automated at this Australian seedling producer (Floris Berghout, Hortidaily)
International news:
- The Netherlands: Nunhems launches cucumber paper (Carl Collen, EuroFruit)
- Belgium: Is air freight still a viable option for transporting fresh fruit and vegetables? (Hortidaily)
- UK: New phase for organic carrot campaign (Michael Barker, Fresh Produce Journal)
- UK: Food production needs “major redesign” (Ed Leahy, Fresh Produce Journal)
- UK: NFU warns of Brexit ‘catastrophe’ (Michael Barker, Fresh Produce Journal)
- New Zealand: Tariffs put squeeze on tomato exports (Barry O’Neil, Horticulture NZ)
- USA: The man who thinks he can make us love kale (Katie Hope, BBC News)
This post appeared in the AUSVEG Weekly Update published 29 January 2019. Subscribe to the Update using our online form to receive the latest industry news in your inbox every week!