The week’s top media stories
Every week, AUSVEG rounds up the top stories on issues affecting the Australian vegetable industry. Here are this week’s most important news items:
- Higher vegetable prices expected due to COVID travel restrictions (ABC Radio)
- Fruit and veg prices tipped to rise as ABARES says value of farm produce to hit $65bn for 2020-21 (MSN Australia)
- Summer vegetables and some fruit varieties set to experience price rise (Sky News Australia)
- VFF launches new Kids to Ag funding program (The Weekly Times) – subscription required
- Government incentives aren’t luring city workers to harvest crops (ABC Radio)
- State agriculture ministers call on David Littleproud to address farm labour shortages (MSN Australia)
- Tasmanian Government confirms it will update potato import risk assessment (The Examiner)
- UTAS course propels students to national stage (The Advocate)
- Bring back the backpackers or we’ll all pay (Herald Sun) – subscription required
- Farm jobs go begging despite $6000 lure (The Australian)
- Seasonal Worker Program restart in Victoria beset by delays (The Weekly Times) – subscription required
- VFF backs down on quad bike roll bars, fearing manufacturers’ threat (The Weekly Times) – subscription required
- Murray horticulture boom to pump 1500 billion litres: Little left for dairy and rice (The Weekly Times) – subscription required