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:
- Struggling farmers told to pay up for foreign workers (Herald Sun) – subscription required
- Victoria’s $7.8 million plan to bring in Pacific Island seasonal workers (The Weekly Times) – subscription required
- Further three plane loads of foreign workers to ease State’s vegie harvest labour shortage (The West Australian)
- Looming soil carbon policy could disadvantage the best farmers (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Health Star Rating ranks 100pc pure orange juice lower than diet cola, parents less than impressed (ABC News)
- Flower industry expects losses ‘in the millions’ as Victoria’s snap COVID lockdown affects weddings and Valentine’s Day (ABC News)
- Orange juice star rating slashed (The Australian)
- Onion growers bracing for price pain as domestic oversupply looms (ABC News)
- China’s trade sanctions on Australian agriculture force farmers to find new markets (ABC News)
- Help wanted in the Coastal hospitality industry due to COVID-19 impacts (The Advocate)
- Tasmanian fresh produce exporters say direct international freight flights a ‘gamechanger’ (ABC News)
- Fall armyworm larvae found in Gingin crop (Yanchep News Online)
- Millions of dollars in fruit left to rot as backpacker labour barred (9News)
- WorkSafe Victoria prioritises farm safety in harvest season (Safety Solutions)
- Farmers Federation ‘very concerned’ by EPA fertiliser proposal (3AW)