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:
- Full steam ahead for iceberg lettuce and other export vegetables research (Queensland Government media statement)
- Escargot in cargo: Invasive giant African snails detected more than 28 times at borders (ABC News)
- 100 years of growing potatoes at Crookwell for the Bensleys (The Land)
- Immigration the missing piece of the COVID economic recovery (The Australian Financial Review) – subscription required
- States urged to join pre-travel quarantine trial for seasonal workers (Redland City Bulletin)
- Market forces put squeeze on farmers (The Australian) – subscription required
- WA government pushed to increase backpacker cap ahead of fruit picking crisis (Sky News Australia)
- Trucking charges at Australian container ports are surging and consumers may foot the bill (ABC News)
- James Whiteside steps down from Ausveg CEO role (The Land)
- The future’s bright for women in ag, but barriers still exist (Stock and Land)
- Attempt to reduce agvet chemical red tape would do the opposite (Queensland Country Life)
- States urged to join pre-travel quarantine trial for seasonal workers (Queensland Country Life)
- Nationals ramp up visa amnesty push for undocumented workers (Weekly Times Now) – subscription required
- Equity of access concerns for on-farm quarantine (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- TikTok and agriculture: National Farmers’ Federation sees opportunity (The Courier-Mail)