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:
- SA hailstorm damage bill for state’s growers and vineyards could hit high as $100m (The Advertiser)
- Climate blueprint: Cash incentives for farmers to lead way on cuts (The Australian) – subscription required
- Temporary residents urge Australia to provide pathway for permanent residency (ABC News)
- Farm safety: WorkSafe telehandler course for farmers abandoned (Weekly Times Now)
- Agriculture boom real but still a tough gig (Narromine News)
- Soils can’t hold enough carbon to offset Australian emissions, experts say (ABC News)
- NQ growers alarmed by detection of new pest (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- Coles and Woolworths are warning about rising prices. This is why the RBA isn’t worried yet (The New Daily)
- “Pallet-gate” – why your Christmas orders could run late (ABC News)
- Industry concerned open borders will mean tourists head overseas (The Australian Financial Review) – subscription required
- Covid support to farmers has not affected European frozen potato product prices (Mirage News)
- Some vegetables have become more expensive than meat in China, fueling food inflation fears (Business Insider Australia)
- Australian vegetable farmers are preparing for a future with fewer workers (ABC News)