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:
- VIDEO: Why vegetables and fruit are so expensive right now? (ABC News)
- Why the sheep industry could drag down everyone if we get FMD (Weekly Times Now) – subscription required
- Cost of living: Farmers hit by ‘perfect storm’ warn shoppers they’ll have to pay more for vegetables (The West Australian) – subscription required
- Emmanuel Cafcakis search for next step recognised (The Stock Journal)
- Goulburn-Murray intervalley trade rules a compromise, says VFF (Stock & Land)
- Devastating banana freckle disease found in Northern Territory (The Guardian)
- Farmers fear a shift from the one-off stamp duty property charge to an annual land tax. (The Armidale Express)
- NSW takes out exporter gong (The Land)
- High prices just tip of the iceberg (The Age)
- Exporters face uncertainty as COVID-related air freight support ends (ABC News)