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:
- $100 for a dozen oysters: Food sector warns of Christmas labour crisis (Sydney Morning Herald) – subscription required
- ‘Abundance’: From berries to lettuce, produce prices are coming down (WAtoday.com.au)
- Varroa mite eradication efforts reveals “a systemic lack of support” for plant biosecurity (The Weekly Times) – subscription required
- Track-and-trace trial of cherry and potato supply chains (foodprocessing.com.au)
- Fruit pickers needed for Tasmanian summer as farmers come calling (The Herald Sun) – subscription required
- Farm safety for children guide developed in Victoria (ABC Online)
- ACCC updates guidance material for Horticulture Code (Queensland Country Life)
- Growers take lessons from past two years to prepare for fall armyworm (Queensland Country Life)