The week’s top stories (week ending 05/02/19)
Every week, AUSVEG rounds up the top stories on issues affecting the Australian vegetable industry. Here are this week’s most important news items:
Australian industry:
- Fresh fruit fly outbreak in west South Australia (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- Federal ag rivals outline 2020 vision (Alex Sinnott, The Weekly Times)
- Banking royal commission: Farmers, small business gain (John Kehoe, Australian Financial Review)
- Banking royal commission calls for compensation, crackdowns and an overhaul of financial regulators (Stephanie Chalmers and Brett Worthington, ABC News)
- BOM says Townsville flooding far from over, as city lies trapped in weather ‘convergence’ zone (Irena Ceranic, ABC News)
- From drought to flooding rains as farmers celebrate drenching in Queensland’s west (Kelly Butterworth and Zara Margolis, ABC Western Queensland)
- Farmers frustrated by ‘lack of emergency funding’ seven weeks on from record flood (Eliza Beck, ABC Goulburn Murray)
- Murray-Darling Basin damage done, we must now restore trust in its management (Jason Alexandra, ABC News)
- Murray report ‘unnervingly emotive’: NFF (9News/AAP)
- Irrigation water prices spike as speculators buy up big (Peter Hunt, The Weekly Times)
- Tasmanian irrigators thirsty for more water (Bruce Mounster, Tasmanian Country)
- New Drought Map taps into disaster (PS News)
- David Littleproud attacks Coles, Aldi over drought support (Peter Hemphill, The Weekly Times)
- Melbourne Water scrambles to secure city’s supplies: Plan to use desal plant as backup (Peter Hunt, The Weekly Times)
- Quality of fruit and vegetables takes hit (Amelia Pepe and Madeleine Stuchbery, The Weekly Times)
- Industry leaders driving educational opportunities and innovation in sustainable agriculture on the Darling Downs (Helen Walker, Queensland Country Life)
- Eat Real campaign from Taste.com.au reveals why Australians failing on their diets (Lanai Scarr, news.com.au)
- The young farmers revitalising a small rural town with enthusiasm, love and babies (Lara Webster and Haley Craig, NSW Country Hour)
- The high-tech dummy named Mary helping the RFDS save lives in the outback (Jessica Hinchliffe, ABC Radio Brisbane)
- Leading agriculture research hub attracts New Zealand science and innovation company (Andrew Spence, The Lead)
International news:
- USA: Computer program tells you where to look for pathogens (Krisha Ramanujan, Food Processing)
- USA: Horticultural Research Institute announces 2019 funded research projects (HortiDaily)
- UK: Brexit risks ‘thousands’ of heart disease deaths by 2030 (SBS News/AFP)
- UK: Supermarket buyer lays bare full cost of no-deal (Fred Searle, Fresh Produce Journal)
- UK: Eating vegetables and fish during pregnancy may help reduce risk of high blood pressure (AFP)
- UK: 14 caterers make more veg pledge (Footprint)
- Canada: New tools to manage Canada’s agricultural workforce (HortiDaily)
- China: Chinese hotel creates vegetable and fruit spa for tourists (HortiDaily)
This post appeared in the AUSVEG Weekly Update published 5 February 2019. Subscribe to the Update using our online form to receive the latest industry news in your inbox every week!