The week’s top stories (week ending 16/04/19)
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:
- VFF: More time needed to implement changes to Horticulture Award (Amelia Pepe, The Weekly Times)
- Federal election 2019: Prime Minister Scott Morrison sets May 18 election date (Brett Worthington, ABC News)
- Glyphosate, Roundup now banned in Australia’s fourth-largest grain market of Vietnam (Lucas Hough and Cassandra Hough, ABC News)
- Biosecurity efforts raised against brown marmorated rogue stink bug (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- ‘Trust gap’ exists between consumers and food producers (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- Tasmanian potato growers say returns are not covering production costs (Tony Briscoe, ABC Radio)
- Potato industry joins global campaign to raise the profile of the humble spud (Tyne Logan, ABC Rural)
- Morrison Government promise jail for activists inciting farm trespass (Chantelle Francis, The Weekly Times)
- Premier, vegetable growers condemn vegan protests (The New Daily)
- Veganism is growing in Australia, but we’re still some of the world’s biggest meat eaters (Nick Kilvert, ABC News)
- Lake Eyre floodwaters bring life and drought relief to South Australia’s outback (Lucas Forbes, ABC Rural)
International news:
- USA: Researchers use machine learning to improve the flavor of basil (HortiDaily)
- USA: Caulilini coming soon (AsiaFruit)
- New Zealand: NZ places US citrus imports on hold (Matthew Jones, Produce Plus)
- Indonesia Indonesia tastes Australian grapes (Camellia Aebischer, Produce Plus)
This post appeared in the AUSVEG Weekly Update published 16 April 2019. Subscribe to the Update using our online form to receive the latest industry news in your inbox every week!