The week’s top stories (week ending 06/03/18)
Every week, AUSVEG rounds up the top stories on issues affecting the Australian vegetable industry. Here are this week’s most important news items:
- Latest weapon in the fight against Queensland fruit flies unleashed (Kerry Staight, ABC Landline)
- Australian melon industry to review packaging after listeria outbreak (Australian Associated Press)
- Nuts and fruit helping hort to soar: ABARES (Ashley Walmsley, Queensland Country Life)
- While politicians question the reality of climate change, farmers and businesses act (Michael Brissenden, Four Corners)
- Tasmanian election: Antony Green on Will Hodgman’s historic victory (Antony Green, ABC News)
- Tasmanian election: Greens vote slips further as support climbs in Victoria (Natalie Whiting, ABC News)
- West Australian farmers have lost millions one year on from tomato potato psyllid outbreak (Joanna Prendergast, Kit Mochan, Tyne Logan and Jon Daly, ABC Rural)
- EU farmers face total ban on bee-harming pesticides putting pressure on Australia to follow (Jess Davis, ABC Rural)
- Aussie Farmers Direct goes into administration affecting 100,000 customers, truckloads of produce turned away (Jess Davis, Victoria Country Hour)
- Koala Farms: Vegetables and salads the main dish at Gatton, Queensland (The Weekly Times)
- Backpacker workforce: Fruitful stay for French adventurers (Ian Gilbert, The Weekly Times)
- Indonesian mangoes set to be imported to Australia (Jessica Johnston, Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- Laos farmers taught safe chemical use despite organic legacy (Joshua Becker, ABC Country Breakfast)
- Recycling system converts fish nutrients into a fertiliser vegetables love (Michael Cavanagh, NSW Country Hour)
- Woolworths says customers prefer ‘prepacked bananas’ (Ben Graham, news.com.au)
This post appeared in the AUSVEG Weekly Update published 6 March 2018.