The week’s top stories (week ending 18/09/18)
Every week, AUSVEG rounds up the top stories on issues affecting the Australian vegetable industry. Here are this week’s most important news items:
- Strawberries with needles allegedly found in Tasmanian supermarket, police investigating (David Claughton, Jodie Gunders and Verity Gorman, ABC News)
- Needles in strawberries: Food expert says Government’s recall response not appropriate (Laura Gartry, ABC News)
- NFF pushes for ag visa as summer looms (Queensland Country Life)
- The Nationals not on the same page about water rights in the face of worsening drought (Melissa Clarke, ABC News)
- Farmers say they are being ‘gazumped’ by hay charities buying up feed for drought (Joshua Becker, ABC News)
- Bananas: TR4 affected farms benefit from new agreement (Good Fruit & Vegetables)
- Cucumber growers in Top End ‘hit the jackpot’ (Matt Brann, ABC News)
- Uncertain futures causing sleepless nights for Aussie farmers (Susanne Bransgrove, Good Fruit & Vegetables)
This post appeared in the AUSVEG Weekly Update published 18 September 2018. Subscribe to the Update using our online form to receive the latest industry news in your inbox every week!