Tag: Vegetables
Food festival promotes healthy eating
The manager of the Engawala Store, 170 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs, says a fruit and vegetable extravaganza held at the store on Thursday was a great success and will be repeated throughout the coming year.[MORE]
Uncertainty remains for Thorpdale potato growers
Gippsland potato growers say they are facing increasing uncertainty about whether they will be able to sell their crops this year.[MORE]
Growcom laments Qld exclusion from farm labour trial
A leading horticulture group says it is disappointed Queensland has been excluded from a federal trial to use Pacific Island workers for crop picking.[MORE]
Pacific Islanders recruited for seasonal worker trial
The Federal Government has announced that 100 Pacific Islanders will arrive in Australia within weeks for a trial seasonal worker scheme.[MORE]
DPI up-beat about Thorpdale potato trade
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is confident Thorpdale potatoes will be sold interstate before Christmas.[MORE]
Vegie growers offered MID water
Southern Rural Water is offering vegetable growers at Werribee and Bacchus Marsh water from the Thomson Dam reserved for the Macalister Irrigation District (MID).[MORE]
Call for lifting of Thorpdale potato restrictions
The Victorian Potato Growers Council is pushing for trade restrictions to be lifted from the Thorpdale area of West Gippsland.[MORE]
Growers seek $70m federal investment
Fruit and vegetable growers from around Bundaberg in south-east Queensland have asked for about $70 million worth of investment from the Federal Government to help the industry grow.[MORE]
Hail-hit farmers get natural disaster funds
New South Wales mid-north coast farmers battered by recent hailstorms have been granted natural disaster relief.[MORE]
DPI encourages hail-hit farmers to seek aid
The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (DPI) says north coast primary producers affected by last week's hailstorm should find it easy to get natural disaster relief assistance.[MORE]
Business underpaid backpackers $31k: ombudsman
The Federal Workplace Ombudsman says audits of businesses in the Bundaberg region that employ backpackers have uncovered a serious breach.[MORE]
Potato growers more confident about avoiding restrictions
Farmers in the Thorpdale area are growing in confidence that their trade will not be restricted by an outbreak of potato cyst nematode.[MORE]
Potato disease outbreak sparks plea for help
The potato industry at Thorpdale, in west Gippsland, is calling for help from the state and federal governments over a disease outbreak.[MORE]
TFGA cleans up its act
Members are returning to the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, just 12 months after it was labelled a Government puppet.[MORE]
Cauli price too low: growers
Tasmanian cauliflower growers say they are unhappy with a recently-negotiated price increase.[MORE]
Potato growers reject McCain offer
Potato growers in western Victoria have rejected an offer from their major buyer for this season's prices.[MORE]
Govt to fund produce market feasibility study
The Queensland Government has provided money for a feasibility study of the proposed wholesale produce market on the Sunshine Coast.[MORE]
Parties urged to address vegetable industry profitability
A horticultural lobby group says unless the next Western Australian government addresses the declining profitability of the vegetable industry, the state will be left without a safe, local supply of fresh produce. [MORE]
Flying fox shooting ban begins
A ban on shooting flying foxes comes into effect in Queensland today.[MORE]
Ombudsman probes Bundaberg horticulture industry
The Federal Workplace Ombudsman is following up on a number of issues in the Bundaberg region, in south-east Queensland, that were identified in checks of the fruit and vegetable industry last week.[MORE]
Growcom unhappy Qld left out of guest workers trial
Queensland's fruit and vegetable lobby group says it is shocked no Queensland sites have been announced to host Pacific Island guest workers.[MORE]
Pacific guestworker scheme to start this year
A three-year Pacific Islander guestworker pilot scheme will start later this year.[MORE]
Vegie growers question code of conduct change
Western Australia's vegetable producers say proposed changes to its code of conduct will do little to improve communication between producers and consumers.[MORE]
Water allocations boost for irrigators
A Bundaberg zucchini, capsicum and rockmelon farmer says an increase in the water allocation for irrigators will allow producers to plan ahead.[MORE]
Company restructure leads to job cuts
SPC Ardmona says jobs cuts in the Goulburn Valley are necessary to ensure the future of the company.[MORE]
