Over the last few months there has been a great deal in the press about the threat to our apple growers from the importing of apples from New Zealand and China. New Zealand is afflicted with the bacterial disease called “Fire Blight” which, at it’s worst, can destroy an entire orchard in one season. The Australian government has, so far, resisted the NZ imports by imposing very strict importing regulations on their fruit, although the WTO may yet force us to revise these decisions. However, the federal government has not been so tough with other countries, with the result that later this year we will see the first imports of apples from China. [click to continue…]
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