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20 Dec 2006 | Wholesalers seek to bypass code
Fruit and vegetable wholesalers sent letters to growers urging them to sign contracts that avoid adhering to "complicated written agreements and expensive administration". ...... FULL STORY
19 Dec 2006 | Lettuces off colour on recycled water
Vegetables grown using recycled effluent from the Werribee treatment plant in Melbourne have suffered discolouration and stunted growth. ...... FULL STORY
15 Dec 2006 | Success grows on trees and bushes for new co-operative
Y.V. Fresh is a co-operative of seven family businesses, who between them have 250 hectares of crops in the Yarra Valley. ...... FULL STORY
12 Dec 2006 | Vegetable prices rising fast
AusVeg said it expected “serious shortages” of vegetables and said retail prices may rise 30 per cent in the two weeks to Christmas. ...... FULL STORY
8 Dec 2006 | More farm chemicals on control list
Another 94 chemicals, many of them for agricultural use, face new controls as part of the government's anti-terrorism regulations. ...... FULL STORY
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