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Mechanical breakdowns and weather disruptions have left four prime cane growing regions scrambling to get harvest completed while prices remain strong.
Statewide
If drought can’t dampen Queensland’s rural property and commodity surge, imagine what a little rain could do.
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Threats to our food supply chain existed long before COVID-19. But the pandemic is unearthing previously buried fault lines in the system that have authorities and experts on alert, writes Brad Cooper
Australian farmers are facing increasingly frequent droughts, floods, hailstorms and bushfires. For many, cancelling policies or underinsuring are the only options.
Coronavirus chills threatened to freeze the harvesting of Queensland crops this year, but down on the farm, workers are ready to pick the state’s best produce – as long as they keep their distance.
Seafood suppliers, fish markets and trawlers have been hit hard by the impacts of coronavirus but Queenslanders’ love of seafood and unusually low prices have given the industry a temporary boost.
