Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Blueberry farmers have used an upper house inquiry in Launceston to vent their frustrations about the ...

The Upper House inquiry will look at the handling of the fungal disease in outbreaks since 2014. Growers had been pushing for an inquiry since the state’s strategy changed from the initial policy of ...

Last year in a report from the Legislative Council’s Blueberry Rust in Tasmania inquiry, one of the ten recommendations was that Biosecurity Tasmania take action to eradicate blueberry rust from the ...

TASMANIAN blueberry growers have been dealt a blow with a new detection of fungal disease blueberry rust. The detection comes after an all-clear for the pest was declared last month when it was ...

Biosecurity Tasmania acting general manager Rae Burrows said infected plants were found at a small number of nurseries in the state’s South, North and North-West. “Biosecurity Tasmania has worked with ...

TASMANIA’s blueberry growers say the state’s $30m industry could be wiped out if the State Government does not move to fully eradicate a serious fungal disease. Blueberry rust was again recently ...

Detection of blueberry rust has been found at commercial blueberry producer Costa’s Sulphur Creek farm. I have worked in the Tasmanian digital/print media for 11 years, spanning two newsrooms. I have ...

Berry growers are renewing calls for a blueberry rust eradication program after the discovery of the pest on a property near Sheffield on the North West Coast. The Department of Primary Industries, ...