POMEWEST
From the Pomewest
contacts Pomewest Committee and Officers
Mark Scott, Chair e: markpscott@bigpond.com Mario Casotti e: mario@casottigroup.com Wayne Ghilarducci e: strathspey@modnet.com.au Jason Jarvis e: twinpack@bigpond.com Harvey Giblett e: newtonbros@wn.com.au Sam Licciardello e: sam@orchard1sixty.com.au Susie Murphy White, Project Manager e: susan.murphy-white@dpird.wa.gov.au Nardia Stacy, Executive Manager e: nardia@fruitwest.org.au
Executive Manager Season update
Pomewest budgeted Income 2020/2021 Project General Account Budget including FFS (Project Grant Funding APAL, HIA and DPIRD) Biosecurity Account Budget (FFS)
$
474,210 47,500
Pomewest budgeted expenditure general account for 2020/2021 Project New Technology Project (Susie Murphy White) Maturity Standards Legislation & Compliance Medfly Surveillance Trapping Network (Ashmere Consulting) Systems Approach to Market Access Promotion & Publicity Local Project (Fresh Finesse) including other projects including investment in BWEB Annual Meetings & Communications Industry Sponsorships & Association Memberships Strategic Plan Administration including salary & office costs APC charge @10% of FFS income Total
$
87,000 35,000 61,557 40,000 45,000 15,000 4,500 33,000 187,000 42,000 550,000
Pomewest budgeted expenditure biosecurity account 2020/2021 Project Codling Moth (DPIRD) Biosecurity Liaison Officer APC charge @10% of FFS income Total
$ 35,500 16,520 6,000 58,030
APC fee-for-service charge
POME FRUIT EFFECTIVE FROM 1 JANUARY 2015 Type of fruit Fresh fruit — apples, pears, Nashi, other Processing fruit Biosecurity FFS for fresh fruit Biosecurity FFS for processing fruit
70
WA Grower AUTUMN 2021
$/kg 0.015 0.005 0.002 0.001
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BY NARDIA STACY EXECUTIVE MANAGER, POMEWEST
appy 2021 from our team. While you have all been busy in the orchard harvesting stonefruit and preparing for the upcoming apple and pear harvest, new circumstances have contributed to the realisation that the New Year will continue to be a challenge for most of us. What’s new Early in the new year we were alerted to an additional Queensland Fruit Fly (Qfly) incursion, located in Coolbellup on December 23, which triggered an incident response from DPIRD.
The next challenge was the lockdown introduced on January 31 in Perth, Peel and the South West areas. Questions regarding essential services, travel and mask wearing were raised again.
The main issue for us is that the suspension area includes the Perth Wholesale Markets in Canningvale, which adds a degree of complication in managing the outbreak.
This incident reminds us that we are still living in a world managing the COVID-19 virus, and the importance of being prepared and managing risk to our own individual businesses.
Pomewest have been proactive in attending meetings with DPIRD about the situation and have been sharing communications along the way, so our growers stay well informed of the situation and management via their individual market agents.
The new season also challenges our Maturity Standards program which we are committed to continue.
If no further Qfly’s are trapped, I expect we will revert back to area freedom in early April. We are hoping for that as a best-case scenario. On behalf of the apple and pear industry we take this opportunity to commend DPIRD in their efforts, particularly in the Dalkeith incident, which was particularly challenging. Qfly freedom is essential for market access and will be essential for our export opportunities going forward.
This program holds growers accountable for their part in providing good quality tasting fruit into the market and providing the best start to the season. Early indicators show that the message is still slow getting through. We implore everyone to engage with the project for the sake of our growing reputation of excellence. We encourage you to take full advantage of our offer of support by referring to our testing guide publication and contacting us for pre-harvesting testing and advice.
