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Protecting our business
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were successful and will mean the industry will receiving promotional, communication, leadership and peel quality R&D services. Each year the priorities of the industry are reviewed and there is an annual call for services. Please contact CSC Chair, Joseph Ling, Bronwyn Walsh or Ingrid Behr, APC Manager if you’d like to raise a priority or know more about this process. Streamlining our industry structure continues, slightly slowed as the focus has shifted to dealing with COVID. The plan is still to have the vote from WA Citrus members at the AGM to move to one Committee. There has also been changes to Industry officer roles as Bronwyn and Kate expand their experience and job security. Bronwyn has accepted a part-time position with Horticulture Innovation Australia as Regional Extension Manager for WA. Discussion is now underway for recruiting to undertake the duties that will no longer be undertaken by Bronwyn. Kate will be allocating specific days (Monday and Friday) to her work with the WA citrus industry.
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Contact Bronwyn Walsh on 0400 873 875 or industrymanager@wacitrus.com.au.
The COVID-19 situation is yet another change the industry and its businesses face. Rural West has been working with primary production enterprises to assist getting through difficult and turbulent times.
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Addressing the health risk posed by mid-May and beyond could bring COVID-19 to citrus business owners, further changes. If you have any their staff, family, supply chain and queries on preparing your business consumers has resulted in a lot of for potential COVID-19 consequences activity. Since March Bronwyn, (Citrus please contact Bronwyn, or visit Industry Development Manager), and websites: www.wa.gov.au, https:// Joseph Ling (Chair of APC Citrus citrusaustralia.com.au/media/covidSub-Committee) participated in the 19-ca-updates. ‘WA Horticulture Network’, lead by Department of Primary Industries Queensland fruit fly and Regional Development (DPIRD). DPIRD is currently responding to an This was an excellent opportunity and outbreak of Queensland fruit fly in immediate response the Perth suburbs of for us to get quickly up Dalkeith, Nedlands and to speed with what was Claremont. DPIRD staff going on, and learn from are monitoring and baiting other WA horticulture as part of the eradication industries, government program. More and Citrus Australia. information is available at The experiences of www.agric.wa.gov.au. Queensland citrus growers, starting their season earlier than WA gave us a head start on putting in place COVID-19 management practices to citrus businesses, as well as production of the Citrus growers and packers guide. 3 CITRUS grower and packer guide for COVID. Fall Armyworm Another new pest found across northern Australia is Fall Armyworm. It was determined that it is not technically feasible to eradicate this pest. For information please visit the DPIRD website, www.agric.wa.gov.au/ This is now up to its sixth edition. plant-biosecurity/fall-armywormvegetablesWA also had some useful western-australia. There is also a video information on their website. Combined, can watch this video on YouTube, www. this meant we could produce a weekly youtube.com/watch?v=H6N4K19B5- eNews to keep growers informed. Q&feature=youtu.be By May the frequency of WA Horticulture Network meetings had dropped back to fortnightly, with a watching brief as information unfolds. The change in conditions in WA from
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Contact Bronwyn Walsh on 0400 873 875 or industrymanager@wacitrus.com.au.
