Mildew puts dried fruit growers on the rack

SUNRAYSIA grape growers are facing “devastating” losses into the tens of millions of dollars caused by a downy mildew outbreak, following record rainfall in September and October. Some growers have forecast 100 per cent of this season’s crop will be lost due to the spread of the disease, estimated by a Dried Fruits Australia survey […]

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