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Christmas lychees best quality in decades despite tough season
After season constraints and rain-delayed harvests, this summer is producing exceptional Queensland lychees, according to the wholesalers.
Pickers 'living in squalor' claim their end-of-season bonus was unfairly withheld
Ten pickers who worked at Hallmark Cherries' orchard in NSW complain about poorly maintained accommodation and failure to pay an end-of-season bonus.
Long-awaited mandatory wine code of conduct arrives too late for growers
After 20 years, three senate inquiries and an independent review, the sale of wine grapes will be regulated by a mandatory code of conduct, but growers say it might be too late.
Victorian vegetable farmer accused of underpaying migrant workers
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