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Major company collapse to leave ‘hole’ in SA dairy industry

Administrators have walked back on a promise made earlier this year.

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An award-winning SA dairy producer will wind up after failing to find a buyer during its months-long voluntary administration. Stock photo.

Dire warning after quarantined farms destroy tomato crops worth millions

The tomato industry is worth $800 million nationally, while the wider production nursery sector is worth $2.78 billion annually.

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Produce worth millions of dollars has been destroyed after a virus was detected on three farms.

Summer fruits hitting the shelves at bargain prices

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Strawberries were being sold at three punnets for $5 at the Adelaide Central Market.

Serious concerns as deadly bird flu strain ‘on Australia’s doorstep’

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Victorian farmers are bracing for the arrival of a new strain of deadly bird flu. (HANDOUT/DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE ACTION)

Hundreds of jobs axed with quarantine of tomato farms

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Hundreds of jobs have gone with the quarantine of Perfection Fresh’s operation in Two Wells.

Award-winning dairy company on brink of collapse

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There are fears the collapse could devastate local dairy farmers, who may also be forced to close down as a result.