Key stakeholders from the state’s blueberry growing industry have called for a public inquiry into the government’s handling of blueberry rust incursions in Tasmania, saying the industry is in “crisis ...

TASMANIA’S peak farming body says it is “extremely disappointed” in the State Government’s plans to manage blueberry rust. The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association says the decision to manage ...

The Upper House inquiry will look at the handling of the fungal disease in outbreaks since 2014. Growers had been pushing for an inquiry since the state’s strategy changed from the initial policy of ...

TASMANIAN blueberry growers have been dealt a blow with a new detection of fungal disease blueberry rust. The detection comes after an all-clear for the pest was declared last month when it was ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. Biosecurity Tasmania acting general manager Rae Burrows said infected plants were found at a small number ...

Tasmania's blueberry industry is in crisis because the State Government has botched the response to a disease outbreak, growers have said. They want a public inquiry into the state's handling of ...

TASMANIA’S $30 million blueberry industry has been struck another blow with the discovery of a fourth site carrying a killer fungal disease. Berry growers are renewing calls for a blueberry rust ...

Detection of blueberry rust has been found at commercial blueberry producer Costa’s Sulphur Creek farm. I have worked in the Tasmanian digital/print media for 11 years, spanning two newsrooms. I have ...

The deadly plant mould blueberry rust has struck again in north-west Tasmania, this time at Sulphur Creek. The disease was detected in Tasmania for the first time two years ago. The new outbreak was ...

Berry growers are renewing calls for a blueberry rust eradication program after the discovery of the pest on a property near Sheffield on the North West Coast. The Department of Primary Industries, ...