Tully TR4-infected farm buyout talks ends

Updated February 23 2016 - 11:44pm, first published 11:08am
Australian Banana Growers’ Council chair Doug Phillips said on March 3 it will be one year since TR4 was detected in North Queensland on the one Tully Valley banana farm and that it’s extremely encouraging that there have been no detections on other farms since.
Australian Banana Growers’ Council chair Doug Phillips said on March 3 it will be one year since TR4 was detected in North Queensland on the one Tully Valley banana farm and that it’s extremely encouraging that there have been no detections on other farms since.

A renewed round of talks on a proposed banana industry buyout of the Tully farm infested with plant disease Panama Tropical Race 4 (TR4) has ended with the Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) body saying it’s time to focus on other biosecurity options.

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