Preparation helping Mackays tackle TR4

Ashley Walmsley
August 23 2017 - 4:00am
EVER READY: Mackay Farming Group director, Cameron Mackay, says the company's biosecurity regime helped it minimise lost time when it confirmed one of the company's properties was infected with Panama disease Tropical Race 4 last month. Photo: Kelly Butterworth
EVER READY: Mackay Farming Group director, Cameron Mackay, says the company's biosecurity regime helped it minimise lost time when it confirmed one of the company's properties was infected with Panama disease Tropical Race 4 last month. Photo: Kelly Butterworth

JUST two hours was the only time the Mackay Farming Group shut down operations on its Tully banana property when confirmed to be infected with Panama Tropical Race 4 (TR4) last month.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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