Brisbane Markets goes under water while macadamia and pecan growers flooded in Qld & NSW

Ashley Walmsley
Updated July 4 2022 - 11:29pm, first published March 1 2022 - 2:58pm
HIGH: Water at its 15m peak of the flood at Woodlawn, northern NSW. According to Australian Pecan Association president Scott Clark, this is 2.7m higher than 1974 which was the previous biggest flood.
HIGH: Water at its 15m peak of the flood at Woodlawn, northern NSW. According to Australian Pecan Association president Scott Clark, this is 2.7m higher than 1974 which was the previous biggest flood.

WITH the Brisbane Markets underwater, the Queensland fresh produce supply chain is grappling with how the current weather event will impact the sector both short and long term.

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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