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South Australia growers grappling with spread of tomato brown rugose fruit virus

By ABC NEWS (Australia)

Published : Oct. 25, 2024 - 18:26

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A new tomato testing regime has begun in South Australia to allow growers to sell their product into Western Australia. Queensland and Western Australia had both banned South Australian tomatoes after the discovery of a highly contagious virus on three farms north of Adelaide. But for those producers impacted, the future remains uncertain with the state government offering no clear path back to production and hundreds of workers left in limbo.