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New supply agreement not the only option

CCW general manager PETER SZABO has provided the following opinion piece ahead of the group’s crucial AGM next week, when members will vote on the new industry proposal from Accolade Wines. He says MORE OPTIONS EXIST for growers than previously...

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15 May 2024

Agriculture

Water matters: Finding some common ground

Basin Communities Committee member and CEO of Renmark Irrigation Trust, ROSALIE AURICHT, has submitted the first in a series of opinion pieces examining the INTERRELATIONSHIP OF WATER AND COMMUNITIES across the Murray-Darling Basin… A FEW weeks...

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15 May 2024

Agriculture

Fruit fly efforts ‘achieving results’ toward eradication

EFFORTS from Riverland growers to reduce the risk of new fruit fly outbreaks has been praised. PIRSA’s latest fruit fly update showed no new outbreaks were declared between 23 April and 6 May. Fruit fly response incident controller Con Poulos said...

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15 May 2024

Agriculture

Industry program to prepare Riverland grape growers for future drought

RIVERLAND wine grape growers are encouraged to apply for an industry initiative aimed at improving preparedness for drought and climate change impacts. Applications are currently being accepted for the GrowStrong Business Fundamentals program, being...

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15 May 2024

Agriculture

‘Nothing else on the table’

A SENIOR Accolade Wines figure says the company has worked with CCW in an attempt to find solutions to currently industry challenges. Accolade Wines chief supply chain officer Joe Russo, ahead of next week’s CCW AGM, refuted claims growers have...

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15 May 2024

Agriculture

New PSA ‘not the only option’

RIVERLAND CCW growers being presented with new supply agreements by Accolade Wines have other options, including diversifying, says the grower group’s general manager. Peter Szabo has rejected the notion that taking a new Preferred Supplier...

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15 May 2024