AU: End to renewed talks in TR4-farm buyout

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A renewed round of talks on a proposed banana

industry buyout of the North Queensland farm

infested with plant disease Panama Tropical

Race 4 (TR4) has ended with the industry’s peak

body saying it’s time to focus on other biosecurity

options.

The Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) said 23 February that an additional round of discussions was held this month with the farm’s owners after the Australian Government provided funding to add to an initial banana industry buyout proposal made in January.

ABGC Chair Doug Phillips said talks with the owners of the 166-hectare Tully Valley farm had again ended without agreement, the renewed proposal had lapsed and the banana industry must now continue its work on other measures directed at containing TR4.

“The ABGC has put every effort into progressing discussions on a buyout that would allow the closure of the farm’s operations as one way of reducing the risk of TR4 spreading,” Mr Phillips said.

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AU: End to renewed talks in TR4-farm buyout

Original text (summary):

A renewed round of talks on a proposed banana

industry buyout of the North Queensland farm

infested with plant disease Panama Tropical

Race 4 (TR4) has ended with the industry’s peak

body saying it’s time to focus on other biosecurity

options.

The Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) said 23 February that an additional round of discussions was held this month with the farm’s owners after the Australian Government provided funding to add to an initial banana industry buyout proposal made in January.

ABGC Chair Doug Phillips said talks with the owners of the 166-hectare Tully Valley farm had again ended without agreement, the renewed proposal had lapsed and the banana industry must now continue its work on other measures directed at containing TR4.

“The ABGC has put every effort into progressing discussions on a buyout that would allow the closure of the farm’s operations as one way of reducing the risk of TR4 spreading,” Mr Phillips said.

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Panama disease incursion in North Queensland 2015 emerging
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