To VCA members,
As a result of the Covid19 pandemic there may be less air freight available this season to supply our export customers, potentially resulting in an over supply on the domestic market and depressed prices, particularly for small fruit.
The VCA committee encourages grower members to carefully consider pruning for a crop load that maximises fruit size and crop value and avoids heavy crops & small fruit.
The committee, with Cherry Growers Australia, is monitoring the air freight situation closely and will update members on developments in future newsletters.
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Thank you to the team at Cherry Hill Orchards who were kind enough to share their “Pruning for Size – Managing Cropload” video with us.
After much deliberation, the export workshop will be delivered via webinar over two half-days this year. Two sessions will be run with some additional opt in content for Korea and China. You must attend both sessions to be export registered for the protocol markets of Korea, China, Thailand and Taiwan from the mainland.
Session 1:
Session 2:
Growers, please ask your crop monitors to attend session 2.
Please RSVP to Charlotte with your preferred session times and dates at
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TEA BREAK
CLOSE
Optional session:
12.30pm–1.00pm (8th July) OR 4.30pm–5.00pm (15th July): COVID-19 Update
CLOSE
Optional sessions
3.00pm–4.00pm 9th July OR 11am–12pm 16th July
4.00pm–5.00pm 9th July OR 12om–1pm 16th July
The Horticulture Showcase is a fantastic resource to help workers and growers find information about pay and entitlements. The Showcase can also be translated in over 30 different languages.
Visit the Horticulture Showcase website for more information...
and return it to: VCA Secretary, PO Box 612, Mooroopna, 3629
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