Onions boss slams retail prices, warns of tough year ahead

Ashley Walmsley
February 8 2018 - 5:00am
FUTURE FOCUS: Onions Australia chairman, Peter Shadbolt, says the "pathetically low" domestic prices for onions highlight the need for further exploration of export markets.
FUTURE FOCUS: Onions Australia chairman, Peter Shadbolt, says the "pathetically low" domestic prices for onions highlight the need for further exploration of export markets.

ONIONS Australia chairman Peter Shadbolt has pulled no punches in his New Year address to growers, saying producers are receiving "pathetically low prices" for their crops.

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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