Australian grower 4 Ways Fresh cancels capsicum export
The company, 4 Ways Fresh, was investigating growing capsicums, Lebanese cucumbers and potentially, zucchinis, at its Geraldton horticultural precinct for interstate and export markets to the Middle East and Asia.
General manager of 4 Ways Fresh, Kingsley Songer, said when news broke of the psyllid outbreak, he was concerned about the impact of it on their operation.
"That apprehension has been borne out now because of the quarantining of capsicum and the like coming out of Western Australia," he said.
Mr Songer said these plans, which would have generated about $300,000, had now been abandoned.
"We won't be growing capsicum there this year at Geraldton," he said.
source: abc.net.au