family say they will keep operating banana plantation despite disease /

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Grower-funded buyout or lease rejected after Panama tropical race 4 contamination found on Queensland farmA Queensland farming family hit by an ineradicable plant disease that could wipe out Australia’s banana industry say they will keep operating their plantation despite the risk of spreading the contamination. Related: On the brink: Queensland’s banana growers live in dismay of a deadly fungus Related: Banana growers asked to wait on create fund to support those hit by fungus Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com