NQ hort carries on after major floods

Ashley Walmsley
Updated February 20 2019 - 12:15pm, first published February 15 2019 - 1:00pm
WET: Watermelons that have been underwater on the Caleo family's farm at Charters Towers.
WET: Watermelons that have been underwater on the Caleo family's farm at Charters Towers.

WHILE horticulture did not escape unscathed from the historic North Queensland flooding earlier this month, it could have been worse for many produce lines.

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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