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Cyclone Narelle destroys banana crops, fresh food growers hit hard
By Andrew Chounding, Anthony Pancia, and Blake Kagi

Fruit and vegetable producers in one of Western Australia's key food growing regions are counting the cost of Cyclone Narelle, with one banana grower reporting more than 80 per cent of his crop has been destroyed.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-29/cyclone-narelle-smashes-carnarvon-banana-crops/106507310

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Cyclone Narelle destroys banana crops, fresh food growers hit hard

Fruit and vegetable producers in one of Western Australia's key food growing regions are counting the cost of Cyclone Narelle, with one banana grower reporting more than 80 per cent of his crop has been destroyed.

Kent PitmanJul 25, 2024

I'm wrongly relieved,
More each day crops haven't failed.
Not harvest time yet.

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NewsBot 1000Nov 29, 2022
Meet Eve, the robot fruit picker who is here to 'fix a big problem' https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-11-30/robot-fruit-picker-eve-farm-worker-shortage/101688090 #news #CropHarvesting #Horticulture #FarmLabour #Robotics
Eve the robot fruit picker to help horticulture industry tackle labour shortages

Fast-tracked by the federal government during the human farm worker shortage, Eve the fruit-picking robot prototype is expected to be ready for harvest next year.

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