22/03/2026
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The Middle East conflict has had an immediate, severe impact on the cost of critical inputs and services required by Australian vegetable growers to grow and supply their produce to market.
Growers have no capacity to absorb these latest cost increases after years of diminishing margins due to steadily rising and unstainable production costs combined with downward pressure on already unviable returns.
Our latest Advocacy Update includes a summary of the major cost pressures on Australian vegetable growing businesses flowing from the conflict, and advice for growers.
You can find it here: https://ausveg.com.au/article/vegetable-industry-crisis-update-growers-unable-to-absorb-cost-increases/