Popular mango farm forced to sell as compliance measures pressure producers
QFVG CEO Scott Kompo-Harms has highlighted the growing compliance burden facing horticulture businesses in an ABC Rural story examining the closure of a long-running mango farm near Rockhampton.
Scott noted that growers are increasingly required to meet multiple layers of compliance to access markets, with many undertaking schemes such as Fair Farms to demonstrate they meet retailer and supply chain expectations around safe and ethical production.
He also pointed to the broader trend of expanding regulatory and market-driven requirements, with growers needing to navigate obligations from government, supermarkets and, in some cases, export markets.
