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Queensland's largest carrot producer is betting a gamble into the pre-cut trade will pay dividends in new Asian markets, particularly in China. Kalfresh, based in south-east Queensland's Fassifern Valley, has made what managing director Richard Gorman described as a "risky" move into the pre-packaged sector. The company has about 1,500 acres under crops, including carrots, onions, green beans and pumpkins. After launching the company's pre-cut carrot range into local retailers, Mr Gorman said the long-term goal is to crack the lucrative Chinese market.
Topics: vegetables, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-policy, aratula-4309
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Topics: vegetables, aratula-4309
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Queensland's largest carrot producer is betting a gamble into the pre-cut trade will pay dividends in new Asian markets, particularly in China.
Topics: vegetables, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-policy, aratula-4309
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| UpdatedBeer and carrots do not usually go hand-in-hand, but an unusual bright orange brew has been successfully blended from produce out of the Scenic Rim, south of Brisbane.
Topics: people, food-and-beverage, vegetables, kalbar-4309, ipswich-4305, rathdowney-4287, aratula-4309, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedA number of people were rescued from flooded roads in south-east Queensland overnight Thursday as rain drenched the region.
Topics: rainfall, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, floods, brisbane-4000, laidley-4341, ipswich-4305, aratula-4309, nambour-4560, gatton-4343, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, springbrook-4213, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedA 10-month-old girl has been rescued from a fiery car crash that killed her mother in south-east Qld.
A 21-year-old woman died after a semi-trailer slammed into the rear of her car as it was turning into a driveway on the Cunningham Highway.
Police say a passing motorist miraculously rescued the woman's daughter from the burning wreck.
Topics: road, aratula-4309, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedA bumper crop is not necessarily the best outcome for farmers.
Perfect winter growing conditions in south-east Queensland and Victoria has resulted in plummeting prices.
Topics: trade, agricultural-crops, vegetables, crop-harvesting, federal-government, peak-crossing-4306, aratula-4309, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThree people have been killed in separate crashes on Queensland roads in less than 24 hours.
Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, gympie-4570, maroochydore-4558, pindi-pindi-4798, aratula-4309, yandina-4561
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| UpdatedA police officer shot an armed man after a lengthy car chase in south-east Queensland last night.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, killarney-4373, aratula-4309, qld
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A resource management group is helping south-east Queensland farmers repair creek and river systems 15 months after major flooding hit the region.
Topics: environmental-management, rural, land-management, rivers, aratula-4309, toowoomba-4350, toogoolawah-4313
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A man has died in hospital after a road accident on the Cunningham Highway, south-west of Brisbane.
Topics: road, aratula-4309, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThree people have been injured in a serious crash on the Cunningham Highway, south-west of Brisbane.
Topics: road, aratula-4309
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| UpdatedPolice and State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers are searching the Main Range National Park in southern Queensland for a 43-year-old Brisbane man who was reported missing on Tuesday.
Topics: missing-person, police, aratula-4309, brisbane-4000, toowoomba-4350
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Roads have been cut as heavy rain continues to fall across parts of Queensland.
Topics: road, weather, rainfall, qld, amberley-4306, aratula-4309, childers-4660, gympie-4570, haigslea-4306, ipswich-4305, maryborough-4650, rosewood-4340
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| UpdatedThere have been reports of up to 114 millimetres of rain in parts of the Darling Downs and Fassifern Valley in southern Queensland.
Topics: rainfall, toowoomba-4350, aratula-4309, boonah-4310
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Three men are in hospital after a semi-trailer pile-up near Warwick on Queensland's Southern Downs.
Topics: road, aratula-4309, toowoomba-4350