Like the Phoenix of Old, Emerald Citrus Returns to Australia ...

 Cotton Ginnery  20 Klm east of Emerald Queensland

Survey shows Tourists want to work in the Region .. that is our Shire with Amalgamation of Shires..

Emerald
Regional Council will Jump on the Wagon if it means more money for them
as well as the Prestige.  I am wondering if the packing shed of 2PH
FARMS  will still remain operating as "Prestige Packing" 

2PH
CITRUS BACK ON TRACK Three-and-a-half years after the last trace of
citrus canker was found in Emerald, Queensland, local producers 2PH
Farms are ready to get back into the market. 2PH Farm’s Craig Pressler
said the family company, which has replanted more than 200,000 trees in
the Emerald area, is positive about the industry getting back on track
in the district. 2PH has re-planted mandarins and lemons and Mr
Pressler sees a very bright future for their crops with interest in the
crop high from buyers they dealt with prior to the outbreak.

NEW
WEBSITE FOR GROWERS Horticultural growers can now digitally access the
on-farm manual for environmental management, Guidelines for
Environmental Assurance (EA) in Australian Horticulture, free of charge
at the new-look Horticulture for Tomorrow website, www.horticulturefortomorrow.com.au
The recently redesigned Horticulture for Tomorrow website provides
access to the EA guidelines, as well as to a range of other useful
resources. This includes the Horticulture Natural Resource Management
Strategy, which enables horticultural industries to address
environmental 

"Next year, you could look forward to a seed-free Yule.

But
for now, pent-up demand for the fruit was still far outstripping
supply, said central Queensland citrus farmer Craig Pressler who has
developed the Eureka Seedless lemon after 10 years of selective
breeding.

Ironically,
the Pressler family's vast 2PH orchards near Emerald were destroyed
during the campaign to eradicate the citrus canker disease, first
detected on a farm in the region in 2004.

But the fruit has been grown under licence at four farms in the Gayndah and Mundubbera areas of south-east Queensland.http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=173633

The
Eureka Seedless lemon was launched at the Brisbane Markets in the
southside suburb of Rocklea and was snapped up by the restaurant and
catering trade."

THERE IS THE ABC PROGRAMME OF THE GROWERS OWN STORY.. OR AT LEAST THE ALLOWABLE ..

 Spot of trouble
BROADCAST: 27/03/2009

It is almost five years since an exotic disease ripped the heart out of
central Queensland's citrus industry and undermined confidence in
Australia's plant quarantine system. No one has ever been held
accountable for the citrus canker outbreak that led to the destruction
of more than 600,000 fruit trees. Growers whose orchards have only just
been given the all-clear fear the same thi ng could happen again. [FULL STORY]