( ABC Rural: Tom Major) Grocer backs Aussie grown "These crops can be widely adapted by a number of farmers with existing equipment, we've found."īabu Potunak already stocks Australian lentils and peas and says more local products could lower prices and improve availability. "But for this to work in our system we need to be able to plant with the same equipment, cultivating, spraying, harvesting, so there's some modifications we're going to have to make. "There's gaps in our farming system where a shorter season crop might fit quite well, these spices could fit the bill," he said. Recently turning his hand to kalonji trials Mr Foxwell said the fast life cycle of the crops was an attractive proposition.
"Every year's new, there was no grower pack, no information, no agronomy systems in place to understand how to grow it in the first place," he said. Meanwhile central Queensland dry-land cotton and grain farmer Peter Foxwell said industry needs to be provided with the right tools to ensure cropping spices balanced risks and provided reliable returns.Īfter five years of growing black sesame the grower said he had experienced a steep learning curve with the crop. Winter sown kalonji, fennel and sesame grown at Giru, south of Townsville, was heralded as a success.
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