00:02All stick, no carrot for this vegetable business.
00:06It's been hit hard by the meteoric rise in fuel prices.
00:10Diesel, in particular, is crucial for planting, harvesting and sending food to market.
00:16We're all a bit anxious and a bit nervous about what's going to come.
00:20The company is talking to major retailers,
00:23but with no room for negotiating on the wholesale market,
00:27freight could be the tipping point.
00:29It may get to that where we won't harvest broccoli or cauliflower.
00:32And the crops are looking magnificent at the moment
00:34and this is our time of the year that Tassie shines,
00:37especially with the leafy greens, so it is very disappointing.
00:41The federal government has temporarily halved the fuel excise
00:45and slashed the heavy vehicle row user charge,
00:48but it's not clear how far that will go.
00:51This livestock transporter is moving up to 20,000 lamb a week to Victoria,
00:57burning through 25,000 litres of diesel.
01:01It's a bit of a worry going forward because we still don't know, is this it?
01:04Is this where we're at?
01:04Is $3.10 a litre for diesel?
01:07Is that the number?
01:07Or is it going to be higher after Easter or sometime then?
01:11So we're along for the ride.
01:14An island off an island.
01:16Bass Strait is Tasmania's highway to the mainland.
01:20Sea carriers embed fuel surcharges into their contracts.
01:24And they've also gone up.
01:25The cost of goods should increase.
01:28There isn't anything that touches our lips or our homes
01:33that doesn't get impacted by transport in one regard.
01:37It's a fast changing situation for Australian farmers
01:41and is rippling through every element of food production.
01:45Farmers are scrambling to ensure fertiliser
01:47and now even food packaging supplies remain steady.
01:50And there's price hikes everywhere they look.
01:53If it's bought this all, messing with a price hikes everywhere.
01:53To use atual importcussions at any given purchase
01:53These are too much tougher the costs and debt by gift sellers
01:53But yeah, look, if it's still there,
01:55we don't necessarily access numerous challenges on there.
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