Early Needs Recovery Program to address pest challenges in blueberry

This article is about the early needs recovery program to address pest challenges in blueberry industry. The blueberry industry on the NSW north coast has been adversely impacted by the flooding in February 2022 and the prolonged wet conditions in the northern New South Wales region experienced over the past two years. In response to these events, NSW Department of Primary Industries has been working to assist industry, with one of the key activities to undertake pest and disease surveillance in blueberry farms.