Lifeline eases pain for crippled Territory melon growers

By Lyndon Keane
Updated March 11 2015 - 10:11am, first published 9:00am
GROWER HELP: Primary Industry and Fisheries Minister Willem Westra van Holthe and Katherine watermelon grower Mitchell Curtis discuss the government’s CGMMV subsidy scheme.
GROWER HELP: Primary Industry and Fisheries Minister Willem Westra van Holthe and Katherine watermelon grower Mitchell Curtis discuss the government’s CGMMV subsidy scheme.

KATHERINE watermelon producers crippled by cucumber green mottle mosaic virus have been thrown a long-awaited financial lifeline after the Northern Territory government announced on March 11 that it was offering a $1.2 million interest subsidy scheme.

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