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Nervous wait for growers

GROWERS with inundated grape vineyards face a nervous couple of weeks as they wait for floodwaters to recede so they can check for diseases.

Vineyards producing early-maturing varieties are most at risk, but an early recession of floodwaters may allow for spraying before harvest.

But Australian Table Grape Association chief executive Jeff Scott says the outlook is “not good” for some growers...