AUSVEG Weekly Update – 5 February 2019

The Harvest to Home online dashboard has been updated with the freshest retail data, including case studies on sweetpotato and cabbage.

This review was prompted by the increasing BMSB risk and the intense and rapidly-changing management efforts by the Department and their considerable stakeholder impacts.

DPIRD WA is asking businesses and residents in North Fremantle to help with surveillance following detection of a single live BMSB in a trap.

Eurofins Agroscience Services’ lab in Shepparton is looking to set up an insecticide trial targeting carrot aphids, and is encouraging growers to get in touch.

Among its findings, FSANZ notes that traceability measures in the horticulture sector need to be strengthened and recommends the industry review its preventative mechanisms.

If you’re interested in understanding how new plant varieties are designed to meet consumers’ taste preferences, you can’t miss Dr Lee’s presentation.

FarmHub is a one-stop shop for details on assistance with fodder, water, transport, everyday-living expenses, health and more.

Struggling to control nutgrass this season? Be part of this on-farm discussion about nutgrass management run by VegNET VIC – N, W and SE.

These workshops and farm walks in Forthside and Cambridge will discuss herbicide resistance, crop rotation influence on weed pressure, cover crops, and integrated weed management.

The AUSVEG Yearly Report – 2018 recaps all the work we’ve done over the past year to serve growers and help our industry.

Learn more about the performance of the top quartile of vegetable growers with this webinar recording from the levy-funded project benchmarking the Australian industry.

Justin Vanstone is a 26-year-old Queensland grower from Vanstone Produce. We profiled him in the January/February 2019 edition of Vegetables Australia magazine.

Run by and for vegetable growers, EnviroVeg is tackling the challenge of improving environmental, sustainable and regenerative practices on-farm.

It is now just four weeks until 1 March 2019 when all export air cargo, regardless of destination, will be subject to changed security requirements.

A Churchill Fellowship offers participants the opportunity to travel overseas to investigate topics they’re passionate about. Hort Innovation funds scholarships for levy-paying growers.

Registering your job requirements will give the government valuable information and help it understand the depth of the labour shortages facing Australian growers.

On top of bi-weekly wholesale market price reports, Hort Innovation also publishes monthly reports with longer-term price trends, including three-month price forecasts.