Visa extensions vital to secure workforce for vegetable industry
24 March 2020VegNET R&D project updates and discussion
24 March 2020Hort Innovation has been successful in securing additional emergency minor use permits regarding fall armyworm, issued by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority:
- Permit ID: PER89263 Version 2, ‘Emamectin (Proclaim Opti Insecticide) / Fall Armyworm / Various Crops’.
- Permit ID: PER89280, ‘Chlorantraniliprole + Thiamethoxam Durivo Insecticide) / Fall Armyworm / Various Crops as per the registered Durivo label’.
- Permit ID: PER89278, ‘Indoxacarb (Avatar Insecticide) / Fall Armyworm / Various Crops’.
- Permit ID: PER89285, ‘Emamectin (Proclaim Opti Insecticide) / Fall Armyworm / Celery (field) Brassica leafy vegetables, leafy beets, silverbeet & spinach (Protected cropping) Blueberries (Field & Protected cropping)’.
- Permit ID: PER89284, ‘Spinetoram (Success Neo Insecticide) / Fall Armyworm / Leek, Spring Onion, Shallot & Galangal’.
These permits expire on 31 March 2023.
For more information, please contact Hort Innovation Regulatory Affairs Crop Protection Manager Jodie Pedrana via email at
jodie.pedrana@horticulture.com.au.