Leading horticultural consultants and researchers RMCG and Applied Horticultural Research are teaming up to deliver a series of free industry webinars as part of the VegNET project.

These four levy-funded webinars will focus on key areas of innovation and emerging models of best practice for the industry, helping vegetable growers prepare for the future of production in Australia.

The webinars will cover the following topics:

• Are you ready? Biosecurity lessons in planning and response for the Australian vegetable industry
  12:30pm-1:30pm (AEDT), Thursday 22 March 2018
   
• Spray technology for vegetable growers: A guide to getting it right
  12:30pm-1:30pm (AEST), Thursday 24 May 2018
   
• Future focus: Robotics and intelligent systems in vegetable production systems
  12:30pm-1:30pm (AEST), Thursday 23 August 2018
   
• Integrated Pest Management of vegetable pests: A more sustainable approach
  12:30pm-1:30pm (AEDT), Thursday 18 October 2018

Any industry members who want to register their interest to attend an event, or who want to find out more information about any of the above events, can contact RMCG’s Carl Larsen on 03 9882 2670 or at carll@rmcg.com.au.

Growers interested in spraying efficacy can also watch the video produced by VegNET covering the fundamentals of spray technology.

This post appeared in the AUSVEG Weekly Update published 6 March 2018.