AUSVEG Weekly Update - 05 October 2021

In this edition: Latest Potatoes Australia out now, new pest & disease surveillance updates, Ag Visa news + more!

Feature stories

Try for 5 – Get more veg in your life

AUSVEG is a supporter of Try for 5, an annual campaign by Nutrition Australia during National Nutrition Week (10-17 October) that celebrates vegetables and the … Read more

Growers set to benefit from Agriculture Visa

AUSVEG has welcomed the Governor-General’s signing of legislation that will implement the Australian Agriculture Visa, which is a key piece to solving the horticulture industry’s … Read more

Industry news

Potatoes Australia and PotatoLink – coming to your mailboxes shortly!

The latest spring edition of the combined Potatoes Australia and PotatoLink is on its way to mailboxes around the country. To read the latest edition please … Read more

Climate positive veg growers recognised

Last month, two members of the AUSVEG-led EnviroVeg Program were acknowledged in the Corteva Agriscience 2021 Climate Positive Leaders Program for their implementation of climate … Read more

Syngenta’s survey to assist industry in combatting nematodes

AUSVEG Lead Strategic Partner, Syngenta, is conducting a market research project with independent market research agency Instinct and Reason on nematode control in horticulture. As … Read more

Potato fact sheet: Tuber moth

While tuber moth can be a serious pest of potatoes, it can also be effectively controlled using agronomic practices and biological controls. This new factsheet … Read more

Webinar recording: Getting your irrigation ready for the summer

Irrigation is a major cost in potato production and has a big impact on potato yield and quality. Watch this webinar recording to help get … Read more

Pest & disease surveillance updates on the AUSVEG website

Through a Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment-funded program, AUSVEG is working with a number of vegetable industry consultants across Werribee (Victoria), Sydney … Read more

Field walk recording: Microwave weeding technology demo, NSW

Watch the next-generation microwave technology at work during this virtual field walk recording in Cowra, New South Wales. Liam Hescock and the team from Growave … Read more

Bayer Sivanto Prime Label extension for insecticide for aphids & whitefly

The generation of pesticide residue, efficacy and crop safety data is required to support label registration and minor use permit applications made to the Australian … Read more

Virtual masterclass: Priority pest and disease issues across the Sydney basin

Join AUSVEG, the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI), and NSW Greater Sydney Local Land Services for a Vegetable Industry Virtual Masterclass, … Read more

Biosecurity signage available from AUSVEG: Contact us today

Farm hygiene is the first step to helping growers protect their own business and the wider horticulture industry, while minimising production losses and unnecessary costs … Read more

Weekly round-up

New and revised Minor Use permits applicable to the vegetable industry for the week ending 14 February 2018.

AUSVEG Weekly Update – 05 October 2021