AUSVEG Weekly Update – 06 April 2021

Join Dr Kelvin Montagu, lead researcher for the Hort Innovation-funded project Optimising Cover Cropping for the Australian Vegetable Industry (VG16068), and Darren Long, Tasmanian vegetable … Read more

In the late 1990s a small number of progressive growers in Australia started experimenting with reduced till (or minimum till) for vegetable production. Reduced till … Read more

Join Dr Kelvin Montagu, lead researcher for the Hort Innovation-funded project Optimising Cover Cropping for the Australian Vegetable Industry (VG16068), and Darren Long, Tasmanian vegetable … Read more

Queensland Government researchers are using simulated sea freight conditions in a bid to improve the performance of vegetables exported by ship during the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read more

The Australian horticulture industry’s adoption of cover crops, reduced tillage and compost are all game changers for nitrogen tie-up and release for subsequent vegetable crops. … Read more

The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) is providing assistance to landholders and communities with animal welfare-related issues resulting from the current … Read more

Freshcare is introducing QR codes on certificates across all its Standards to add a greater level of security and allow users to access real time … Read more

The Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has issued an industry advice notice advising New Zealand has lifted the suspension previously placed on … Read more

Strip-tillage combines the best of no-till and conventional tillage in the one operation. Steve Peterson is a fourth generation farmer in the United States and … Read more

There are many factors that contribute to strong environmental stewardship, but when it comes to finding evidence of the strengths and opportunities of your growing … Read more

The Australian Workers Union (AWU) has made an application to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to change the Horticulture Award to install a ‘floor’ on piecework arrangements, so that the worker must earn … Read more

The potato industry’s leading magazine Potatoes Australia has returned and will be reaching mailboxes this week. The 40-page Autumn 2021 edition features the latest in … Read more

Cabbage growers from the Northern Adelaide Plains have teamed up with TriCal Australia and the South Australian Research and Development Institute to conduct soil fumigation … Read more

No matter your location, tune in for a virtual farm walk at the Soil Wealth ICP demonstration site at Koo Wee Rup, Victoria via Facebook … Read more

Join researcher Dr Kelvin Montagu and Tasmanian vegetable grower Darren Long in Manjimup, Western Australia, to hear their experience with – and research into – … Read more

Nominations are flowing in for Hort Connection 2021’s annual National Awards for Excellence, which will be presented during the prestigious Gala Dinner on Wednesday 9 June. The awards recognise … Read more