AUSVEG Weekly Update – 10 November 2020

Harvest to Home, funded by Hort Innovation, is an interactive online dashboard that provides users with up-to-date retail information and consumer trend data on a range … Read more

AUSVEG has welcomed the establishment of a dispute resolution process under the Horticulture Code of Conduct. The process was established by the Australian Small Business … Read more

AgNova is pleased to launch Metarex Inov® – a new formulation of the already popular slug and snail bait Metarex®. Developed by DeSangosse Group in … Read more

Agricultural practices can contribute to soil acidification, or the drop in soil pH. This can be due to several factors including leaching of nitrate nitrogen, … Read more

Grower Kim Ngov had a weed problem at his Sydney basin farm. Even though he grows his snow pea crops using plastic mulch, he has … Read more

What are the key pests affecting potato production in other countries and what R&D is occurring to better manage them? This scan of international pest … Read more

AUSVEG has welcomed the launch of Free Trade Advantage – Austrade’s new online tool designed to help Australian exporters take advantage of Australia’s free trade … Read more

Join us for two upcoming industry webinars where you will learn about a number of exotic, notifiable, and endemic pests of horticultural concern. The Gippsland-focused webinar … Read more

AUSVEG and the EnviroVeg Program have joined a collaboration of horticulture industry groups in a new project investigating the use of remote monitoring, to support … Read more

A soil in good condition consists of around 50 per cent solid matter – this includes organic matter, which is the main driver of soil … Read more

Click here to read AUSVEG’s latest update on its advocacy activities. While labour continues to be front and centre of AUSVEG’s advocacy discussions, this update … Read more

Freshcare has updated the Food Safety & Quality Standard for growers and grower/packers to version FSQ4.2 to meet the requirements of the GFSI v2020 benchmark … Read more

There are new health Directions from the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), affecting seasonal horticulture workplaces. The requirement for seasonal workers relocating … Read more

Freshcare has updated the Food Safety & Quality Standard for growers and grower/packers to version FSQ4.2 to meet the requirements of the GFSI v2020 benchmark … Read more

A reminder that from the first full pay period on or after 1 November 2020, new minimum rates and allowances start in awards for a … Read more

IPM Technologies has developed two hard-copy pocket guides for the identification of pests and beneficial species in potato crops and brassica crops. They are $12 … Read more

AUSVEG and the EnviroVeg Program have joined a collaboration of horticulture industry groups in a new project investigating the use of remote monitoring, to support … Read more

A high-tech mobile surveillance unit was delivered at the end of October as part of Hort Innovation’s multi-agricultural industry surveillance initiative – iMapPESTS. The iMapPESTS: … Read more

Integrated weed management (IWM) is vital for getting on top of weed problems in vegetable production. It involves combining all appropriate weed control options in … Read more