AUSVEG Weekly Update – 13 October 2020

The opportunity to interact and develop close relationships with key opinion leaders and innovators across the Australian horticultural sector is one of the things Bayer … Read more

If you missed out on attending the industry-funded 2020 East Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days (EGVID) in May, a library of professional videos produced from the … Read more

On 3 October 2020, changes were made to the Food and Grocery Code (the Code) – a voluntary code that governs certain conduct by grocery retailers and … Read more

The 2020/2021 Federal Budget includes a range of measures that benefit vegetable growers, including: Incentives to attract local, displaced workers to work on farm. Assistance … Read more

A reminder that all new and imported second-hand quad bikes sold in Australia must now meet the first stage of the government’s mandatory safety standard, after … Read more

While crop protection products play an important role in vegetable production, poor spray application techniques can lead to ineffective pest control, yield reduction, wasted product … Read more

An Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Hort Innovation members was held virtually on Friday, 9 October 2020. At the meeting, members voted to change the … Read more

Growers can keep up-to-date with key information regarding domestic and international pesticide regulations via Ag Chemical Updates. You can download the latest update (September 2020) here. … Read more

White rot is an economically important disease of onion crops that can lay dormant in the soil for decades. From 12.30pm-1.30pm (AEDT) on Wednesday 21 October, … Read more

Technomic and PMA Australia-New Zealand Limited (PMA-ANZ) have partnered to provide an overview of the foodservice industry in six key international consumer markets: the U.S., Brazil, … Read more

There were noticeable benefits to soil structure following a precision agriculture trial at the Soil Wealth ICP demonstration site in Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, which focused on … Read more

The Australian Government announced it is committing an additional $317.1 million in funding for the International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM). With $95 million to directly address upcoming summer seasonal … Read more

Growcom is running a two-day Soils and Nutrition Masterclass for fruit, vegetable, nut and herb producers in Queensland’s Burnett-Mary and Fitzroy regions. The two-day masterclasses will cover a … Read more

Catch up on this webinar where Hort Innovation trade and data experts unpack the performance of fresh horticulture exports across the fruit, vegetable, nut and amenity sectors … Read more

The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, has been engaged by Hort Innovation through the Hort Frontiers Advanced Production Systems Fund to prepare, in consultation with … Read more

Access expert advice and knowledge about the future agriculture labour, during one of The Weekly Times’ VirtuAg Spring 2020 webinars, which will feature AUSVEG CEO James Whiteside from 1pm … Read more

AUSVEG will continue to host webinars over the coming months as part of our ongoing AUSVEG Virtual Events. We are seeking your input as to … Read more

Did you miss out on the opportunity to attend the recent webinar on fall armyworm (FAW)? Don’t worry, you can now watch the recordings below or … Read more