AUSVEG Weekly Update - 15 June 2021

In this edition: Lauren East making her mark in the west, Pacific Labour Mobility Consultation, Woolworths supporting organic growers and more!

Feature stories

Lauren East: Making her mark in the west

Willarra Gold is a third-generation family-owned farm and business located near Manjimup, Western Australia. The operation currently produces passionfruit, avocados and sheep on around 1,000 … Read more

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Woolworths backs organic growers with $850,000 in grants from Organic Growth Fund

Woolworths has invested a total of $850,000 into two family-owned organic farms in the latest round of the Woolworths Organic Growth Fund, helping boost future … Read more

Industry news

Pacific Labour Mobility Consultation

The Federal Government is seeking submissions from interested stakeholders on options for further enhancing Australia’s highly successful Pacific labour mobility initiatives: the Seasonal Worker Programme … Read more

Q&A with Rob Arvier

Rob Arvier is Director at West Pine Ag, a mixed farming enterprise based near Penguin on Tasmania’s north-west coast. West Pine Ag farms approximately 250 … Read more

Offering disease control and value to vegetable growers

A new fungicide from Syngenta has been recently registered by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) for the control of diseases sclerotinia, botrytis … Read more

Soil Wealth ICP on show at Hort Connections 2021

The Soil Wealth ICP team – including Pieter Van Nieuwenhuyse, Kelvin Montagu, Doris Blaesing and Gordon Rogers – were able to make it to Hort Connections 2021 … Read more

Video: Technology for controlling weeds in vegetable production

Most technology for controlling weeds will be a positive step forward for soil health and the environment, and will play an important role in our … Read more

Piloting digital remote monitoring to improve environmental performance

With an increasing range of real-time sensors and monitoring used in vegetable production, several real-time sensing options will be piloted in a new project to … Read more

Save the date for a pest & disease workshop in the Atherton Tablelands, QLD

Industry and government are coming together to run an on-farm workshop to discuss significant pests and disease issues that are affecting horticulture in the Atherton … Read more

Weekly round-up

The week’s top media stories

Every week, AUSVEG rounds up the top stories on issues affecting the Australian vegetable industry. Here are this week’s most important news items: Australian carrot … Read more

Minor use permits

All efforts have been made to provide the most current, complete and accurate information on these permits. However, we recommend that you confirm the details … Read more

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AUSVEG Weekly Update – 15 June 2021

In this edition: Lauren East making her mark in the west, Pacific Labour Mobility Consultation, Woolworths supporting organic growers and more!

Feature stories

Industry news

Weekly round-up