AUSVEG Weekly Update – 17 December 2019

In this edition: The latest editions of Vegetables Australia and Vegenotes, Export Industry Advisory Notice, latest Harvest to Home report & more!

Feature stories

Export Industry Advisory Notice – Horticulture Exports Program – Temporary suspension of exports to New Zealand for all fresh cucurbit species for consumption produced in Queensland

The Department of Agriculture has released an Industry Advisory Notice to advise industry that exports of fresh cucurbit species produced in Queensland are temporarily suspended … Read more

Latest Harvest to Home comprehensive review – pumpkin

Harvest to Home is an interactive dashboard that provides users with up-to-date consumer trend data on a range of vegetable commodities on a single platform. … Read more

Industry news

Victoria: Schools on Farm video

Please click here to see a video from Boomaroo Nurseries featuring AUSVEG VIC President Paul Gazzola and AUSVEG VIC State Manager Tom Cohen about an … Read more

New release: Vegenotes 75 available online

Vegenotes is a technical publication that is released alongside Vegetables Australia magazine. Each edition presents the main findings of two R&D projects to give growers … Read more

Summer 2019/20 edition of Vegetables Australia – out now!

The latest levy-funded magazine for the Australian vegetable industry, Vegetables Australia, is available online. This bumper edition features the latest in research and development, as … Read more

Improving irrigation efficiency for potatoes

The Soil Wealth/Integrated Crop Protection team has set up a new demonstration site at Cowra to demonstrate the benefits of new tools to improve water … Read more

Cover crops and strip tillage is helping Bathurst pumpkin grower to save water

A Bathurst vegetable grower, working with the Soil Wealth team is breaking new ground by using cover crops and strip tillage to make his irrigation … Read more

Handling Fresh Produce Safely – the course for people in the vegetable industry working on farms and in the packing houses

Applied Horticultural Research has developed a training course as part of the VegPRO project designed to ensure that the fresh vegetables grown in Australia are … Read more

Northern Australia Food Futures Conference 2020 - Early Bird registrations now open

Weekly round-up

The week’s top stories (week ending 17/12/19)

Summary of the week’s top media stories covering Australian horticulture and agriculture, as well as related topics.

Hort Innovation project opportunities (week ending 17/12/2019)

Hort Innovation project opportunities for the week ending 17 December 2019.

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