In this edition: Low-cost protected cropping options, leafminer risk mapping tool, grower profiles, packaging webinar and more!

Feature stories

Low-cost protective cropping assessed as a way of managing climate variability

Brittney Caruana’s next-generation research hits the laboratory

Industry news

The Nuffield program opens doors to rewarding experiences, and this year there's a scholarship on offer for a grower paying the vegetable levy.

Applications for 2020 Nuffield Scholarships now open – vegetable scholarship available!

AgNova is an Australian company supplying a wide range of specialist herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and non-chemical products.

AgNova Technologies renews support for Australian vegetable industry

The VegNET program is delivering a spray application workshop for vegetable growers, spray operators and advisors thanks to a strategic levy investment by Hort Innovation.

Spray application workshop for Victorian growers

RMCG has been asked to develop a plan for the delivery of future communication and extension activities for the Australian potato industry and want to hear your thoughts on how this should happen.

Survey shaping the future of Australian potato industry communications

Water Dynamics is a leading irrigation supply company and has been helping to irrigate Australian farms for over 30 years.

Water Dynamics continues Strategic Partnership with AUSVEG

This webinar will discuss assessing the life-cycle of packaging, what this assessment is for and how it can improve sustainability in our sector.

PMA A-NZ webinar to look at life-cycle assessment of packaging

These presentations discuss Australia's food regulation system, its role in the future, and the implications from growing international trade.

Presentations now online following FSANZ Stakeholder Forum

The Awards for Excellence are a fantastic way to acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding contributions of individuals and companies in our industry.

Nominate a colleague for the Hort Connections 2019 Awards for Excellence!

This response outlines changes to be made to the Code to improve its operation in regulating conduct and dealings between retailers/wholesalers and suppliers.

Australian Government responds to review of Food and Grocery Code of Conduct

We profiled Damien Manno, a grower from Quality Harvest in Kudla SA, for the November/December 2018 edition of Vegetables Australia magazine.

Damien Manno develops an efficient, environmentally-friendly growing operation

The project team behind the RD&E program for the control, eradication and preparedness for vegetable leafminer has developed a new interactive risk mapping tool.

Leafminer preparedness project predicts potential pest populations

Registering your job requirements will give the government valuable information and help it understand the depth of the labour shortages facing Australian growers.

Help push for an ag visa by registering your labour needs with the National Harvest Labour Information Service

On top of bi-weekly wholesale market price reports, Hort Innovation also publishes monthly reports with longer-term price trends, including three-month price forecasts.

New wholesale market veg price summaries available

Weekly round-up

New and revised Minor Use permits applicable to the vegetable industry for the week ending 2 April 2019.

Minor Use permit changes (week ending 02/04/2019)

Hort Innovation project opportunities for the week ending 2 April 2019.

Hort Innovation project opportunities (week ending 02/04/2019)

Summary of AUSVEG's appearances in the media for the week ending 02 April 2019.

AUSVEG in the media (week ending 02/04/19)

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