AUSVEG Weekly Update – 3 March 2020

Queensland’s peak horticulture body, Growcom will be an exhibitor at Case IH StepUP! Conference to be held from 24-25 March at Bundaberg Multiplex Sport and Convention Centre. … Read more

Members of the AUSVEG biosecurity team presented an interactive NT Farmers Protected Cropping R&D Forum on 27 February. Held at the Department of Primary Industry and Resources’ Berrimah … Read more

Harvest to Home is an interactive online dashboard that provides users with up-to-date retail information and consumer trend data on a range of vegetable commodities … Read more

The World Potato Congress invites you to register to its webinar on managing a fungal blemish disease of potato disease, powdery scab, on Wednesday 18 March, 9am Eastern Standard … Read more

Austchilli is a family-owned business founded by David De Paoli in Bundaberg, Queensland, over 20 years ago. Austchilli is a privately-owned, vertically-integrated business that provides … Read more

NSW DPI’s Simon Clarendon is hosting a webinar on Thursday 5 March at 1.30pm (AEDT) which will discuss legacy phosphorus and the risks and opportunities … Read more

Click here to read the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s general updates for the 2019-20 Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) risk season. The … Read more

Integrated pest management practices and regimes will be at the cornerstone of combined Queensland Government and agriculture industry efforts to combat the invasive pest, fall armyworm. … Read more

Controlling pest species can be complex and insect pests can be particularly hard to control due to their mobility and their ability to use different … Read more

Late last year, a group of Australian vegetable growers and industry members attended a two-week industry leadership and development mission to the United States, where … Read more

The NFF’s FarmHub was initially launched as a portal through which farmers could access information about assistance and advice to manage hardship, with an initial focus … Read more

The East Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days are back from 4-8 May and more bountiful than ever with a big focus on innovation, food security, collaboration, sustainability, … Read more

Researchers are a few steps closer to unravelling the cause of internal rot in Australian capsicums and chillies. Samples of capsicum and chillies with internal rot, sent from growers in … Read more

The latest levy-funded magazine for the Australian vegetable industry, Vegetables Australia, is now online and will be reaching mailboxes shortly. At 72 pages, this extended … Read more

In 2019, a case study assessment of the farm-level economic impacts of weeds in vegetable production was completed as part of a broader weed management … Read more

In 2016, a multi-industry project focusing on Australian fruit and vegetable consumption was completed by researchers at CSIRO. The VegEze app was produced as a … Read more

Hear from leading researchers and practitioners discussing the final year results from the vegetable leafminer project, iMapPESTS Sentinel Surveillance project and other biosecurity innovations at … Read more

Hort Innovation is offering four, fully paid scholarships available exclusively for vegetable levy payers, to the 2020 PMA A-NZ Produce Executive Program. The program is a fully residential … Read more

Applications are now open for the 2020 Growing Leaders program! Funded by Hort Innovation and delivered by The Right Mind, Growing Leaders 2020 is a multi-industry levy-funded … Read more

Click here to view an Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) weekly update containing a summary of total and forecast rainfall, … Read more