AUSVEG Weekly Update – 31 August 2021

Michelle Flowers is the Human Resources Manager at Koala Farms, which is located in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley region. Koala Farms produces vegetables over 1,500 acres … Read more

Last week, AUSVEG – alongside VegNET Gippsland and Agriculture Victoria – ran a biosecurity-focused workshop online. The event was originally scheduled to be in-person, but … Read more

The Victorian government has announced it is allocating $8.4 million as part of the first tranche of the Food to Market program, with 13 key … Read more

Register to join an upcoming webinar to learn about managing Australia’s new exotic pests, direct from the experts. AUSVEG’s Callum Fletcher – alongside Dr Siva … Read more

Hort Innovation is in the process of developing the next five-year Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) for the Australian vegetable industry. The vegetable SIP is the … Read more

Calling all women in the horticulture sector! If you’re looking to progress your professional development even further, there are several funding grants available to support … Read more

IrriSAT is a free satellite-based irrigation scheduling app. It combines satellite images with weather data to estimate crop water use Read a case study on … Read more

A three-year trial examining the impact of compost as an organic soil amendment has just wrapped up at the Soil Wealth ICP demonstration site in … Read more

Watch this masterclass recording to indulge in the complex world of soil biology and how it relates to healthy and profitable vegetable production. Basic principles … Read more

Serpentine leafminer (SLM Lyriomyza huidobrensis) has been detected in the Lockyer Valley in recent weeks. There have been multiple reports of leafminers in crops across region; however, SLM … Read more

Crop protection products play an important role in vegetable production and are regularly used to control insect pests, diseases and weeds. However, poor spray application … Read more

The lack of labour across Australia available to producers of fresh fruits and vegetables continues to result in lost crops. With no silver bullet in … Read more

Join us for breakfast at the South Australian Produce Market from 7-9am (ACST) on Thursday 9 September. Hear from industry experts on disease diagnosis in … Read more