AUSVEG Weekly Update – 5 March 2019

In this edition: Educational resources about vegetables, strip tillage webinar, Sclerotinia fact sheets, Hort Connections Plenary Sessions line-up, grower profiles and more!

Feature stories

Educational resources from levy-funded Phenomenom project offer less schtick and more carrot

Hort Innovation funded Phenomenom, which delivered an online resource with videos, lesson plans and activities to help teachers deliver food literacy and nutrition education.

Upcoming webinar to cover strip tillage for vegetables and potatoes with Steve Peterson and Ben Pogiolli

Together, Steve and Ben will explain how strip till will save you fuel and time, increase soil organic matter and reduce erosion and compaction.

Industry news

Hort Connections Plenary Sessions line-up finalised – learn more here!

As well as the CEOs of AUSVEG and PMA A-NZ, this year’s Plenary Sessions will feature fresh perspectives from outside our sector.

David Carter calls time after six decades in the industry

Crookwell Potato Association mini-tuber producer David Carter retired in 2017 after 60 years in the potato industry. Learn about his career in this profile.

Marie-Astrid Ottenhof advances the food safety cause

Read about Dr Marie-Astrid Ottenhof about the role she plays in maintaining Schreurs & Sons’ food safety record in this profile from Vegetables Australia.

Prepare for “redback season” with webinar recording and fact sheet

The April-June period is when consumer complaints about redbacks in broccoli are most likely to surface. Learn to manage this risk with AHR resources.

Get all the details on Sclerotinia rot of green beans with new fact sheet

Sclerotinia rot, or white mould, is one of the major diseases of green beans in Australia. Discover more about identifying and managing this disease.

New video shows highlights of Protected Cropping Australia’s Regional Greenhouse Tour of Tasmania

Check out this video of some of the highlights from PCA’s recent tour of Tasmania, including leading flower and berry production operations.

New fact sheet looks at Sclerotinia rot of vegetable crops

Learn about the life-cycle and management options for Sclerotinia rot, which can cause significant yield losses during cropping and as a post-harvest disease.

Pest and disease round table to help NSW brassica growers identify agrichemical needs

AUSVEG’s Patrick Arratia will be visiting New South Wales this week to coordinate a round table discussion for brassica growers this Friday.

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

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

New wholesale market veg price summaries available

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.

Weekly round-up

Summary of AUSVEG's appearances in the media for the week ending 5 March 2019.