AUSVEG Weekly Update – 9 January 2018

The latest edition of InfoVeg Radio looks at the VegPRO project and the ways it delivers tailored training for the Australian vegetable industry.

Applications to present as a speaker are now open online, with speakers from any discipline, background or perspective encouraged to apply.

Exporting vegetable growers are invited to apply to attend the world’s largest food trade event, Gulfood 2018.

A new page is now available on the Hort Innovation website for vegetable industry members looking to access tools to help their businesses grow.

The Western Australian DPIRD has recently completed the spring round of surveillance for tomato potato psyllid (TPP).

Have a look at how the levy-funded Soil Wealth project has delivered productivity benefits for Queensland vegetable grower Jamie Jurgens.

New content from TIA events is now available, including videos from the Forthside Vegetable Research Facility Open Day and forum on potato diseases and soilborne health.

Applications are open for the EnviroVeg Pilot Program, a funded pathway to reach Freshcare Environmental certification and attain the benefits of vegetable production with environmental best practice.

Victorian women living in rural farming communities are invited to participate in storytelling digital workshops being coordinated by the National Centre for Farmer Health.

Applications are now open for the only national leadership and development program for the vegetable industry!

The Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) for vegetable growers will help guide Hort Innovation’s management of investment programs for the industry for the next five years.