27 May 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesLeading international fresh produce buyers from key export markets will experience world-class Australian horticulture first-hand during an inbound trade mission beginning in South Australia today. The […]
26 May 2026
Reading Time: 4 minutesAUSVEG is cautioning against a false sense of security as the impacts of the Middle East conflict continue flowing through Australia’s vegetable industry, leading to continuing […]
26 May 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralian potato growers, support staff and the wider potato industry are set to benefit from a new, five-year workforce training and leadership program. Funded by Hort […]
20 May 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe latest breakthroughs, updates and innovations from industry levy-funded R&D projects will be on display for Australian vegetable, potato and onion growers on 1 June in […]
13 May 2026
Reading Time: 7 minutesLast night the Federal Government released its 2026/27 Federal Budget – its first since last year’s election. For Australian vegetable growers looking for relief from the […]
1 May 2026
Reading Time: 4 minutesOver 100 of Australian horticulture’s best and brightest growers, researchers, and innovators have been announced as finalists in what is shaping as a hotly-contested Horticulture Awards […]
28 April 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s just over one month until Hort Connections 2026 gets underway at the Adelaide Convention Centre from Monday 1 to Thursday 4 June, and the impressive […]
10 April 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith under two months to go, Hort Connections 2026 is shaping as a crucial gathering of the entire horticulture industry and supply chain, over four action-packed […]
25 March 2026
Reading Time: 4 minutesAustralian vegetable growers are reducing plantings and opting not to harvest existing crops as surges in the costs of critical farm inputs and supply uncertainty threaten […]
24 March 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG welcomes the securing of the Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA), emphasising the deal can give a much-needed boost to Australia’s onion industry, while also […]
16 March 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG has congratulated the Hon. Darren Chester MP on his appointment as Shadow Minister for Agriculture, as part of new Shadow Cabinet arrangements announced by the […]
16 March 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesMiddle East conflict: Good faith engagement on farm inputs and costs needed to maintain vegetable supply for Australians AUSVEG is urging all supply chain businesses and […]
25 February 2026
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew official figures show the average per kilo farmgate value of Australian vegetables in 2025 stayed below 2022/23 levels, as Australian vegetable growing businesses remain under […]
18 February 2026
Hort Connections 2026: Adelaide prepares for southern hemisphere’s biggest horticulture conference
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia and New Zealand’s premier horticulture event, Hort Connections 2026 is to take place at the Adelaide Convention Centre this year, over an expanded four-day program […]
3 February 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG has partnered with the Outdoor Media Association (OMA) and Health and Wellbeing Queensland for the 2026 instalment of the high-profile, Fresh veg, deliciously affordable campaign, aimed at […]
13 January 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG welcomes today’s announcement by the Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator the Hon. Don Farrell, of the membership of the Trade Diversification Network (TDN) as […]
27 November 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has welcomed the appointment of Ms Victoria Anderson as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and looks forward to working together in […]
26 November 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG has welcomed the release of new research which provides strong evidence that small changes in how prices are displayed in shops can have a big […]
21 November 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesHorticulture industry leaders, growers and agri-businesses will mark National Agriculture Day today at the annual AUSVEG Hort Business Summit in Melbourne. Convened by AUSVEG, the peak […]
19 November 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesPotato growers and industry representatives from across the country have provided their views and perspectives on the approach to managing Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) during a […]
18 November 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe key concerns of Australian potato growers will be heard today during a government-industry Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) meeting in Melbourne. During this meeting more than […]
3 November 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe national movement to get Aussies eating more veggies received a major boost last week when AUSVEG joined Parliamentarians, vegetable growers and renowned Australian chef Matt […]
30 October 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutesAUSVEG’s General Manager of Public Affairs and Communications Lucy Gregg recently penned an op-ed that informed a Weekly Times article on workforce shortages in the vegetable […]
23 October 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutesAUSVEG will meet with Victorian seed potato growers and provide an update on positions and approaches to managing Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) from the national perspective […]
24 September 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Hort Business Summit is back — and bigger than ever! Last year’s inaugural event brought the industry together for a day of insights, inspiring […]
16 September 2025
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew research released today by AUSVEG has for the first time quantified the massive cost and scope of the $213 million annual compliance, regulatory and red […]
20 August 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutesTALK IS GOOD, ACTION IS BETTER — AND IT BETTER BE QUICK BECAUSE OUR FOOD SECURITY IS COUNTING ON IT, WRITES MICHAEL COOTE Published in the […]
13 August 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG has welcomed the Government’s release today of the National Food Security Strategy Discussion Paper and commencement of a process to establish a National Food Council […]
18 July 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG, the peak industry body for vegetable, potato and onion growers, has thrown its support behind National Farm Safety Week, which starts on Sunday. This year’s […]
3 July 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG is calling on Australia’s commercial vegetable growers to take part in the latest Vegetable Industry Sentiment Survey to ensure that most urgent industry issues are […]
18 June 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutesAUSVEG is inviting vegetable and onion producers and industry stakeholders to lodge their Expression of Interest for four international study tours to be held over the […]
16 June 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG, the peak industry body for Australia’s vegetable industry, has long warned of the impact on the vegetable industry of the increasing compliance burden, to the […]
6 June 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesSenator the Hon Anthony Chisholm, Assistant Minister for Agriculture, launched the latest edition of the AUSVEG Growing a Career in Horticulture at Hort Connections 2025 today […]
4 June 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG has welcomed the $1.5 million commitment made by the federal government today, to support the largest horticulture conference and trade show in the southern hemisphere, […]
30 May 2025
Reading Time: 4 minutesEradication of tomato brown rugose fruit virus not feasible On 29 May 2025, the National Management Group (NMG) for emergency plant pest responses agreed that it is no longer […]
2 June 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutesOver 80 of the Australian horticulture industry’s finest growers, researchers, and innovators have been named as finalists across nine categories of the Horticulture Awards for Excellence […]
30 May 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is less than a week until Hort Connections 2025, Australia and New Zealand’s flagship horticulture event, gets underway at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, […]
29 May 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has welcomed Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s unveiling of her Shadow Ministry.  The national peak industry body for Australia’s vegetable, potato and onion growers congratulates […]
28 May 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesFruit and vegetable buyers from key export markets in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions will arrive in Brisbane tomorrow for a first-hand view of Australia’s […]
26 May 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesVegetable, potato and onion growers have the opportunity to learn about the latest breakthroughs and information from R&D levy funded projects, as industry experts share their […]
23 May 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG has signed on as a Platinum Sustaining Partner of the World Potato Congress, as part of its ongoing commitment and duty to represent Australia’s potato […]
13 May 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Hort Connections 2025 program is shaping up with a diverse and engaging line-up of expert speakers set to wow growers and industry delegates at the […]
12 May 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG has welcomed confirmation of the Albanese Government’s ministerial line-up, which features new and returning faces in portfolios critical to the interests of Australian vegetable growers. […]
10 April 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia and New Zealand’s flagship horticulture event, Hort Connections 2025, is being held in Queensland this year at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, from Wednesday […]
15 April 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesLeading vegetable growers, industry and federal political figures are convening in northern Tasmania this morning to address the key challenges facing the vegetable industry during the […]
9 April 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG is encouraging Australian vegetable growers to make the most of a new online resource which has put a wealth of productivity-enhancing R&D information at their […]
21 March 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG acknowledges the release of the final report of Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) supermarkets inquiry, as well as the Government’s in principle support of […]
4 March 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG has welcomed today’s commitment from the Australian Government to a National Food Security Strategy as recognition of the importance of shoring-up future food supply, and […]
21 February 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG has welcomed the release of the final report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Food and Beverage Manufacturing – in particular its call for a coordinated […]
20 February 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew data released today in the Horticulture Statistics Handbook shows a $140 million drop in the overall farmgate value of vegetables produced in Australia during 2023-24, […]
14 February 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn ongoing cost-of-production crisis and lack of farm profitability has again led to a third of vegetable growers considering leaving the industry within the next year […]
12 February 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG has welcomed the Government’s decision to discharge the Biosecurity Protection Levy legislation from the Senate. The biosecurity tax would have seen Australian vegetable growers, and […]
17 December 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG – the peak body for the Australian vegetable, potato and onion industry – and the Australian Garlic Industry Association (AGIA) – the peak body for […]
15 November 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG has launched its Federal Election Priorities outlining the key commitments needed to address the cost-of-production crisis and rock-bottom sentiment threating Australia’s vegetable growers and food […]
17 September 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG welcomes the securing of the Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (AUUAE-CEPA), emphasising the deal will help further secure and develop one of the […]
16 September 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutesAustralian vegetable growers are continuing to question their economic viability as more than a year’s worth of low or negative margins threaten the long-term sustainability of […]
1 September 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG is disappointed at recent ABC media reports that undermined faith in the independence and expertise of Australia’s agricultural chemical regulator, and disregarded accepted scientific evidence […]
13 August 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG, Australia’s national peak industry body for vegetable, potato and onion growers, will exhibit at Asia Fruit Logistica this year alongside 12 exporting Australian growers. AUSVEG […]
28 July 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG welcomes Julie Collins MP as Australia’s new Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The peak industry body for Australia’s $5.8 billion vegetable, potato and onion […]
24 July 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG acknowledges the Federal Court of Australia judgement dismissing the glyphosate class action. Australian vegetable, potato and onion growers have a well-deserved, international reputation for producing […]
1 September 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutes1 September 2023 One year on from the Federal Government’s Jobs and Skills Summit, the crippling workforce shortages facing Australian vegetable growers have only worsened, and […]
7 February 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutesAustralian vegetable growers produced 3.59 million tonnes of vegetables in 2022-23 with a production value of $5.83 billion, newly-released data in the Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook […]
13 February 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesGrowers and members of the horticulture industry can register now and save with early bird rates for Hort Connections 2024. Attracting upward of 3,500 delegates as […]
20 February 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG is calling for necessary reforms to address supply chain power imbalances that are threatening the viability of Australian vegetable growing businesses, in its submission to […]
16 April 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesHort Connections is proud to announce the return of Australia’s Fresh Produce Markets, a collaboration between Fresh Markets Australia (FMA) and the Central Markets Association of […]
10 May 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Australian Vegetable Industry Seminar (AVIS) will again run alongside the Hort Connections conference and trade show this year, bringing a lineup of expert speakers sharing […]
17 May 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesVeteran Aussie rules footballer and coach Debbie Lee will take the stage at the largest horticulture conference and trade show next month to speak about attracting […]
26 May 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorld-class Australian produce and leading growing businesses will be on display to an international audience this week, as fruit and vegetable buyers from key export markets […]
28 May 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesFresh off his detailed examination of supermarket-supplier relationships, Independent Reviewer of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct Dr Craig Emerson will address the largest annual […]
29 May 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutesInnovation, best practice and passion are the common features of the 83 growers, researchers, agronomists and other industry stakeholders that make up the list of finalists […]
6 June 2024
Reading Time: 6 minutesLeading lights of the Australian horticulture industry have been recognised at the Horticulture Awards for Excellence 2024, presented in front of more than 1,500 delegates at […]
24 June 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesAUSVEG welcomes the Australian Government’s commitment to adopt the recommendations of Dr Craig Emerson’s review of the Australian Food and Grocery CoÂÂÂÂÂÂÂde of Conduct. The peak […]
5 April 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutes5 April 2022 Australia’s Fresh Produce Markets, the collaboration between Fresh Markets Australia (FMA) and Central Markets Association of Australia (CMAA), has been announced as official […]
13 April 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutes13 April 2022 Driving increased consumption of vegetables and potatoes, committing to the ongoing delivery of the Ag Visa and establishing a national labour hire licencing […]
26 April 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes26 April 2022 The Australian Labor Party’s announcement to address the worker shortage facing Australian growers by reforming the Pacific Australian Labour Mobility Scheme’s Seasonal Worker […]
2 May 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes2 May 2022 AUSVEG has welcomed the commitment from the Federal Government to support large agricultural events, including Hort Connections, the largest horticulture conference and trade […]
10 May 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes10 May 2022 AUSVEG, Australia’s peak industry body for the vegetable and potato industries, has welcomed the appointment of Claire McClelland as Chief Executive Officer at […]
11 May 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes11 May 2022 AUSVEG, Australia’s peak industry body for the vegetable and potato industries, has welcomed the announcement of the Coalition’s Ag Plan, which outlines initiatives […]
31 May 2022
Reading Time: 4 minutes31 May 2022 A record number of industry leaders have been nominated for the National Awards for Excellence – the Australian horticulture industry’s most prestigious recognition […]
31 May 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes1 June 2022 AUSVEG, Australia’s peak industry body for vegetable and potato growers, has welcomed the Government’s appointment of Senator Murray Watt as the new Minister […]
1 June 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutes1 June 2022 Thousands of growers, industry members and representatives from throughout the fresh produce industry will kick-off Hort Connections 2022, the biggest event in Australian […]
8 June 2022
Reading Time: 13 minutes9 June 2022  Australia’s leading horticulture growers and industry members have been recognised at the Hort Connections 2022 National Awards for Excellence Gala Dinner, with […]
10 August 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes10 August 2022 AUSVEG, Australia’s peak industry body for vegetable and potato growers, has welcomed the announcement from Federal Agriculture Minister Senator Murray Watt of Australia’s […]
25 November 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes25 November 2022 AUSVEG, Australia’s peak industry body for the vegetable and potato industries, has welcomed the appointment of Queensland vegetable and onion grower Andrew Moon, […]
16 December 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minute16 December 2022 AUSVEG is aware of the consumer level recall of some spinach products sold through Costco in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT. […]
17 December 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes17 December 2022 In light of the recent food recalls from Food Standards Australia New Zealand relating to a small selection of spinach products, vegetable peak […]
18 December 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes18 December 2022 Vegetable peak industry body AUSVEG is reassuring families across Australia in the lead-up to Christmas that leafy vegetable products that are available on […]
24 May 2023
Reading Time: 4 minutes25 May 2023 A stellar line up of industry leaders have been nominated for the National Awards for Excellence – the Australian horticulture industry’s most prestigious […]
28 May 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutes29 May 2023 Thousands of growers and industry members from the fresh produce industry will kick-off Hort Connections 2023, the biggest event in Australian horticulture, on […]
8 June 2023
Reading Time: 14 minutesThe Australian horticulture industry’s best and brightest have been recognised in the 2023 Horticulture Awards for Excellence, presented on Wednesday 7 June at the Hort Connections […]
28 June 2023
Reading Time: < 1 minute28 June 2023 AUSVEG is aware of an ongoing negotiation process taking place between a Victorian vegetable grower and its workforce regarding the establishment of an […]
9 July 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutes10 July 2023 AUSVEG and Onions Australia, which represent the interests of Australian vegetable, potato and onion growers, are pleased to announce a strategic merger that […]
31 May 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutesA record number of nominees have been nominated for the National Awards for Excellence – the Australian horticulture industry’s most prestigious recognition – with 95 growers, […]
1 June 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutes2 June 2021 AUSVEG, the peak industry body for the Australian vegetable industry, has urged the Victorian State Government to ease restrictions on COVID-free regional Victorian […]
8 June 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutes8 June 2021 AUSVEG, the peak industry body for Australia’s vegetable growers, has called for urgent action into Australia’s biosecurity system following the findings of an […]
9 June 2021
Reading Time: 14 minutes10 June 2021 Australia’s leading horticulture growers and industry members have been recognised at the Hort Connections 2021 National Awards for Excellence Gala Dinner, with attendees […]
16 June 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutes16 June 2021 AUSVEG, the peak industry body for Australia’s vegetable growers, has welcomed the announcement that the Federal Government will make a new agriculture work […]
10 August 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutes11 August 2021 Increasing the number of workers from the Pacific Islands and increasing Australia’s quarantine capacity are critical in ensuring Australia’s vegetable and potato growers […]
23 August 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutes23 August 2021 AUSVEG, the peak industry body for vegetable and potato growers, has welcomed the latest government announcement confirming the operational date of the Agriculture […]
14 September 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutes14 September 2021 AUSVEG, the peak industry body for vegetable and potato growers, has welcomed the latest government announcement of the first stage of reforms to […]