6 October 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDrones have become a very useful tool for growers in Bundaberg, Queensland, in the fight against weeds, insect pests and diseases. Around those herbicide-resistant breeding grounds, […]
6 October 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) recently launched three podcasts on the impact and management of fall armyworm as a resource for Australian growers. The podcasts […]
6 October 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCatch up on a discussion on biopesticides and their application in vegetable production in this webinar, featuring leading international researchers including Professor Travis Glare from Lincoln University […]
2 October 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesLabour A report was released this week forecasting Australian horticulture industry is facing a shortage of up to 26,000 harvest workers throughout this coming season. The […]
29 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutes30 September 2020 The Australian horticulture industry is predicted to be 26,000 workers short over the next six months to pick and pack fruits and vegetables […]
29 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHort Innovation’s International Trade team has undergone a review of the Trade Assessment Panel and is launching a revised process, the Independent Market Access Assessment Panel (IMAAP). […]
29 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLabour continues to be central to AUSVEG’s advocacy activities as workforce shortages hit the sector throughout Australia. AUSVEG has continued to raise concerns around worker shortages […]
29 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Soil Wealth ICP demonstration site in Bathurst, New South Wales is trying out new tools to manage irrigation for processing potatoes. Take a look at […]
29 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesLabour Labour continues to be central to AUSVEG’s advocacy activities as workforce shortages hit the sector throughout Australia. AUSVEG has continued to raise concerns around worker […]
29 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesLabour Labour continues to be front and centre of AUSVEG’s advocacy discussions with crunch time now firmly upon us in many parts of the country. AUSVEG […]
29 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe integration of remote sensing in daily farm management is a hot topic driven by the evolving range of applications through the Internet of Things (IoT). […]
29 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are some key considerations for vegetable growers when it comes to getting the best results from irrigation scheduling software over summer. In this article from […]
29 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter state and federal biosecurity organisations determined eradication of fall armyworm (FAW) unfeasible, this pest it is now classified as endemic. In response to this incursion, […]
29 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteClick here to register to join a free webinar from 2pm (AEDT) on Thursday 8 October, to learn about new horticulture trade opportunities under the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership […]
29 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Center for Produce Safety is funding a research team at Drexel University that is working to develop a specific treatment to kill dangerous pathogens on […]
23 September 2020
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe following update outlines the vegetable industry’s export performance in the first half of 2020, and AUSVEG’s export activities under the Hort Innovation-funded Vegetable Industry Export […]
22 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Hort Innovation members has been called and will be held virtually on Friday 9 October 2020 at 1pm (AEDT). This meeting […]
18 September 2020
Reading Time: 6 minutesNow, perhaps more than ever, people are concerned about their health. Higher vegetable intake is advised, but what happens if veggies make consumers sick? A project […]
18 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesHorticulture crops need nitrogen (N) to consistently produce high yielding and exceptional quality crops. The challenge is to select a nitrogen fertiliser product that will reduce […]
18 September 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe third annual vegetable industry financial and production benchmark report has been released by vegetablesWA and its partner Planfarm, revealing important data on the profitability and […]
18 September 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutesA strategic levy investment has been gathering information on the impact of pesticides on insects and mites that play a beneficial role in the Australian vegetable […]
18 September 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutesAustralia’s export of fresh vegetables saw a drop of 6.6 per cent for the first half of 2020, with the industry achieving export value of $130 […]
16 September 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe EnviroVeg Program 2017-2022 is a strategic levy investment under the Hort Innovation Vegetable Fund. In this article, Program Coordinator Danielle Park speaks to Tasmanian vegetable […]
16 September 2020
Reading Time: 5 minutesPest and disease management is an ongoing challenge for our industry and access to accurate and timely information is essential for decision makers on-farm. iMapPESTS aims […]
16 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe COVID-19 crisis continues to dominate AUSVEG’s advocacy activities in 2020. In this column, AUSVEG National Public Affairs Manager Tyson Cattle outlines the major impacts that […]
16 September 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutesMore than $1 million in new grants has been awarded to four organic farms across Australia in the third round of the Woolworths Organic Growth Fund. […]
16 September 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutesExotic leafminers such as vegetable leafminer (Liriomyza sativae), potato leafminer (Liriomyza huidobrensis) and American serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii), are significant global pests. In 2015, vegetable leafminer […]
16 September 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutesA Victorian vegetable farm is reaping the benefits from a trial of precision agriculture technologies to improve soil and crop health. In this edition, the Soil […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: 6 minutesA $4 million, five-year national project is helping to address the significant underconsumption of vegetables by Australian children. This project is bringing together science and industry, […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith fresh food and meal kit delivery services on the rise, there is growing demand for sustainable packaging solutions that ensure freshness and convenience for consumers. […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlthough a born and bred city girl, Hort Innovation Research and Development Manager Ashley Zamek fell into agriculture through her studies and ended up completing a Bachelor of […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you missed out on attending the industry-funded 2020 East Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days (EGVID) in May, a library of professional videos produced from the event […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteClick here to view a case study from the Soil Wealth ICP team, reflecting the results of a large-scale, soil amendment demonstration trial conducted in carrot crops in […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: 2 minuteseat more AUSVEG is an initiative of AUSVEG to provide consumers with more practical information about how they can make tasty and healthy meals with a […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs part of the International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) flight program, Austrade has confirmed new and extended flight capacity on numerous routes with Qantas and Emirates. Space […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of Australia’s key wholesale vegetable seedling nurseries has recognised the growing demand for organic produce. Over the past six months, the Boomaroo Nurseries team has […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesFollowing years of development and testing, a new organic-certified crop protection product has been approved to assist growers in the battle against some of Australia’s most […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this ‘Ask the industry’ column, Prospect Agriculture agronomist Chris Monsour (pictured above) discusses his involvement in a series of horticultural field trials held in far-north […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Growcom Fair Farms Initiative has received a major boost, with Coles confirming it will join Woolworths and Aldi in accepting Fair Farms Certification as a […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: 6 minutesExport Facilitators (VG16085) is a strategic levy investment under the Hort Innovation Vegetable Fund, and is designed to increase Australian vegetable exports by supporting growers to […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Australian Government has announced further investment in an advanced blockchain traceability system that will help to protect the country’s clean, green, and safe food image, […]
15 September 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fruit, vegetable and nut consumption and the corresponding effect on mental health and well-being, Hort Innovation […]
14 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this column, VegNET Regional Development Officer Sam Grubiša discusses the effect COVID-19 has had on the world, the activities that have been undertaken during and […]
14 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesRegional vegetable producers in Katherine, 320km southeast of Darwin in the Northern Territory, recently had an opportunity to participate in a discussion about the challenges, problems, […]
14 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesAUSVEG SA is the state-wide representative body for South Australia’s $700 million vegetable industry. It works with governments at all levels to advocate on key issues […]
14 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority, with the support of the VegNET Victoria (South- East, West and Northern) team, is working with growers in […]
14 September 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe VegNET New South Wales team is busily preparing for phase two of the extension project. It is looking to further identify knowledge gaps in research, […]
14 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn 16 July 2020, around 35 women participated in a ‘virtual bus tour’ hosted by Bundaberg Fruit & Vegetable Growers – which facilitates the VegNET Wide […]
14 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this article, VegNET Regional Development Officer Zara Hall investigates how the vegetable industry in south-east Queensland responded to a major production challenge posed by diamondback […]
14 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Bowen Gumlu region in far-north Queensland is on high alert following the detection of fall armyworm in March this year. Assisting growers in the battle […]
14 September 2020
Reading Time: 5 minutesAfter three years of meticulous planning and a pandemic that threatened to derail organisers’ hard work, the 2020 East Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days were staged in-person […]
14 September 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnder the guidance of new Regional Development Officer – Ossie Lang – phase two of the VegNET Tasmania project is well-underway. In this column, the VegNET […]
11 September 2020
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Pollination Fund is one of seven funds developed under Hort Frontiers, a strategic partnership initiative led by Hort Innovation that facilitates collaborative, cross-horticulture projects. It […]
8 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG supports a new labour plan submitted by the National Farmers’ Federation’s Horticulture Council that will help give growers confidence that they can get the workers they […]
8 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMost new technology for controlling weeds will be a positive step forward for soil health and the environment, and will play an important role in our […]
8 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHort Innovation trade and data experts will deliver a second session of a two-part webinar series from 1pm (AEST) on Thursday 17 September, that will; Unpack the performance of fresh horticulture exports across the fruit, […]
8 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs the weather starts to warm up, it’s timely to start preparing your irrigation system and reviewing your water availability for the coming summer. This webinar […]
8 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHort Innovation has begun a new, national project that will deliver practical management options to horticultural industries recovering from bushfires. Funded by Hort Innovation in partnership […]
8 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteeat more AUSVEG is an initiative of AUSVEG to provide consumers with more practical information about how they can make tasty and healthy meals with a variety […]
4 September 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutes4 September 2020 AUSVEG, Australia’s peak industry body for vegetable and potato growers, supports the labour plan submitted by the National Farmers’ Federation’s Horticulture Council that […]
1 September 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe smart surveillance initiative, iMapPESTS, aims to report accurate and timely pest and pathogen data to industry to support pest management on-farm. With two mobile surveillance […]
1 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you missed out on attending the industry-funded 2020 East Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days (EGVID) in May, a library of professional videos produced from the event […]
1 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFirst carrots and now capsicum have been identified as good for your eyes – and it is the nutrient linked to the orange colour that counts. […]
1 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKeeping watch over Tasmania’s precious potatoes is a team at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA), which has the important role of monitoring for disease and […]
1 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis month, Hort Innovation trade and data experts will come together to deliver a two-part webinar series that will; Unpack the performance of fresh horticulture exports across […]
1 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe integration of remote sensing in daily farm management is a hot topic, driven by the evolving range of applications through the Internet of Things. In […]
1 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 2018/19, the University of New England worked with Ivankovich Farms in Myalup and David Grays Aglink in Perth, Western Australia, on a two-season trial to […]
1 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVegetable crops that are field-established from seed, such as corn, beans, carrots and spinach, require excellent seed quality or growers risk their investments being lost or […]
1 September 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralian vegetable growers have worked tirelessly though a cold and windy winter to make an array of fresh, healthy and delicious vegetables available for shoppers this […]
1 September 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutes1 September 2020 Australian vegetable growers have worked tirelessly though a cold and windy winter to make an array of fresh, healthy and delicious vegetables […]
27 August 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutes27 August 2020 Vegetable growers around the country are encouraging educators and primary school teachers to take advantage of the resources from the CSIRO’s Taste […]
25 August 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesA new program from CSIRO is using science to encourage primary school kids to eat more veggies. Currently, only six per cent of primary school aged children consume […]
25 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEach week, we are ‘Catching up with’ a member from the vegetable industry – it could be a grower, a researcher or someone from the veg supply chain. […]
25 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has welcomed the announcements from Prime Minister Scott Morrison outlining the intention for an agricultural workers’ code and the restart of the Seasonal Worker Programme. […]
25 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has announced the appointment of Mitchael Curtis – a mango, melon and vegetable grower from the Northern Territory – as a Grower Director on its Board. Mitchael will […]
25 August 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutesiMapPESTS’ second mobile surveillance unit, Sentinel 2, is currently monitoring in a crop of Brussels sprouts in Langhorne Creek, South Australia. Sentinel 2 is targeting high […]
25 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has been trialling a new a consumer-facing social media channel targeted at consumers. The campaign – #EatMoreAusVeg – is designed to address the barriers to eating […]
25 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAll Australians are being reminded to be biosecurity aware, following cases of unsolicited seed packets being received through the mail. If you receive seeds in the […]
25 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo help vegetable growers keep on top of troublesome weeds, the Soil Wealth ICP project looked beyond our borders and conducted a global scan and review […]
25 August 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutes25 August 2020 AUSVEG, Australia’s peak industry body for the vegetable and potato industries, has announced the appointment of Mitchael Curtis, mango, melon and vegetable […]
21 August 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutes21 August 2020 AUSVEG, Australia’s peak industry body for vegetable and potato growers, has welcomed the announcements from Prime Minister Scott Morrison outlining the intention […]
18 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEach week, we are ‘Catching up with’ a member from the vegetable industry – it could be a grower, a researcher or someone from the veg supply chain. […]
18 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCover crops provide multiple benefits, including reduced soil crusting, increased infiltration rates, reduced compaction, weed suppression, and nutrient cycling. The Soil Wealth ICP team has been […]
18 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe ‘homebody economy’ looks set to stay. During the pandemic, we have seen a surge in vegetable sales; an increase in the number of consumers, both […]
18 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn February this year, fall armyworm was detected on mainland Australia for the first time and has since spread across Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia. […]
18 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHarvest 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 on […]
18 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSydney Basin vegetable grower Kim Ngov took up the suggestion from the Soil Wealth and ICP team of seeding cover crops into the alleys of snow pea for weed […]
18 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe latest edition of the Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook boasts an interactive dashboard with improved search functionality and user preferences. The Handbook is an analysis that combines all available data […]
17 August 2020
17 August 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutesDue to the changing levels of COVID-19 restrictions around the country, the Vegetable Crop Nutrition Masterclass made the move to an online format in 2020. The […]
11 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has defended Australian growers who were today attacked by several unions in their ridiculous calls to have the Working Holiday Maker program axed. AUSVEG has […]
11 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia’s agriculture industries are calling on the Federal Government to reaffirm its commitment to Australia’s biosecurity system and address the unacceptably high levels of non-compliance of […]
11 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has welcomed the announcement from Federal and Northern Territory Governments to conduct a trial that will see workers under the Seasonal Worker Programme travel to […]
11 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteManaging plant nutrition is integral to producing a healthy, profitable vegetable crop. The Soil Wealth ICP team has collated a range of informative resources and a […]
11 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith the Australian urban population increasing, and the health benefits of green space becoming clearer, urban developers and governments are becoming increasingly interested in creating greener […]
11 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe key pests of brassica crops, diamondback moth, is particularly hard to manage. It has been known to destroy brassica and canola crops and cause economic […]
11 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteManagement of rots, both in the field and postharvest, is an ongoing challenge for potato producers. The issue is usually managed by minimising the time interval […]
11 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHeadquartered in Melbourne’s Werribee South region, Fresh Select is one of the largest lettuce and brassica growers in Australia and one of the first to trial […]
11 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) has released its new Biosecurity Bite video series. This series has been developed to help educate DAWE stakeholders […]
11 August 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteApplications for cash rebates via the Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) scheme are now open. Administered by Austrade, the EMDG scheme supports a wide range of industries. Snapshot of […]