Australian 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 […]

A 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 […]

Each 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. […]

AUSVEG 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. […]

AUSVEG 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 […]

iMapPESTS’ 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 […]

AUSVEG 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 […]

All 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 […]

To 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 […]

Each 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. […]

Cover 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 […]

The ‘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 […]

In 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. […]

Harvest 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 […]

Sydney 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 […]

The 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 […]

Due 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 […]

AUSVEG 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 […]

Australia’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 […]

AUSVEG 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 […]

Managing 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 […]

With 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 […]

The 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 […]

Management 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 […]

Headquartered 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 […]

The 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 […]

Applications 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 […]

The horticulture industry is lucky enough to welcome workers with diverse backgrounds and experiences that make the industry an interesting and exciting place to work. However, […]

Paul Windolf is a third generation farmer from Windolf Farms in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley. Windolf farms is a family-owned and run vegetable production business which produces potatoes in the […]

Kim Ngov grows vegetables near Campbelltown, in Sydney’s south-eastern suburbs. Many of his crops, including snake beans, cucumber and snow peas, are grown on trellises with the […]

AUSVEG has welcomed the announcement from Agriculture Minister David Littleproud that two key commitments are now realised under the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), which will […]

Harvest 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 […]

Click here to watch a webinar recording to learn the potential role cover crops play in managing mycorrhizal fungi in vegetable production. Delivered by Applied Horticultural Research, the webinar features Dr Kelvin […]

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an important tool to manage vegetable pests in a sustainable way. In this five minute video, agronomist Stuart Grigg, Schreurs & […]

Industry bodies within horticulture are increasingly concerned that labour sources may be an issue in the near future. With even stricter regimes being put in place […]

Plant Health Australia (PHA) has launched a new online course on the fundamentals of plant biosecurity in Australia. The new course is called Plant Biosecurity in […]

Click here to watch The Onion Project’s interactive and informative webinar featuring disease specialist, Dr Len Tesoriero. In this webinar, Dr Tesoriero discusses soil-borne disease management in […]

The iMapPESTS team’s second mobile surveillance unit, Sentinel 2, has been deployed to a crop of Brussels sprouts in Langhorne Creek, South Australia — a wine region south […]

Sustainable packaging options have never been in greater demand as growers, retailers and consumers all increasingly look for fresh thinking on environmentally friendly solutions. Visy’s innovative […]

AUSVEG welcomes the news that government funding for the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI)  is being renewed in 2020, the International Year of Plant Health. The PBRI supports cross-sectoral […]

Community trust relates to the nature of the relationship between industries and the social context in which they operate. Decreasing trust can lead to reduced industry […]

Click here to read AUSVEG’s latest update on its advocacy activities. One of the biggest issues facing growers in this difficult time is labour and the […]

The ACCC has produced a new quad bike safety standard fact sheet to answer questions it has received in relation to the quad bike safety standard. […]

They say beauty is more than skin deep – and that’s certainly the case for brown etch on butternut pumpkins. While these blemishes do not affect […]

Fall armyworm is an invasive pest that has been reported to feed on more than 350 plant species, and impacts economically important cultivated grasses such as […]

AUSVEG urges growers to assist industry bodies and the Federal Government by planning their workforce needs earlier, and where possible, advertise their needs earlier via the Harvest Labour Services […]

Workforce access during the COVID-19 pandemic We are in extraordinary times in 2020 and with the current outbreak of COVID-19 it is clear we still have […]

A project under the Hort Frontiers Leadership Fund is engaging graduate students with the horticulture industry. It involves a Graduate Engagement Program with a two-phase approach […]

Two months have already passed since the East Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days (EGVID) in Lindenow, Victoria, which transitioned to a virtual event this year. If you […]

Around 500 non-commercial boats/yachts and 19,000 commercial vessels arrive in Australia each year, and many of these have the potential to carry exotic pests and diseases. […]

An industry briefing on the International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) extension was held this morning, 8 July. The briefing was recorded and will be available on […]

Hort Innovation has worked with global information and measurement company, Nielsen, to bring growers the largest series of insights into market performance and shopping behaviour yet. […]

AUSVEG has welcomed the government’s announcement to extend the International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) until the end of the year, which will allow Australia’s vegetable grower-exporters […]

A new trade era with one of the fastest growing economies has commenced, with the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) taking effect on 5 July. The IA-CEPA agreement […]

Global leader in supply chain integrity and provenance science, Source Certain, studies the relationship between a product and its environment using a number of scientific methods. […]

The International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) has had an additional $240 million in funding committed by government to extend the program until the end of the […]

AUSVEG is proud to announce that E.E. Muir & Sons has reinstated its Strategic Partnership agreement for the 10th consecutive year. Australian owned since 1927, E.E. Muir […]

Last Friday, the Fair Work Commission announced it would increase the national minimum wage and the modern award minimum wages by 1.75 per cent. The COVID-19 pandemic […]

AUSVEG is urging Australians to buy more vegetables to give themselves the best opportunity to meet the guidelines for vegetable intake, following the release of a […]

Hort Innovation recently held the second webinar as part of its Insights series, helping growers understand the market environment for the foodservice sector and impacts for fresh […]

With the prohibition of exporting waste and recyclable plastics from Australia occurring from mid-2021, fertiliser manufacturers are exploring novel ways to dispose their recyclable packaging, such […]

Do you know the difference between sodicity and salinity? While the two are similar, sodicity can still have a negative impact on soil structure and crop […]

Women working in the horticulture industry in the Wide Bay-Burnett are invited to attend a special industry luncheon and virtual bus tour on Thursday 16 July from 9:30am […]

Hort Innovation is working with research company FiftyFive5 to provide the industry access to regularly updated information about consumer attitudes and behaviours during COVID-19, through FiftyFive5’s Category and […]

Growers can keep up-to-date with key information regarding domestic and international pesticide regulations via Ag Chemical Updates. The updates are produced as part of the Hort […]

AUSVEG would like to congratulate Daniel Hoffmann from South Australia, on winning the prize draw following our recent Pest and Disease Management survey! We also thank […]

The University of Melbourne has launched a 21-part webinar series covering 10 topics in natural resource management issues. Delivered by the University’s leading science academics from an Australian […]

An Asian honey bee (Apis cerana Java genotype) nest was was found on 28 April in the port area of Townsville, Queensland, with scientific analysis of […]

Disruptive Packaging and its Uniquor product has been awarded Australasia’s premier Tech Innovation Award for the fresh produce and floral industries at the virtual PMA A-NZ Tech […]

Join the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) on Thursday 25 June at 10.30am (AEST) for a one-hour webinar update on cucumber green mottle […]

As issued by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, the label for Sero-X insecticide has been extended for this product to now include the use of […]

To engage children to become their own pest warrior, a new set of resources has been made available by the AGVIC managed Urban Plant Health Network. […]

AUSVEG is pleased to announce global leading packaging and resource recovery company Visy has renewed its Strategic Partnership for the 10th consecutive year. The decade-long investment supporting Australian […]

Late last year, the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) had proposed 1 July 2020 to introduce increased export certification costs for the horticulture […]

The distribution of pathogens (that cause disease) associated with seed is expanding across the world and new biosecurity risks continue to emerge. The trade in vegetable […]

What are the most important sustainability factors in the horticulture sector to you? Having ethical and resilient practices, supporting healthy landscapes and meeting the challenges of […]

A webinar recording from the Soil Wealth ICP project is now available on the impact of cover crops on soil biology in vegetable soils using DNA […]

Applied Horticultural Research has released two podcasts on cover cropping: Podcast 1: Benefits of using cover crops on your farm (9 minutes). Get inspired by Dr […]

Late last year, the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) had proposed 1 July 2020 to introduce increased export certification costs for the horticulture […]

Kaushal Gunasekara is the Horticultural Technical Agronomist at Austchilli, a chilli growing operation based in Bundaberg, Queensland. Austchilli began precision agriculture (PA) practices in the mid-1990s […]