30 June 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSince he was a child, Adam Farley has been immersed in horticulture, and his early days were spent on the farm with his mother, who grew herbs and […]
30 June 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs growers battle the increasingly problematic issue of salinity on-farm, a four-part winter webinar series is now available, which outlines key information and resources to help manage salinity […]
23 June 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFour organic fruit and vegetable growing operations are the beneficiaries of a million-dollars in grants and interest-free loans, thanks to the Woolworths Organic Growth Fund, that will allow […]
16 June 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor an emerging grower, there are tons of problems to tackle including pests and diseases, irrigation system failure and market crashes. But the biggest problem of all […]
16 June 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe COVID-19 pandemic has changed most aspects of our lives – how we live, how we work and how we interact with our friends and family. […]
9 June 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThird-generation vegetable grower Catherine Velisha understands the reticence around implementing compliance into a business. Catherine is Managing Director of Velisha Farms, and she has transformed the […]
9 June 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), Biological Services, and AUSVEG have developed a collaborative industry webinar series focusing on tomato potato psyllid […]
9 June 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn the latest podcast of Export Council of Australia’s Global Podcast, AUSVEG National Manager — Export Development Michael Coote joins ECA members, OBE Organic Managing Director Dalene Wray and Walker Seafood Australia […]
2 June 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNo matter what you grow or how you grow it, Netafim’s precision irrigation systems will help you grow more with less, making every drop count to increase […]
2 June 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn 20 May, the full Federal Court has reached a decision in the matter of WorkPac v Rossato, which presented an opportunity to reverse or confirm the […]
26 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a plant pest native to the Americas. It was first detected in Australia in 2020 and has since spread across Queensland, […]
26 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe general farming community will now be able to access pheromone traps for the control of fall armyworm, following a recent decision by the Australian Pesticides […]
26 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG is continuing to work on improvements to existing visa programs to help growers better access a competent, efficient and reliable workforce. With backpacker numbers in […]
26 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVegNET has been set up by Hort Innovation and the vegetable industry to effectively communicate vitally important research-based information to Australian vegetable growers. The lifeblood of VegNET […]
26 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) announced that the Australian Government has made the decision to not proceed with the proposed Biosecurity […]
26 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe home-delivered fruit and vegetable box has been one of the economic winners during COVID-19 isolation. In particular, the demand for organically grown produce has sky-rocketed. […]
26 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe third annual vegetable industry financial and production benchmark report has been released by AUSVEG state member, vegetablesWA and its partner, Planfarm, revealing important data on the […]
19 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHort Innovation has provided a list of resources intended to help growers stay up-to-date with trusted information – particularly news and updates relating to continuing to operate. PMA […]
19 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA webinar recording presented by Serve Ag technical agronomist and biofumigation expert Julie Finnigan, and AHR’s Dr Kelvin Montagu helps growers gain insights into cover crops and biofumigation. […]
19 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe impact from the changes to the Horticulture Award – Overtime for Casuals last April continues to be a significant issue for growers and its employees. […]
19 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHort Innovation has announced a new levy-funded project for the vegetable industry. The use of natural enemies such as parasitoids against insect pests is regarded as […]
19 May 2020
Source Certain supporting the supply chain of Australia’s vegetable industry in more ways than one
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG is proud to announce its new Strategic Partnership with Source Certain International – a global leader in supply chain integrity and provenance science. Source Certain’s […]
19 May 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutesGrowers all around Australia rely on Labour Hire Providers for the engagement of seasonal workers. Contrary to widespread belief, using a Labour Hire Provider does not […]
12 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralian horticulturists can receive industry news on-the-go via Bayer’s latest HortCast podcast. The HortCast series will delve into market trends, seasonal updates and news in the horticulture industry. Producer […]
12 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGrowcom’s new national campaign, Eat Yourself to Health, encourages all Australians to ‘Eat Up and Branch Out’. Growers are asked to join the campaign, by taking part […]
12 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteClick here to view a fact sheet on metham sodium (MS) — a broad-spectrum fumigant used to control a variety of soil-borne pests and diseases including […]
12 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAgronico is sowing the seeds of success for the future of Australia’s broader vegetable industry, having renewed its Strategic Partnership with AUSVEG. As Tasmania’s leading seed […]
12 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn engaging online presence allowed the East Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days (EGVID) to deliver significant benefits to the horticulture industry last week. Held from 5-7 May, […]
5 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s now been around six weeks since the COVID-19 outbreak led to widespread changes to social interaction and travel in Australia. For anyone looking to employ […]
7 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a plant pest native to the Americas. It was first detected in Australia in 2020 and has since spread across Queensland, […]
5 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has teamed up with Australia’s leading health professionals and other horticulture industry groups to launch the Fruit & Vegetable Consortium, to collectively advocate for comprehensive action, in response […]
5 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGrowcom’s new national campaign, Eat Yourself to Health, encourages all Australians to ‘Eat Up and Branch Out’. As part of the Eat Yourself to Health campaign, individual growers are […]
5 May 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFlow Power has reaffirmed its dedicated and long-running support for the Australian vegetable industry, by continuing its Strategic Partnership with AUSVEG for a fourth consecutive year. […]
28 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are a number of resources available for growers, business owners and the wider industry in relation to COVID-19: Hort Innovation has provided a list of resources intended to […]
28 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen Matthew Gay started farming with his father in 1980, the best place to find out what was happening in the industry was over a quiet beer […]
28 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNorthern Territory okra grower Kevin Hoang first got a taste for horticulture in 2009. Originally from Melbourne and studying IT (Computer Science and Software Development), Kevin came to […]
28 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteApplied Horticultural Research (AHR), alongside RM Consulting Group, has been delivering important levy-funded projects like the Soil Wealth and Integrated Crop Protection for the vegetable industry for nearly a decade. AHR’s […]
28 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteClick here to read AUSVEG’s latest update on its advocacy activities. AUSVEG, along with other industries, has been working with government around the impact of the loss of […]
21 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has teamed up with Australia’s leading health professionals and other horticulture industry groups to launch the Fruit & Vegetable Consortium, which brings together key organisations to collectively […]
21 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDespite COVID-19 impacting the traditional delivery of the industry-funded East Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days (EGVID), the popular event will still be attended in Lindenow from 5-7 May — […]
21 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGrowcom has launched a new national campaign, Eat Yourself to Health, encouraging Australians to ‘Eat Up and Branch Out’. As part of the Eat Yourself to Health campaign, […]
21 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJohn Deere, one of the most globally recognised and trusted brands when it comes to agricultural machinery, has renewed its Strategic Partnership with AUSVEG. A dedicated […]
21 April 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 […]
21 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) Horticulture Council is now entering its third year and has developed into an effective pathway to raise and advocate issues on […]
21 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere’s now a simple and easy way to remove pollution from the air, promote biodiversity and naturally control the temperature in your home – and it’s all […]
21 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA proud advocate for Australian horticulture, Camilla Humphries has had a varied career in the industry to date. Camilla has enjoyed positions in horticultural research and […]
14 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an exotic pest that has been recently detected in Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia. Based on overseas experience, fall armyworm […]
14 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is a crop pest with an extremely wide host range that includes grain and horticultural crops. Within the vegetable industry, […]
14 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMC Farm’s Darren Long is a long-time cover crop advocate who has been involved in a Hort Innovation-funded project established to support Australian vegetable growers, to effectively use cover […]
7 April 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter completing her Masters in Food Science and Technology from the University of Queensland, 26 year-old Jennifa D’Souza‘s goal to persue a career in the vegetable industry has […]
31 March 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAndrew Johanson has worked at Mulgowie Farming Company for over 20 years and during that time, he has reaped the rewards of being involved in Hort […]
31 March 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSyngenta, one of the world’s leading agricultural companies, is continuing to display its generous, ongoing support for the Australian vegetable industry by renewing its Leading Strategic […]
24 March 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a career spanning four decades, fruit and vegetable growers Des and Paula Chapman have endured three cyclones and drought on their Gumlu property in far-north […]
24 March 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter careful consideration, AUSVEG and the Produce Marketing Association of Australia – New Zealand (PMA-ANZ) have reluctantly decided to postpone Hort Connections 2020, which was due […]
17 March 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGiven his family has been growing potatoes for over 50 years, it was only natural for 29 year-old Matt Cunzolo to follow in their footsteps and return to the […]
10 March 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteClick here to read AUSVEG’s latest advocacy activities, covering topics such as the Horticulture Industry Labour Agreement, annualised salaries, welcomed news on piece rates, Fair Farms certification, and more! Through […]
10 March 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSince graduating from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Science (majoring in microbiology) in 1994, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries principal plant pathologist, […]
3 March 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustchilli is a family-owned business founded by David De Paoli in Bundaberg, Queensland, over 20 years ago. Austchilli is a privately-owned, vertically-integrated business that provides sustainable […]
3 March 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteControlling pest species can be complex and insect pests can be particularly hard to control due to their mobility and their ability to use different plants […]
3 March 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe latest levy-funded magazine for the Australian vegetable industry, Vegetables Australia, is now online and will be reaching mailboxes shortly. At 72 pages, this extended edition […]
18 February 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe exotic pest, fall armyworm, has been detected for the time in Australia, on the northern Torrest Straight islands of Saibai and Erub. Although maize, sorghum […]
18 February 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFSANZ has raised a proposal, Primary Production and Processing Requirements for High-risk Horticulture (P1052) to consider the development of a primary production and processing (PPP) standard […]
18 February 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor over 30 years, Carmel Ingram has worked alongside her husband Keith to manage the packhouse operation at Bonaccord Ingram, one of Victoria’s largest vegetable growing […]
11 February 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is estimated that fruit flies cost the horticulture industry more than $300 million lost in international or domestic markets annually. To tackle the issue, the […]
4 February 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Cairns Chamber of Commerce is hosting an information workshop about the Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) for regional businesses in Far North Queensland (FNQ) on […]
4 February 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFresh Produce Safety Centre Australia and New Zealand has published a fact sheet on the impact of animals on the risk of foodborne illnesses in the […]
21 January 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutesFall armyworm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda) is a pest native to tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Americas. Since 2016, FAW has rapidly distributed itself throughout areas […]
20 January 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s no secret that earthworms are beneficial to improving overall soil productivity. A silent workforce, earthworms work day and night in the root zone, improving soil […]
15 January 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHarvest to Home is an interactive dashboard that provides users with up-to-date consumer trend data on a range of vegetable commodities on a single platform. The […]
17 December 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Department of Agriculture has released an Industry Advisory Notice to advise industry that exports of fresh cucurbit species produced in Queensland are temporarily suspended to […]
17 December 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHarvest to Home is an interactive dashboard that provides users with up-to-date consumer trend data on a range of vegetable commodities on a single platform. The […]
17 December 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesVegenotes is a technical publication that is released alongside Vegetables Australia magazine. Each edition presents the main findings of two R&D projects to give growers both […]
16 December 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Soil Wealth/Integrated Crop Protection team has set up a new demonstration site at Cowra to demonstrate the benefits of new tools to improve water use […]
16 December 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Bathurst vegetable grower, working with the Soil Wealth team is breaking new ground by using cover crops and strip tillage to make his irrigation water […]
16 December 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteApplied Horticultural Research has developed a training course as part of the VegPRO project designed to ensure that the fresh vegetables grown in Australia are guaranteed […]
9 December 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesCowra Site – POTATOES Applied Horticultural Research (AHR) and RMCG are setting up an irrigation monitoring site in a centre pivot irrigated potato paddock near Cowra. […]
2 December 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeed Potatoes Victoria and Sebright Adventures are hosting the second study tour to growing regions in New Zealand from 10-14 February 2020. This will provide an […]
2 December 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSalinity issues are worse in dry years because of a lack of flushing rain and little fresh water replenishment in dams or underground aquifers. The problem […]
26 November 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRead the latest report released by Nuffield Australia on Understanding Decision Making for Automation in Packhouse and Human Capital Requirement, written by Olabisi (Bisi) Oladele, 2018 […]
26 November 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe results from latest survey undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), the science and economics research division of the […]
26 November 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs crop growth and water use increase with the warmer weather, it’s a good time to think about getting on top of irrigation management and reviewing […]
19 November 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutesPlant Health Australia (PHA) manages and administers a number of projects that support honey bee biosecurity. These include BeeAware; a hub of information for beekeepers and […]
19 November 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteChemicals play an important role in vegetable production and are regularly used to control insect pests, diseases and weeds. Poor spray application techniques can result in […]
19 November 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSalinity issues can appear in all major vegetable production areas; they can come and go depending on weather and changes in water quality. It can occur […]
6 November 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGrowers can keep up to date on any development in regulatory oversight of chemicals via the Ag Chemical Updates that are produced as part of Hort […]
5 November 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThose interested in learning more about Integrated Pest Management (IPM) can watch a webinar recording, which was produced as part of the Hort Innovation-funded Soil Wealth […]
1 October 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Spring edition of Vegetables Australia is now available online and will be arriving in mailboxes in the coming days. This edition features: The latest data […]
24 September 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteApply now for the 2019 European Study Tour to Agritechnica
24 September 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG and Plant Health Australia invite potato growers to have their say on a framework being developed for monitoring pest and diseases that are currently not […]
20 August 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor Hort Innovation members that pay a statutory or voluntary industry levy, completing an Annual Levy Return form is the way to secure voting rights for the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), which this year is being held on Friday 22 November 2019.
27 August 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFunding grants of up to $10,941 per person are currently available to women who work in the horticulture sector to support their participation in a leadership […]
17 September 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSoil-borne diseases present an ongoing challenge to the Australian vegetable industry, with an estimated $120 million in losses annually. Soil-borne diseases may be caused by fungi, […]
17 September 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCheck out the Growing Matters podcast series, which looks into two different areas on soil health: Growing Matters – #1 Basics of cover cropping with Dr […]
9 September 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe first mobile pest surveillance unit, known as a ‘sentinel’, will be unveiled at the Hart Field Day in South Australia on Tuesday 17 September 2019
9 September 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteApply now for the 2019 USA Vegetable Industry Leadership and Development Mission