22 April 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesVal Micallef and his brother Sam are progressive second-generation vegetable growers located at Agnes Banks in the Richmond region of New South Wales, 60 kilometres north-west […]
22 April 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesTasmanian agronomist Josh Wing clearly recognises the benefits of visiting vegetable farms and industry members overseas. In 2013, he travelled to the United States on a […]
22 April 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs Agriculture Director at McCain Foods Australia/New Zealand, John Jackson has witnessed the destruction of the tomato potato psyllid (TPP) and the bacterium it vectors – […]
23 April 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs South Australian potato grower Aaron Haby reflects on his 2012 tour to Belgium and the United Kingdom, it’s Queen Elizabeth II, quality and networking that […]
23 April 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesPrevention is always better than cure at David Nix’s Atherton Tablelands farm. After all, the arrival of an unwanted pest or disease can instantly devastate the […]
23 April 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesA strategic levy investment conducted by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) has benefited productivity of Australia’s $500 million potato industry. This is largely […]
23 April 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen 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 […]
23 April 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s only early days, but Tim Heysen is excited about boldly going where no potato grower has gone before. Together with growers in the south east, […]
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28 February 2022
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis industry member profile first appeared in the leading magazine for the Australian vegetable industry, Vegetables Australia. If you’d like to subscribe to receive a new […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 2018, Marlon Motlop noticed a gap in the market – for readily accessible native ingredients and First Nations foods, especially in his home state of […]
26 September 2022
Reading Time: 6 minutesFrom 2014-2017, a project was undertaken that investigated the cooling and packaging processes of broccoli. One of the activities looked at the effects of the freshness […]
28 September 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe International Business Innovation Mentoring Program (IBIMP) is a newly designed program included in the Multi-Industry Export Program (MT21009). It supports Australian vegetable, onion, and melon […]
28 September 2023
Reading Time: 4 minutesCreating a more efficient and productive business for agriculture has become increasingly urgent with rising input costs and labour shortages. Understanding where improvements can be made, […]
28 September 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutesA focus on people, planet and production, West Pine Ag is primarily an agribusiness focused on high-efficiency, low-impact food and energy production and is led by […]
28 September 2023
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe inexperience advantage They started green behind the ears, but that’s now turned to gold as North Queensland growers Pirrone Brothers rack up the awards. In […]
1 August 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVegalogue is a podcast from Australian vegetable peak industry body AUSVEG. Each episode we take a look at issues affecting the Australian vegetable, potato and onion […]
27 February 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute Vegalogue is a podcast from Australian vegetable peak industry body AUSVEG. Each month we take a look at issues affecting the Australian vegetable, potato and […]
21 December 2023
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis month, we discuss: The big developments on the horizon for the horticulture sector as we move into 2024 Research presented at the levy-funded South Australian […]
29 November 2023
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis month, we discuss: Opportunities and lessons for Australian vegetable exports in the UK and Europe The levy-funded project bolstering Australian vegetable, onion and melon export […]
30 October 2023
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis month, we discuss: European certification schemes for horticulture and what they could mean for Australian vegetable growers A levy-funded project investigating the causes and treatment […]
19 September 2023
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis month, we discuss: Retail is under the spotlight with the Government’s Competition Policy Review and the Independent Reviewer’s Food and Grocery Code survey A new […]
30 August 2024
Reading Time: 4 minutesBowhill Produce principally grows onions and carrots on the banks of the Murray River in the Murray Bridge region. Through trial and error, and learning from […]
11 December 2024
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom a humble 10 acres of potatoes and a few beef cattle, the Elphinstone family farm at Sisters Creek, Tasmania has evolved to around 1,200 acres, […]
11 December 2024
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Tasmanian potato industry has thrived since the early 1900s, relying on the staple potato varieties of Up to Date, Kennebec and Russell Burbank to supply […]
24 February 2025
Reading Time: 5 minutesBy Sandra Godwin For more than six decades, the Schreurs family has cultivated excellence in vegetable production through their award-winning enterprise, Schreurs & Sons. With the […]
28 May 2025
Reading Time: 5 minutesHalf a century ago in rural France, Victorian vegetable grower Brian Hussey saw French farmers spreading seed on their fields, and harvesting the leafy vegetables that […]
8 September 2025
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn 2000, Johan and Nathalie Wolfert made a big decision to sell their farm in the Netherlands and move to Tasmania. After initially looking at Canada […]
18 May 2026
Reading Time: 3 minutesTasmanian White Asparagus in Brighton, Tasmania is the first in the area to grow white asparagus – a vegetable widely celebrated in Europe, but relatively obscure […]
18 May 2026
Reading Time: 5 minutesBY SANDRA GODWIN Glenette Produce is using Level Up Hort to turn a century and a half of tradition into a more confident, modern farm business, […]
24 May 2024
Reading Time: 5 minutesFor more than 100 years, the Kadwell family has been growing potatoes in the Crookwell region. Farm revegetation has been integral to the success of the […]
24 May 2024
Reading Time: 4 minutesSeed potato grower Peter Scott describes himself as a simple man, but he is undoubtedly one who has a vision for the perfect red, purple or […]
23 May 2024
Reading Time: 5 minutesTasmania’s brassica harvest spans across the year for the fresh and processing markets. The agronomy to produce the best outcomes has a lot of similarities to […]
11 April 2024
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe ‘Building Biosecurity Capacity and Resilience within the NSW Vegetable Industry’ project, funded by the NSW Government’s Storm and Flood Industry Recovery Program, brought together scientists […]
18 January 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe recognition of women in horticulture is often more than that, it is acknowledgement of the role women can play in industry to mentor and guide […]
13 September 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRelated ProjectsNational vegetable industry communications programThis project has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the research and development levies listed below and contributions from the Australian […]
23 August 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutesRelated ProjectsNational vegetable industry communications programThis project has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the research and development levies listed below and contributions from the Australian […]
15 August 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWestern Australian vegetable growers Neco Vo of Thinh Van Pty LTD, and Simon Vu of KM Vegetables are friends outside the vegetable industry. They understand how […]
12 August 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutesAttending the International Farm Management Congress in Scandinavia, held from 26 June to 1 July 2022 has completely changed Ruby Daly’s outlook on farming in her […]
5 July 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdam Bremner is a sixth-generation farmer at Wombat Forest Organics, near Daylesford in Central Victoria. The 740- acre organic farm primarily produces potatoes, namely Dutch Cream […]
13 May 2022
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this article, the team from the recently completed project A strategic approach to weed management for the Australian vegetable industry (VG15070) report on a series […]
13 May 2022
Reading Time: 6 minutesFrom 2019-2021, a project was undertaken that determined how honey bees introduce Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) into healthy cucurbit plants, and then developed recommendations […]
13 May 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutesReturning in 2022 is the AUSVEG-facilitated Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar, a strategic levy investment under the Hort Innovation Vegetable Fund. Vegetables Australia highlights some of the […]
13 May 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this edition, VegNET Regional Development Officer Andrew Halpin provides an update on the issues affecting the Wide Bay-Burnett region, along with the project activities being […]
13 May 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this column, VegNET – Gippsland Regional Development Officer Bonnie Dawson introduces readers to the Victorian town of Orbost and the role it plays in sweetcorn […]
13 May 2022
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Soil Wealth and Integrated Crop Protection project team has set its sights on the Northern Territory in 2021/22, working with Jeremy Trembath and his family […]
1 March 2022
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn this article, Victorian agronomist Reyhaneh Pordel explains the differences between seaweed species and how the right seaweed solution can play a major role in Integrated […]
2 March 2022
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis article is featured in Vegenotes 84 (Autumn 2022). Facilitators Project VG15070 was led by Associate Professor Paul Kristiansen from the University of New England. Major findings Project […]
2 March 2022
Reading Time: 4 minutesStrategically managing cover crops, crop residues and reducing tillage with strip till is a current focus for Ed Fagan and his growing operation, Mulyan Farms in […]
28 February 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter 30 years of growing vegetables in southern Queensland, Rob Hinrichsen (pictured above) is well-placed to assess the impact of soil health on his farming operation. […]
1 March 2022
Reading Time: 4 minutesDr Len Tesoriero New South Wales 2010 Len Tesoriero’s career as a researcher identifying and managing vegetable crop diseases spans over four decades. Len retired from […]
1 March 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutesDenis Persley Queensland 2011 Denis Persley is a plant pathologist with the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in Queensland (DAF). Based at the Ecosciences Precinct at […]
1 March 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Masterclass in Horticultural Business is offered through the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture and was developed in partnership with some of the world’s leading names in […]
28 February 2022
Reading Time: 9 minutesDr Lucy Tran-Nguyen has been a horticultural researcher for almost 24 years, with resounding success. In 2016, Lucy was awarded the Bayer-sponsored 2016 Researcher of the […]
28 February 2022
Reading Time: 7 minutesSoil First Tasmania is a farmer-led organisation that focuses on the sustainability and regeneration of soil and water resources. It supports a community of farmers across […]
15 February 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLuke and Gillian Jurgens have pioneered beneficial insect distribution in the north Queensland vegetable industry with their business, NQ Aerovation. Luke’s family has a long history […]
14 February 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutesWoolworths has awarded $1,140,000 in new funding to three organic growers in the latest round of the Woolworths Organic Growth Fund. Victorian-based organic broccoli, zucchini and […]
1 February 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNine-year-old Oliver Stephan has been riding high in tractors on vegetables farms since he was a baby. His dad Brett Stephan, Kalfresh’s Harvest Manager, says Oliver […]
18 January 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn September 2021, two members of the AUSVEG-led EnviroVeg Program were acknowledged for their implementation of climate positive practices and the ecosystem benefits on-farm. Western Australian […]
18 January 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLynda Harding and her husband, Noel, have been growing fresh produce in Western Australia since 2003. Since then, the pair have reinvented their business – they […]
17 January 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDay 2 of the Soil Biology Masterclass provided an opportunity for grower Andrew Braham, to share his story of boosting soil biology and developing healthy soils […]
25 November 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutesSouth Australian vegetable grower Graeme Pitchford has been a long-serving member of the EnviroVeg program’s Steering Committee. In this column, AUSVEG’s Danielle Park speaks with Graeme […]
25 November 2021
Reading Time: 6 minutesOwner of Peninsula Fresh Organics, Natasha Shields was awarded a Nuffield Scholarship with support from The William Buckland Foundation. Through her scholarship, Natasha travelled to Asia, […]
25 November 2021
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn September 2021, two members of the AUSVEG-led EnviroVeg Program were acknowledged for their implementation of climate positive practices and the ecosystem benefits on-farm. Western Australian […]
24 November 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutesFrom bushfires to a global pandemic, the last two years have resulted in significant disruptions to the vegetable industry. AUSVEG asked some of the horticulture industry’s […]
24 November 2021
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn this edition, Simone Cameron pays tribute to her former colleague and ex-NT Farmers’ Chief Executive Officer, Greg Owens. Greg officially announced his retirement in November […]
24 November 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutesIf you have eaten a snow or sugar snap pea in recent months, there’s a high probability that it was grown in the fertile soils of […]
24 November 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutesSalvatore Sacca (pictured above) is the general manager/owner of Da’Salvatore, which specialises in the production of unique high-quality lines such as cherry tomatoes, mini cucumbers and […]
24 November 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this column, VegNET – North Queensland provides an update on its activities, which include helping growers in the region with their labour requirements and workforce […]
24 November 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutesEach year, the National Landcare Awards acknowledge and celebrate local Landcare achievements at state and territory level as well as nationally. In 2021, Tasmanian farmer Michael […]
23 November 2021
Grow Your Career in Horticulture: AUSVEG video series highlights diverse range of jobs in the sector
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has launched the Grow your Career in Horticulture video series highlighting the diverse range of careers in the Australian horticulture industry. The series includes video interviews with […]
23 November 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDespite challenges emerging from recent droughts and the COVID-19 pandemic, one vegetable growing operation has flourished. Thanks to a major organisational restructure that took place in […]
5 October 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAUSVEG has welcomed the Governor-General’s signing of legislation that will implement the Australian Agriculture Visa, which is a key piece to solving the horticulture industry’s labour […]
28 September 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA third-generation vegetable grower and Managing Director at Velisha Farms, Catherine Velisha has worked tirelessly in recent years to foster a culture of business innovation along […]
27 September 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutesAndrew Johanson is Mulgowie Farming Company’s Sustainable Farming Practices Manager. In this article, AUSVEG EnviroVeg Coordinator Danielle Park catches up with Andrew to learn more about […]
14 September 2021
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe team from the Hort Innovation-funded project A strategic approach to weed management for the Australian vegetable industry visited Schreurs & Sons in Clyde, Victoria in […]
14 September 2021
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe protected cropping industry is one of the fastest growing agricultural sectors in Australia. In recognition of this, Western Sydney University, Hort Innovation and five industry […]