2 October 2024
Vegalogue is a regular podcast from vegetable, potato and onion industry peak body AUSVEG, where we examine the pressing issues and latest developments in our sector. […]
2 September 2024
Vegalogue is a regular podcast from vegetable, potato and onion industry peak body AUSVEG, where we examine the pressing issues and latest developments in our sector. […]
1 August 2024
Vegalogue 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 March 2024
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 onion […]
29 January 2024
This month, we discuss: The Onions Australia merger with AUSVEG Pre-harvest sanitation of leafy green vegetables The opportunities and hurdles for vegetables as snack foods The […]
21 December 2023
This 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 […]
4 December 2024
With rising input costs and labour shortages, it is increasingly important for vegetable growers to improve efficiency. Using lean principles – efficiency techniques developed by the […]
30 August 2024
With two distinct seasons, the Northern Territory has one principal growing window that is ideally placed to meet the needs of the southern states’ winter. The […]
30 August 2024
The key success factors for growers to plan ahead, understand their risks and improve their resilience were highlighted in a Soil Wealth ICP panel discussion at […]
30 August 2024
From a small family market garden at Virginia, north of Adelaide, the Ly family’s business has grown to become a major player in the Australian fruit […]
30 August 2024
The onion levy fund supported the visit of USA researcher Dr Daniel (Dan) Drost to visit Australia to share his expertise on nutrition and weeds management […]
13 June 2023
11 December 2024
In collaboration with Muirs, AUSVEG presented at an informative event in Murray Bridge, bringing together onion growers from across South Australia to hear the latest results […]
11 December 2024
By Sandra Godwin Benchmarking has already helped Michael fine tune seeding rates for optimum grain yield, and lift processing potato yields. Now he hopes taking part […]
11 December 2024
Gippsland growers and agronomists caught the weather on a sunny day in early September 2024 that was perfect for a workshop on the latest updates and […]
5 October 2024
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24 February 2025
By 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 […]
25 February 2025
In partnership with VegNET 3.0 and the Lockyer Valley Growers Association, AUSVEG hosted an insightful event in early December 2024 at the Gatton Research Centre in […]
25 February 2025
On 21 November, AUSVEG in collaboration with VegNET 3.0 hosted a Pub in the Paddock event in Penguin, Tasmania at Vertigan Ag. With a focus on […]
25 February 2025
By Marguerite White, Project Coordinator for AUSVEG, ICD Project Services The recently-concluded Building Biosecurity Capacity and Resilience within the NSW Vegetable Industry project has left growers […]
26 February 2025
The NEAG is comprised of seven members, bringing a wealth of experience and industry representation. This includes growers, agronomists, Strategic Industry Advisory Panel (SIAP) members, and […]
26 February 2025
VegNET Western Australia Regional Update The Protected Cropping Starter Pack Series, a VegNET Innovation Funded project, concluded with a successful Masterclass in Protected Cropping, held at […]
12 March 2025
Vegalogue is a regular podcast from vegetable, potato and onion industry peak body AUSVEG, where we examine the pressing issues and latest developments in our sector. […]
19 March 2025
Related ProjectsMasterclass in Horticultural BusinessThis project has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the research and development levies listed below and contributions from the Australian Government. […]
19 March 2025
Related ProjectsAustralian onion industry communications programThis project has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the research and development levies listed below and contributions from the Australian […]
27 March 2025
Watch this webinar to find out more about the Level Up Hort program, which offers free 1:1 specialist advice (valued at $10,000/year) to vegetable and […]
3 March 2020
Late last year, a group of Australian vegetable growers and industry members attended a two-week industry leadership and development mission to the United States, where they […]
28 April 2025
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28 May 2025
By Claire Quinn and Sophie Volker, Queensland Department of Primary Industries The Gatton AgTech Showcase will provide an opportunity for vegetable growers to see new global […]
28 May 2025
By Sandra Goodwin Jessica and husband, Luke, were already producing mangoes under the Lower Don Organics name at the small farm they had bought three years […]
28 May 2025
By Tayla Field and Prue Rothwell, VegNET Tasmania Held on 15-16 April at Hagley, Tasmania, the Ag Innovation Expo 2025 once again delivered a great […]
28 May 2025
The biennial conference was presented by the NT Farmers Association in collaboration with AgForce Queensland, the Ord River District Co-operative, and the Kimberley Pilbara Cattlemen’s Association. […]
28 May 2025
VegNET Far North Queensland Regional Update In March this year, Bowen Gumlu Growers Association (BGGA) co-hosted two events in two locations to cover an assortment of […]
28 May 2025
VegNET Wide Bay Burnett Regional Update Organised by the VegNET, PotatoLink, and Soil Wealth ICP projects and delivered by Applied Horticultural Research, the event featured demonstrations, […]
28 May 2025
VegNET South Australia Regional Update The Regional Round-Up brought greenhouse growers together for a day of networking, updates, and shared insights, while the Investing in the […]
28 May 2025
VegNET Victoria Regional Update Victorian vegetable growers are facing mounting pressures across the board. Rising production costs, shrinking profit margins, prolonged dry conditions, ongoing workforce shortages, […]
28 May 2025
VegNET Western Australia Regional Update With vegetable growers spread across a mosaic of regional locations, the Growing Relationships initiative focuses on building stronger, more consistent connections […]
27 May 2024
The VegNET RDO role is varied and aims to help growers develop a more sustainable, healthy business. A recent drone demonstration in Victoria run by VegNET […]
24 May 2024
The February 2024 PotatoLink event to bring leading researchers to Gippsland growers provided an opportunity to talk one-on-one about the issues facing Australian potato growers. The […]
24 May 2024
Input by growers at multiple stages is central to Hort Innovation’s management of vegetable, potato and onion levy investment. The levy system set up in many […]
18 January 2024
Herbicide resistance remains a challenge for onion growers across Australia, find out how the Onions Communications & Extension project is supporting growers to combat this issue. […]
19 May 2023
Hort Innovation works with industry to invest the onion levy and Australian Government contributions into initiatives to help growers be as productive and profitable as possible, […]
25 October 2022
3pm-4pm AEDT | Thursday 24 November AUSVEG invites you to join us for the third of our Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar webinar series. Australian vegetable growers […]
24 October 2022
The spring 2022 edition of Vegetables Australia is now available to read online, and hard copies should be arriving shortly. This 108-page publication features the latest veg industry […]
27 September 2022
10am AEDT | Thursday 6 October Location: Mercure Hotel, Ballarat, VIC. PotatoLink is coordinating a research and development forum to give industry members the opportunity to stay […]
15 August 2022
The latest edition of the combined Potatoes Australia and PotatoLink magazine is on its way to mailboxes around the country. This edition features: Overview of Hort Connections 2022, including […]
15 August 2022
The Hort Innovation Event Sponsorship Program provides financial or in-kind support for eligible horticulture industry events. The next call-out period is from 1 August to 1 […]
10 August 2022
2pm-4pm AEST | Tuesday 23 August VegNET New South Wales and the NSW Local Land Service invite you to attend a field day visiting Paul and […]
9 August 2022
The 2022 Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar (AVIS) was held in Brisbane on 7 June in conjunction with Hort Connections 2022. The AVIS is a series of […]
8 June 2023
8 June 2022
Related 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 […]
26 May 2022
Project VG16063 was led by Danielle Park from AUSVEG. Major outcomes EnviroVeg is an industry-led environmental best-practice management program for vegetable production businesses. It provides resources […]
16 May 2022
On Friday 6 May, VegNET – Gippsland hosted presentations and a field walk at Farm Express Salads in Boisdale, which has played host to a demonstration […]
13 May 2022
Returning 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
VegNET 3.0 is a strategic levy investment under the Hort Innovation Fund. It strives to improve Australian vegetable growers’ knowledge and skills to implement best practice […]
13 May 2022
In 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
While growers have been busy with producing and harvesting this season’s crop, the VegNET – Tasmania team’s focus has turned to its training component of identified […]
13 May 2022
In March, Western Australia threw open its borders and began to glimpse the ‘new normal’ that most of Australia had already experienced. VegNET – Western Australia […]
13 May 2022
In this column, Vegetables Australia provides an overview of recent VegNET – Victoria (North, West and South-East regions) project activities, as well as new COVID-safe resources […]
13 May 2022
Growers in the southern Queensland region have endured a tough summer and start to autumn with floods severely affecting the area. VegNET – Southern Queensland continues […]
13 May 2022
NT Farmers recently renewed its collaboration with Hort Innovation and the AUSVEG-facilitated National Vegetable Extension Program (VegNET) to support local vegetable growers grow a sustainable crop […]
13 May 2022
In 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
Following a mix of in-person and virtual engagement activities in 2021, the peri-urban project has hit the ground running in 2022. AUSVEG Project Coordinator Maddy Quirk […]
3 May 2022
12.30pm-3pm AEST | Friday 6 May Join VegNET Gippsland for presentations and a field walk at Farm Express Salads in Boisdale, which has played host to […]
3 May 2022
The popular Hort Connections Farm Tours are returning to Hort Connections 2022, and this year’s tour of local industry sites promises to be a valuable excursion […]
26 April 2022
Registrations are now open for vegetable growers and industry members to attend the 2022 Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar (AVIS). The seminar will be held at the […]
15 March 2022
The University of Melbourne is leading a new Hort Innovation-funded project that is evaluating the impact of providing additional training and support to industry development officers […]
28 February 2022
AUSVEG is pleased to release its Federal Election priorities for the upcoming 2022 Federal Election. Throughout the latter half of 2021 and in early 2022, AUSVEG […]
28 February 2022
During 2021, Hort Innovation worked closely with growers and other industry stakeholders to refresh the documents that guide investment of grower levies. The 2022-2026 Strategic Investment […]
28 February 2022
Working in collaboration with vegetablesWA and AUSVEG, Western Australia’s new Regional Development Officer Michael Bartholomew introduces himself to readers and highlights the priority focus areas for […]
28 February 2022
Hail damage was reported across South Australia in late October 2021, and AUSVEG SA continues to extend its support to affected growers and producers. Yanyu Liang […]
28 February 2022
In this column, VegNET – Victoria (North, West and South-East regions) Regional Development Officer Danielle Park discusses the 2022 R&D Adoption award, which will be handed […]
28 February 2022
A highly persistent pest that affects vegetable, nursery and flower crops, serpentine leafminer (SLM) continues to be a priority for Greater Sydney vegetable growers. VegNET – […]
28 February 2022
In late 2021, VegNET Southern Queensland’s Languages Other Than English Program hosted a grower seminar at the Gatton Research Station. The seminar provided thought-provoking discussion on […]
28 February 2022
The success of the second iteration of the VegNET project has put in place a solid footing to launch the next stage of vegetable industry extension, […]
20 December 2021
Tripod Farmers is hosting a new demonstration site of soil moisture sensors on its Boisdale property, as part of a new project – led by VegNET […]
26 November 2021
After five years and two iterations, VegNET returned in October 2021. This time, AUSVEG is partnering with nine key regional industry groups to lead the five […]
25 November 2021
Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australia’s horticulture sector. It works closely with industry to invest the vegetable R&D levy – […]
24 November 2021
It has been a busy time for VegNET – Victoria (North, West and South-East regions). AUSVEG’s Danielle Park has taken on the role as VegNET – […]
24 November 2021
In this column, VegNET – South Australia Regional Development Officer Yanyu Liang provides an update on recent SA vegetable industry activities. These have ranged from topics […]
24 November 2021
In this Western Australian extension update, VegNET Regional Development Officer Truyen Vo discusses the results from digital soil moisture monitoring that was conducted in tomato and […]
24 November 2021
The VegNET – Wide Bay-Burnett project is delivered by Bundaberg Fruit & Vegetable Growers (BFVG) to keep vegetable growers informed about current R&D activities, results and […]
24 November 2021
In this column, VegNET – New South Wales Regional Development Officer Sylvia Jelinek introduces readers to the Greater Sydney Demonstration Farm, located on the Richmond Lowlands. […]
15 November 2021
During 2021, Hort Innovation worked closely with growers and other industry stakeholders to refresh the documents that guide our investment of grower levies. The 2022-2026 Strategic […]
12 October 2021
Vegetable growers across Australia are set to benefit from the next generation of a national extension program led by AUSVEG aimed to boost productivity and deliver […]
5 October 2021
AUSVEG is the peak industry body for Australia’s potato growers. Since COVID-19 emerged in 2020, just as growers have laboured to ensure Australian families are fed […]
13 September 2021
In this column, VegNET – Tasmania Regional Development Officer Ossie Lang provides an update on industry activities across the Apple Isle. These include workshops – co-hosted […]
13 September 2021
Queensland’s Lockyer Valley was the place to be on 6-7 June, with the 2021 Lockyer Valley Growers Expo taking place. The event was hosted by the […]
13 September 2021
The VegNET – Wide Bay-Burnett project continues to deliver local trials and workshops to vegetable growers across the region, which spans hundreds of kilometres north of […]
13 September 2021
AUSVEG SA is the state-wide representative body for South Australia’s $2 billion vegetable industry. It works with governments at all levels to advocate on key issues […]
13 September 2021
The VegNET Western Australian Strategy is a roadmap for enhancing the state’s vegetable growing businesses. As part of this strategy, VegNET – WA Regional Development Officers […]
13 September 2021
Now that we have reached the end of the second phase of VegNET – Victoria (South-East, West and Northern Regions), Regional Development Officer Dimi Kyriakou revisits […]
13 September 2021
VegNET – Gippsland’s commitment to increase workforce capability has been in overdrive in 2021, with forums taking place to highlight the opportunities available. It has also […]
13 September 2021
The Phase II VegNET – Northern Territory Regional Extension Plan found an identifiable gap in grower awareness and understanding of NT soils. Unearthing NT Soil Wealth […]
31 August 2021
Last week, AUSVEG – alongside VegNET Gippsland and Agriculture Victoria – ran a biosecurity-focused workshop online. The event was originally scheduled to be in-person, but shifted […]