Bayer has coordinated a workshop for vegetable growers in the Werribee region to discuss pest control options and the value of integrated pest management practices.
This free, levy-funded workshop will deliver practical, hands-on training for pest and disease identification in the vegetable industry thanks to the VegPRO project.
This event will discuss compost options, costs, how to ensure quality and outline what's involved to meet food safety requirements. View the flyer here.
Gain a better understanding of the practical steps involved in exporting at these two half-day workshops, which are free thanks to industry investment.
Workshops are being held in Perth, Stanthorpe, Brisbane and Bundaberg to train producers to meet HARPS requirements and give them a HACCP refresher course.
The free workshops will run in Sale (2 August), Epping (3 August) and Mawson Lakes (9 August), and are great learning and networking opportunities for growers.
Around 60 growers and industry members took advantage of the opportunity to visit fresh produce markets, agribusinesses and leading vegetable farms in south-east Queensland.
The levy-funded Global Innovations in Horticulture Seminar has given Australian vegetable growers a look at the new technologies and practices coming down the pipeline.
Pumpkin growers near Mareeba and sweetpotato growers near Atherton are invited to come and talk about your agrichemical needs and priority pests and diseases.
Attendees at the Future Farming Field Day saw RIPPA in action, participated in a mock leafminer surveillance exercise and learnt more about NDVI spatial mapping.
As part of the VegNET program, vegetablesWA is coordinating soil health workshops and field days in Carnarvon for English-speaking and Vietnamese-speaking growers.
VegPRO is bringing its free two-day negotiations and influencing workshop to Tasmanian vegetable growers, with an event being held in Launceston in early May.
If you grow sweetpotato or zucchini in the Bundaberg region, come along and contribute to the levy-funded project helping growers access priority agrichemicals.
The Werribee Future Farming Field Day will include an in-field demonstration of the RIPPA, insights into agtech and mock vegetable leafminer surveillance.
Growers looking to develop their understanding of export documentation and procedural requirements should take advantage of this valuable learning opportunity, with funded accommodation available.
Fully-funded positions are available for levy-paying vegetable growers to fly to and attend the seminar, being held in Brisbane during Hort Connections 2018.
Free workshops and extension activities will provide training in irrigation, chemical handling, pest and disease identification, biosecurity planning and much more.
This workshop will show growers how food extrusion is turning waste crops into healthy snacks, and take you through mock surveillance for vegetable leafminer.
In this video, Australian vegetable growers talk about how IPM has enhanced the way they achieve results in dealing with potentially ruinous vegetable pests.
These workshops will cover topics including irrigation training, negotiations and influencing, postharvest vegetable management, value-adding to vegetable products and more.
A new chemical handling for growers workshop has been announced for SA in early March, alongside the workshops in Tasmania throughout February and March.
VegPRO, the vegetable industry's national training initiative, is delivering workshops in East Gippsland to address industry needs across a range of areas.