Webinar recording: Field and landscape management for beneficial arthropods

Have you heard about native vegetation insectaries? Want to attract more beneficial insects to your crops to better manage pests? On-farm…

Compost calculator: knowing the value of organic amendments in your vegetable nutrition program in Victoria

The addition of organic soil amendments is becoming increasingly popular in vegetable production. Organic amendments provide a range of benefits to…

Managing irrigation requirements using soil moisture monitoring

Watch this webinar to hear from Dr Kelvin Montagu (AHR), from the Soil Wealth and Integrated Crop Protection team, on what’s…

Harvest to Home: how leeks performed throughout Covid

Harvest to Home is an analytics tool, developed by Nielsen and Hort Innovation, providing insight on marketing performance and shopper behaviour…

Harvest to Home: how carrots performed throughout Covid

Harvest to Home is an analytics tool, developed by Nielsen and Hort Innovation, providing insight on marketing performance and shopper behaviour…

Harvest to Home: how broccoli performed through Covid

Harvest to Home is an analytics tool, developed by Nielsen and Hort Innovation, providing insight on marketing performance and shopper behaviour…

VegNET – Supporting Vegetable Growers

The VegNET project aims to build regional capacity of the vegetable industry by providing research and development (R&D) extension services, products…

Winter Cover Cropping for Weed Management – Aglink & Ivankovich Farms

In 2018 and 2019, through the vegetable levy funded project ‘A strategic approach to weed management for the Australian vegetable industry‘…

Integrated Weed Management (IWM) Case Study – Schreurs & Sons

Schreurs & Sons is a large and successful vegetable growing business based in Clyde, Victoria. Their Koo Wee Rup farm is…

Vegetable Levy R&D Project Updates Webinar

Watch this webinar to learn from key researchers about the latest findings of several Hort Innovation Vegetable Levy Funded Projects as…

Planning for Summer – Irrigation and Water Management

As crop growth and water use increase with the warmer weather, it’s a good time to think about getting on top…

Strategic Weed Management – Shreurs & Sons

Schreurs & Sons is a large and successful vegetable growing business based in Clyde, Victoria. The VG15070 “A strategic approach to…

Mark and Darren Schreurs, Peter Schreurs & Sons – Winner R&D Adoption Award 2019

The R&D Adoption Award was developed by the National Vegetable Extension Network (VegNET) in Victoria as part of the 2019 AUSVEG...

Integrated Pest Management of vegetable pests – a more sustainable approach (webinar recording)

Watch this informative and interactive one-hour session to get the latest updates from vegetable industry experts, including IPM Technologies, E.E. Muir...

Future focus – robotics and intelligent systems in Australian vegetable production systems (webinar recording)

Robotics and intelligent systems are used throughout various agricultural industries to control, monitor and improve farming systems. The development of various...

Schreurs & Sons – Winner R&D Adoption Award 2018

The R&D Adoption Award was developed by the National Vegetable Extension Network (VegNET) in Victoria as part of the 2018 AUSVEG...

Spray technology for vegetable growers: a guide to getting it right (webinar recording)

Chemicals play an important role in vegetable production and are regularly used to control insect pests, diseases and weeds. Poor spray...

Harvesting innovation with Hort Innovation

Hort Innovation invests in a wide range of marketing and R&D programs to help increase the productivity and profitability of the...

Biosecurity lessons in planning and response for the vegetable industry (webinar recording)

Plant biosecurity is a series of measures that aid in protecting production areas from harmful insects, weeds, and various plant diseases....

VegNET – Carl Larsen (Victoria)

Are you a vegetable grower? VegNET has been set up by Hort Innovation and the vegetable industry to connect you to…

Precision agriculture technology in vegetable production systems

Precision agriculture (or PA) uses a combination of new technology and existing agronomic knowledge to maximise farm efficiency. There are many...

Andrew Fragapane, Fragapane Farms – Winner R&D Adoption Award 2017

The inaugural R&D Adoption Award was developed by the National Vegetable Extension Network (VegNET) in Victoria as part of the 2017...

Vegetable Careers 1

Vegetable farming now requires management of the environment, people, and food safety as well as production processes. Jobs can involve the...

Vegetable Careers 2

Specialised and skilled roles within the vegetable industry are increasing and provide the opportunity to work up the ladder on-farm or...

Country of Origin Labelling

Country of origin labelling needs reform. AUSVEG has interviewed real, everyday Australians to see how important the origin of their food...

Paul Gazzola and IPM

Vegetable grower Paul Gazzola talks about how he controls insect pests using natural predators. IPM Better For You Better for the...

Peter Schreurs and IPM

Vegetable Grower Peter Schreurs describes his passion for growing vegetables naturally, using sustainable practices. IPM Better For You Better for the...

Stuart Grigg and IPM

Agronomist Stuart Grigg describes the natural approach to growing healthy broccoli. IPM Better For You Better for the Environment