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Agronomist farm chat
Our VegNET Gippsland Regional Development Officer Bonnie Dawson caught up with Alex Keith, Agronomist at Bulmer Farms- from the importance of work-life balance to how she landed a job she loves in the Lindenow Valley, here’s what they covered…
Veg Industry Strategic Investment Plan
Hort Innovation is in the process of developing the next five-year Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) for the Australian vegetable industry. The vegetable SIP is the roadmap that ensures levy investment decisions align with industry for research, development, extension, and marketing (domestic and international) investment priorities. An important part of the process is listening to what growers have to say.
Exotic pest species detected
The American Serpentine leafminer has now been detected in Australia in far-north Queensland's Torres Strait and in Kununurra, Western Australia. Further surveillance is being conducted to determine the distribution of the pest.
Meet the Grower - Frais Farms
Frais Farms is a small Victorian vegetable growing, packing and marketing business. It has three properties, one of which is an organic system. VegNET–Gippsland Regional Development Officer Bonnie Dawson recently caught up with owner Kim Martin, who established the business in 2008.