Horticulture

Horticulture

Harvest Trail Services will secure seasonal workers

A multi-million program hopes to encourage more Australian job seekers to take up seasonal harvest jobs in major horticulture regions across Australia, including the Goulburn Valley. The $24.1 million Harvest Trail Services program will cover...

Jamie Salter
Horticulture

Fruit fly action plan funding extended for Goulburn Murray Valley group

Moira Shire Council has received $522 800 to continue delivering the Goulburn Murray valley’s fruit fly regional action plan. The funding is part of the Victorian Government’s one-year extension of the Managing Fruit Fly in Victoria Action...

Rodney Woods
Horticulture

Border closures likely to impact fruit harvest labour

Fruit growers will need to find alternatives to backpackers when harvest season comes around again in the Goulburn Valley, according to industry bodies. Fruit Growers Victoria grower services manager Michael Crisera said the Seasonal Worker Program...

Rodney Woods
Horticulture

Looking at orchard survival during drought

A webinar held by Apple and Pear Australia will unpack findings on orchard survival during the millennium drought. On-farm monitoring was undertaken in irrigated citrus, almonds, avocados and grape vines in the Riverland and Sunraysia throughout the...

Jamie Salter
Horticulture

Apple harvest comes to a close

Growers across the Goulburn Valley have finished picking apples as the season comes to a close with the arrival of winter. Integrity Fruits orchardist Peter Hall said he had just finished picking apples for juice last week, and the last of the red...

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Horticulture

Australian Organic chief executive officer Niki Ford to work with NFF and ACCC

Australian Organic chief executive officer Niki Ford has been appointed to the ACCC’s Agriculture Consultative Committee and will also join the National Farmers’ Federation Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program 2020. As part of the...

Country News
Horticulture

Successful walnut season for local growers

Walnut harvest has come to an end and local growers are pleased with the results. Katunga Walnuts owner Chris Bethell said he finished harvesting by hand on his 2 ha farm a few weeks ago. “We do it by hand in two or three goes, we...

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Horticulture

New podcast for horticulture growers

Horticulturists across Australia can now get industry news on-the-go thanks to the latest podcast released by life science company Bayer. HortCast, targeted specifically at horticulture growers and advisers, will delve into market trends, seasonal...

Rodney Woods
Horticulture

Deterring Queensland fruit fly

Nearly 80 000 unmanaged fruit trees have been removed to deter Queensland fruit fly, as part of Goulburn Murray Valley Fruit Fly Project’s free tree removal program. GMV regional fruit fly co-ordinator Ross Abberfield said the program...

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Horticulture

SPC begins processing new super fruit

Pomegranates will now be processed at Shepparton’s SPC factory, just as tomato season comes to an end.

Country News
Horticulture

Growers supported through visa extensions

Temporary visa extensions will help Australian growers by allowing visa holders to work in agriculture until the coronavirus crisis passes. The new amendment applies to the Pacific Labour Scheme, Seasonal Worker Program and working holiday makers...

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Cropping

Rain, rain go away, come again another day

The recent rain across Victoria’s north-east has done more bad than good, according to Agriculture Victoria’s seasonal risk agronomist Dale Grey. Mr Grey said despite 50 mm falling across the region so far this year, it had not improved soil...

Rodney Woods
Horticulture

Finding farm work in Shepparton region

Several foreigners on working holiday visas looking for work in the Goulburn Valley have taken to advertising their skills on the Australian job seeker website Gumtree. Rémi Naudin from France is 20 years old and came to Australia on...

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Horticulture

New podcast for horticultural growers

A new resource designed to arm horticultural growers with everything they need to grow their business has been released by Hort Innovation. The podcast series, titled Growing Matters, is now freely available to download or stream through Apple...

Rodney Woods
Horticulture

Automation the future of packhouses

A report written by 2018 Nuffield scholar Olabisi Oladele from Orrvale examined the business decision-making around automation in packhouses. Dr Oladele is a technical manager at Geoffrey Thompson Holdings in Shepparton, an apple and pear...

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Horticulture

Cobram trials to stop Queensland fruit fly

Two million sterile Queensland fruit flies will be released near Cobram in an attempt to manage pest populations. Goulburn Murray Valley Regional Fruit Fly co-ordinator Ross Abberfield said the release of sterile flies over Cobram was an innovative...

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Horticulture

Federal Government commits to netting funding for fruit growers

Apple and pear farmers across Victoria will soon be able to access up to $4 million to install new or replace damaged netting. Eligible growers will be required to at least match the Commonwealth contribution and the trial program will be...

Rodney Woods
Horticulture

Horticulture labour shortage questioned

A report by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences has led to debate about whether there is a shortage of labour in the horticulture industry. The ABARES report titled, Demand for farm workers - ABARES farm survey...

Rodney Woods

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New active COVID-19 case in Greater Shepparton

Greater Shepparton has reported a new active case of COVID-19. The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed its the only active case in the region, as the state’s total rose by 108 – the second highest daily rise in Victoria since the...

Madi Chwasta
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Rushworth man suffers injuries in Shepparton police cell while resisting restraint

A man suffered three fractured ribs and a collapsed lung while resisting restraint by police in custody in Shepparton late last month.

Liz Mellino
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Fatal Cobram collision victims identified

The two young men killed in a fatal collision in Cobram on Wednesday night have been named as Nicholas Gash and Samuel Tout. The two men were travelling in a Ford sedan along the Murray Valley Hwy sometime before 11pm when the vehicle they were in...

Liz Mellino
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