Seasonal climate outlook for vegetable and melon growing regions – August to October 2023
Drier than typical conditions are expected for much of Australia for the rest of winter and into spring. Most ...
Empowering participants to adopt better practices at Chinese growers’ field day
Several members from the Soil Wealth ICP team joined Greater Sydney Local Land Services (LLS) at a field day ...
Making sure change works for your business at Cowra, NSW
Brothers Ed and James Fagan run their 1,400-hectare farm on the banks of the Lachlan River near Cowra, NSW. ...
Finger weeder demonstration
A finger weeder is a tool that allows growers to deal with weeds in the areas of the ...
Cool Compost – Vegetable grower case studies
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has developed Cool Compost, an online resource centre for quality commercial compost. Through a ...
Maximising IPM practices in protected cropping
On 17 August, a group of vegetable growers and industry members visited Family Fresh Farms in Peats Ridge, New ...
An update from our Sydney Basin demonstration site
At our Sydney Basin demonstration site in Wedderburn, grower Kim Ngov has transitioned from a successful inter-row ryegrass program to ...
Virtual shed walk: microwave technology for control of weeds, diseases and pests
Liam Hescock and the team from Growave showcase the next-generation microwave technology and answer questions from the audience. ...
How FOGO Compost is made and why it is safe to use in horticulture
YLAD Living Soils from Young in NSW is an example of a commercial composter reusing expired food organics and ...
Cover crops for weed control and single-use plastic elimination
Grower Kim Ngov has sown another cover crop trial on his intense vegetable farm near the southwest outskirts of ...
Irrigation monitoring in potatoes shows varietal differences in Cowra, NSW
Potato cultivars can have quite different water requirements, and knowing how to best manage water for a particular variety ...
Seasonal climate outlook for vegetable growing regions – February to April 2021
Wet and warm weather continues in 2021. Most vegetable regions are likely to see warmer and wetter than average ...