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Enhancing Vegetable Biosecurity
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Enhancing Vegetable Biosecurity

AUSVEG and the Victorian Government are piloting anonymous surveillance and reporting in the vegetable industry to support early detection and management of exotic pests and diseases that are currently not in Australia or not in an individual grower’s specific production region.

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Optimising plant nutrition
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Optimising plant nutrition

With the extortionate price of fertiliser this season, growers are trying to use it as efficiently as possible. Plant nutrition must be tailored to each vegetable crop and growing conditions to ensure plants are healthy, productive and profitable.

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Farm Hygiene
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Farm Hygiene

Farm hygiene is the first step to helping growers protect their own business and the wider horticulture industry, while minimising production losses and unnecessary costs associated with pest outbreaks.

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