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15+ R&D investments
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25+ resources and reports
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$1.01 million
Levy collected in 2019/20
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$353,000
Invested in R&D in 2019/20
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$212,000
Invested in marketing in 2019/20
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$23.9 million
Potential impact of industry SIP
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Ongoing project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT20007)
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Epidemiology and management of fusarium basal rot in onions (VN20006)
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Optimising chemical and cultural control of onion white rot (VN20007)
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Onion nutrition education program for health professionals and the food service industry (VN20002)
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Risk and crisis management planning for the onion industry (VN20001)
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Investment analysis

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Ongoing project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT20007)
Media Release
Aussie horticulture spotlights responsible farming
Media Release
Efforts to combat small but ‘ravenous’ worm ramp up
Ongoing project
Epidemiology and management of fusarium basal rot in onions (VN20006)
Ongoing project
Optimising chemical and cultural control of onion white rot (VN20007)
Ongoing project
Onion nutrition education program for health professionals and the food service industry (VN20002)
Ongoing project
Risk and crisis management planning for the onion industry (VN20001)
Ongoing project
Onion-specific Phenomenom resource creation (VN20008)
Ongoing project
Nutritional analysis of across horticulture commodities (ST19036)
Completed project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT17019)
Minor use permit
Minor use permits for the onion industry
Media Release
Hort Innovation calling for Directors
Media Release
Is there a place for sweetpotato ice cream?
Media Release
$28 million program to improve farm productivity
Ongoing project
Onion consumer usage and attitudinal study (VN20005)
Media Release
2020 – The year everything about fresh produce consumption changed
Completed project
Ex-post impact assessment - industry specific (MT19012)
Media Release
Cover crops – a game changer
Ongoing project
Novel technologies and practices for the optimisation of pollination within protected cropping environments (ST19000)
Ongoing project
Feasibility study into opportunities for high-technology horticulture production in urban environments (HA19005)
Completed project
Phenomenom - The Good Mood Food Module (ST19041)
Completed project
Seasonal horticulture labour demand and workforce study (ST19040)
Ongoing project
Development of the National onion industry extension strategy (VN20000)
Media Release
$15 billion horticulture value in 2019/20 Hort Stats Handbook shows
Completed project
Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) – Updates (MT19008)
Media Release
Helping Aussie kids explore food and its relationship to mood
Media Release
Bringing high tech horticulture to urban areas in Australia – rooftop, underground and floating farms
Media Release
Tree genomics program sequences 300 macadamia varieties to improve productivity and profitability for growers
Completed project
Nutrition claims for The Good Mood Food educational website (ST19037)
Media Release
R&D levy investments projected to deliver $40.5 million of value over 30 years
Article
The Masterclass in Horticultural Business course is now open for 2021 intakes
Article
Taste Australia maintains presence at Asia Fruit Logistica in 2020
Media Release
New Directors, Chair and Deputy Chair for Hort Innovation
Media Release
$50 million in plant biosecurity projects prioritised and coordinated through national collaboration
Article
Serpentine Leafminer detected in Sydney
Media Release
New partnership signed between Australian agencies to strengthen plant biosecurity
Media Release
New plant pest and disease surveillance tech delivered
Marketing
Marketing snapshot - 2019/20
Media Release
What's the buzz about? Celebrating Australian pollinator week
Article
Fall armyworm update and alert
Media Release
Hort Innovation AGM – Board member nominees announced
Article
Members vote to update Hort Innovation’s Constitution
Media Release
Aussie frozen berry producer Stuart McGruddy awarded Hort Innovation Churchill Fellowship
Media Release
Fall armyworm podcasts launched to help growers
Media Release
Cross your I's and dot your bees for pollination
Completed project
Scanning technologies for horticulture packhouses (ST19022)
Media Release
Sterile fruit flies contribute to reduction in Queensland fruit fly population
Article
An Extraordinary General Meeting of members has been called
Media Release
Greening our cities – reducing the 'urban heat island' effect
Media Release
Record-breaking year for Australian table grape exports
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