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85+ R&D investments
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$9.83 million
Levy collected in 2019/20
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$17.17 million
Invested in R&D in 2019/20
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$471.87 million
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Vegetable Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) report updates (VG18004)
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Leadership development program (MT18016)
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Vegetable industry export program (VG16061)
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A strategic approach to weed management for the Australian vegetable industry (VG15070)
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National tomato potato psyllid (TPP) program coordinator (MT16018)
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Completed project
Vegetable Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) report updates (VG18004)
Completed project
Leadership development program (MT18016)
Completed project
Vegetable industry export program (VG16061)
Completed project
A strategic approach to weed management for the Australian vegetable industry (VG15070)
Media Release
New map to help safeguard nation’s protected cropping industries
Completed project
National tomato potato psyllid (TPP) program coordinator (MT16018)
Completed project
Digitisation of East Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days (VG19001)
Ongoing project
Management strategy for serpentine leafminer, Liriomyza huidobrensis (MT20005)
Ongoing project
Essential market access data packages (MT14052)
Ongoing project
Across horticulture support for export MRL compliance (MT19006)
Ongoing project
Horticulture trade data (MT19005)
Events
Vegetable Industry Field Day and Summit 2022
Media Release
Leadership Development Scholarships available for women in the Horticulture industry
Media Release
Scientists probe bee recovery after fires
Article
Hort funded grant now open for applications
Media Release
Fishers, farmers and foresters trusted by the community
Ongoing project
iMapPESTS: Sentinel Surveillance for Agriculture (ST16010)
Ongoing project
Generation of data for pesticide applications in horticulture crops 2021 (ST20003, ST20005 and ST20006)
Ongoing project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT20007)
Ongoing project
Vegetable data generation investments (ST16006, ST17000 and MT17012)
Media Release
Aussie horticulture spotlights responsible farming
Completed project
Vegetable business benchmarking (VG17000)
Media Release
Efforts to combat small but ‘ravenous’ worm ramp up
Ongoing project
Co-developing and extending integrated Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) management systems for the Australian vegetable industry (VG20003)
Ongoing project
Nutritional analysis of across horticulture commodities (ST19036)
Completed project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT17019)
Completed project
Sowing success through transformational technologies (VG15021)
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
Completed project
Field and landscape management to support beneficial arthropods for IPM on vegetable farms (VG16062)
Completed project
Podcast for fall armyworm management in Northern farming systems (MT19013)
Media Release
2020 – The year everything about fresh produce consumption changed
Fact sheet
Aphids spreading virus in brassicas and lettuce in the Lockyer Valley fact sheet
Ongoing project
Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar (VG20000)
Ongoing project
Identifying potential parasitoids of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, and the risk to Australian horticulture (MT19015)
Completed project
RD&E program for control, eradication and preparedness for vegetable leafminer (MT16004)
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 and ST20008)
Completed project
Optimising cover cropping for the Australian vegetable industry (VG16068)
Media Release
$15 billion horticulture value in 2019/20 Hort Stats Handbook shows
Completed project
Vegetable agrichemical pest management needs and priorities (VG16060)
Media Release
Helping Aussie kids explore food and its relationship to mood
Fact sheet
Reducing food safety risks from pre-harvest water (for vegetable producers)
Fact sheet
Reducing food safety risks from pre-harvest water (for supply chain managers and regulators)
Fact sheet
Reducing food safety risks from manures (for vegetable producers)
Fact sheet
Using manures to grow vegetables – a guide to reducing risk (for supply chain managers and regulators)
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Strategic Investment Plan

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Vegetable Fund Annual Report

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