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We are pleased to invite you to an exclusive 'Closing Loopholes' Legislative Changes webinar. 📅 Date: Wed, 6 Nov 🕒 Time: 3-4pm AEDT 🎟️ Price: Free, open to all of horticulture Hosted by AUSVEG and presented by the expert Paul Borobokas from Ai Group Workplace Lawyers, this webinar aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the significant amendments to the Fair Work Act that are pertinent to our industry. ✅ Topics Covered: - Definition of employee, - Casual employment, - Labour hire (“same job, same pay”), - Requests for flexible working arrangements, - Right to disconnect, and - Fixed-term contracts. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to enhance your knowledge and ensure your business remains compliant and competitive. A Q&A session will follow, allowing participants to pose their inquiries directly. Secure your spot now by registering below! 👇 https://lnkd.in/gcv3JPrk?

🌱Join us for the inaugural Hort Business Summit in Melbourne in November. The third session of the Summit will focus on the "Changing & Challenging Business Environment." In today's challenging business climate, many growers are juggling a suite of issues including changing industrial relations rules, increasing compliance and regulation, and ongoing threats to migration schemes such as the HILA and PALM. Australian horticulture is also suffering a shortage of skilled and semi-skilled labour, impacted by limited housing and amenities, making it difficult to attract and keep employees in regional areas. This session will look at some of the workforce challenges and dive into effective workforce solutions for horticulture, focusing on strategies to attract and retain employees in regional Australia. Don't miss this opportunity to share insights and discover innovative ways to build our valuable workforce! 💼✨ Link to latest program: https://lnkd.in/geHKixXP Click here to register: https://lnkd.in/gn5ujnNe

The 2024 Reverse Trade Mission, held from 28 May to 4 June, showcased Australia’s vegetable, onion, and melon industries to 40 international delegates from key export markets across the Middle East and Asia Pacific. The event allowed Australian grower-exporters to build connections with international buyers, strengthening trade opportunities while also highlighting Australia’s horticultural production capabilities and innovations. Learn more about the trade mission, including visits to farms in Victoria and Tasmania 👉 https://bit.ly/4hl2c10 The 2024 Reverse Trade Mission was delivered as part of the Multi-Industry Export Program (MT21009), funded through the Hort Innovation Vegetable, Onion and Melon Funds, and contributions from the Australian Government. The 2024 trade mission was also supported by Global Victoria and the Tasmanian Department of State Growth. The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) has also provided substantial assistance to the program. 📸Images courtesy of Brisbane Event Photography #AUSVEG #HortInnovation #TradeMission #Export #VegetableIndustry

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It’s brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) season – do you know how to spot BMSB? This significant plant pest affects many vegetable crops, causing damage and reducing yield and marketability. Find out all you need to know to be prepared, including proper identification and reporting: https://lnkd.in/gq8Ewupu The Farm Biosecurity Program is funded by the Plant Health Levy.

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Did you catch the webinar: “Integrated Pest Management for Fall Armyworm: Experiences from Africa?” 📽️The video replay and webinar highlights are now available online at https://bit.ly/3UfFzky The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Queensland) extension officer Dr Ramesh Puri, hosted the webinar in collaboration with the ICIPE - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Kenya, delivered by the Hort Innovation co-funded fall armyworm extension project. 🐛The webinar was part of a series of project events aimed at bringing the latest fall armyworm research from across the globe to Australian audiences, providing valuable insights into fall armyworm IPM strategies and the push-pull agroecological farming system. The webinar was delivered as part of the Hort Innovation funded project VG22006, 'National Fall Armyworm (FAW) Innovation System for the Australian Vegetable Industry' with strategic levy funding from the Vegetables Fund and support for the Australian Government. #AUSVEG #FallArmyworm #Webinar #IPM #ICIPE #PestManagement

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With the Australian government pushing for net zero emissions by 2050 and customers, retailers, and financial institutions increasingly wanting information on growers’ emissions, the agriculture sector is at the forefront of the climate change narrative, facing pressure to drive down its emissions. At the same time, decarbonisation is often seen as a cost burden that creates a trade-off against economic imperatives that drive productivity, profitability, growth and asset building at a time of significant margin squeeze. The Zero Net Emissions Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre (ZNE-Ag CRC), however, aims to coordinate opportunities to develop, derisk, and scale technologies while growing profitable and sustainable farming businesses. In this episode we speak with Richard Heath, the CEO of ZNE-Ag CRC and a Director of the Grains Research and Development Corporation, who says that horticulture makes up just over 1 percent of the total 17 percent that agriculture contributes to Australia's emissions. Much of what we do in horticulture is already well on the way to Australia’s net-zero goals, and Richard explains that the main goal is improving efficiencies and continually building best practices. Listen wherever you find your podcasts or click here: https://lnkd.in/gzp8q6uN

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