WA Grower Spring 15

Page 1

WA Grower 18

Vol. 50 No 3. Spring 2015

80

52

YOUR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

3

Gascoyne Food Festival 2015

52

From the Chief Executive Officer

4

Southern Forests Food Council's new General Manager

56

APC Vegetable Producers Committee

5

Sustainable agricultural opportunities in Peel-Harvey

57

vegetablesWA President’s Report

6

Gascoyne River aquifer update

66

PGA President’s Report

7

International potato virus expert coming to WA

68

2015–16 Fresh Potatoes Campaign

8

Nicolas Trandos — Lifetime Achievement Award

69

11

Leadership Summit

70

Carnarvon Medfly eradication program

12

Young Grower Development Program

72

Soil moisture monitoring — a selection guide

14

Biosecurity blitz coming soon

18

Accredited soil fumigation training program

22

Potato variety segregation to improve quality

24

Hort ripe for glasshouse revolution

26

Review of stable fly research in Western Australia

28

Hot water immersion

30

YOUR PRODUCTION

Permits TOOL TIME

108 31

Naïo to automate row crop management

32

Drones used in Spanish greenhouses

34

YOUR BUSINESS

73

New era for Small Business in WA

74

Farmers beware the dodgy labour hire company

76

Fraudulent claims and pornographic posties

78

Seasonal Worker Program changes

80

Small Business Matters

86

YOUR MARKET

87

Exporters need to diversify

88

Australian vegetable exports grow

89

China remains top grocery market

90

Disruptive technology coming to agriculture

92

35

New trends research predicts mega opportunities

94

Local greengrocers are winning the fight for flavour

36

The 7 deadly sins of selling and how to avoid them

96

Laurence Spencer Eldridge — Life Membership Award

38

Asian vegetables Fast Facts

98

Collaborative approach to Pilbara irrigation project

40

Gascoyne Food Relaunches at Farmer Jacks

42

Agsafe shortlisted for international stewardship award

44

Water Online is now live

46

WA potato industry prepares for new era

47

Carnarvon — Five months on from Cyclone Olwyn

48

YOUR INDUSTRY

YOUR SELF

99

Reaping the benefits of good sun protection

100

Beetroot & mint potato salad

102

VIETNAMESE TRANSLATIONS

104

WA Grower SPRING 2015

1


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.