WA Grower Magazine Spring 2020

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YOUR PRODUCTION

Improving water and fertiliser use efficiency Swan Coastal Plain BY VO THE TRUYEN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, VEGETABLESWA

3 UNIFORMITY assessment on water distribution in a vegetables field in North Perth in 2019 by DPIRD.

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he main vegetable production region in Western Australia is the South West, including the Swan Coastal Plain from Gingin (100km north of Perth) to Myalup (100km south of Perth). Within this area, about 67 per cent of the total value1 of the State’s vegetables are produced.

There are opportunities for vegetables growers to improve their profitability.

1 3-years report on benchmarking of WA vegetables production business efficiency

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Patterns of Success

8min
pages 110-113

Teaching kids about agriculture

7min
pages 106-109

Communicating with webinars

3min
pages 102-103

Crisis management seminar

2min
page 101

Transmission of COVID-19

2min
page 100

Labour short market

5min
pages 97-99

Staff and visitor biosecurity

5min
pages 90-91

Lifelong learning

4min
pages 92-93

Looking for labour

2min
pages 88-89

Assistance for WA growers

5min
pages 94-95

Loans to help your business

2min
page 96

Grower profile Robert Giumelli

3min
pages 86-87

Horticulture Liaison Officer

2min
page 85

T. pyri for European red mite control

3min
pages 76-78

Powdery scab in potatoes

9min
pages 64-67

Predicting lenticel damage

7min
pages 71-73

Collins Bros Orchard

5min
pages 74-75

Chair’s chat

3min
page 70

Patane Produce

5min
pages 62-63

Buy West Eat Best Campaign

2min
pages 60-61

Social media snapshot

1min
page 59

Fair Farms Certification

2min
page 51

Executive Officer’s Report

3min
page 58

Requesting an audit

3min
pages 52-53

Horticulture Career Pathways

4min
pages 54-55

VegNET RDO Update

4min
pages 56-57

Queensland fruit fly eradication

7min
pages 48-50

Buy local message

4min
pages 46-47

Frankie Galati

4min
pages 44-45

Online training and tools

2min
pages 42-43

Virus diseases of capsicums

8min
pages 28-31

Postharvest disease management

4min
pages 26-27

Soil mapping

11min
pages 32-39

Innovative bacteria treatment

3min
pages 40-41

Native flies as pollinators

4min
pages 24-25

Western Australian research on TPP

4min
pages 22-23

Spring is the time for travel bugs

2min
page 21

Water and fertiliser use efficiency

7min
pages 18-20

Precision systems technology

4min
pages 10-11

Precision ag pays off

4min
pages 12-13

vegetablesWA CEO’s Report

2min
page 6

Management of six-spotted mite

5min
pages 16-17

Carnarvon sweet corn trial

3min
pages 14-15

vegetablesWA President’s Report

5min
pages 7-9
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