WA Grower Magazine Summer 2020

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YOUR INDUSTRY

New quad bike s n o i t a l u reg

BY MAREE GOOCH EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SAFE FARMS WA

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uad bikes or also known as ATV’s are an easy and common use of transport for all farmers and operators and have long been a consistent issue with regards to safety.

3 IN the first six months of 2020, 14 people, including three children, have died in quad bike-related accidents in Australia.

Quad Bike Safety Standard took effect on October 11, 2020.

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Blockchain traceability

3min
pages 110-111

Export Facilitators Project update

9min
pages 112-115

New dispute resolution service

2min
pages 104-105

VegNET WA Strategy

3min
pages 102-103

Managing and preventing heat stress

3min
pages 100-101

Managing your overheads

5min
pages 98-99

Do you need a business plan?

5min
pages 94-95

Grower profile: Sebastian Fiolo

3min
pages 92-93

Good Choice Campaign

2min
page 89

Summerfruit Annual Report

3min
pages 90-91

From the Chair

2min
page 82

Afourer canopy management

2min
pages 86-87

Apple pests and export markets

2min
pages 80-81

Promotional activities

3min
pages 78-79

Fair pay — let’s get it right

3min
pages 76-77

Annual Grower Dinner Meetings

1min
page 73

Grilled Kipfler potato salad

2min
pages 68-69

Strategic Plan 2021–25

3min
page 72

SmartSpud™ testing underway

1min
page 63

Grower profile: Julian Ackley

8min
pages 64-66

Executive Officer’s Report

3min
page 62

VegNET RDO Summer Update

9min
pages 58-61

Freshcare Releases FSQ4.2

2min
page 54

GFSI 2020 and food safety?

3min
pages 56-57

Precision ag in vegetables

3min
page 51

Changes to minimum wages

2min
page 47

Industrial manslaughter in WA

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page 50

Gingin water supply tightens

6min
pages 44-46

New quad bike regulations

4min
pages 48-49

Horticulture mandatory training

2min
pages 42-43

Resilience retained

3min
pages 40-41

Fall armyworm detected near Gingin

4min
pages 20-23

Soil biology and weed management

5min
pages 12-15

Hygiene practices

5min
pages 28-30

Reducing food safety risks

7min
pages 24-27

Queensland fruit fly response

4min
pages 10-11

European wasp program success

11min
pages 16-19

vegetablesWA President’s Report

7min
pages 7-9

vegetablesWA CEO’s Report

2min
page 6
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