May 10, 2022 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases
The 2021-2031 National Plant Biosecurity Strategy (NPBS) was released in mid-April by Plant Health Australia (PHA), providing a framework to strengthen Australia’s plant biosecurity system over the next decade. The second-generation strategy outlines four focus areas...
May 10, 2022 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) 2017-2021 performance reports for each levy-paying industry have been developed and are available on the Hort Innovation website. The reports review the performance of levy investments against each industry Strategic Investment Plan...
Apr 12, 2022 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business, Research
Key decision-makers from the horticulture, technology, transport and retail sectors gathered in Sydney recently to discuss the levers that need to be pulled for the horticulture industry to be more sustainable now and into the future. Following on from the release of...
Apr 12, 2022 | Australia, Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News
Soil scientist John Barton is well known to many olive growers through his dynamic presentations at the AOA’s National Conference and Healthy Soils Field Days. More recently, the soil and composting guru has tackled a timely topic via a free webinar looking at...
Apr 12, 2022 | Australia, Awards, Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News
The Farm Biosecurity Program, run by Plant Health Australia and Animal Health Australia, is once again supporting a scholarship for a primary producer to study a topic relevant to on-farm biosecurity. Nuffield Australia Farming Scholarships are a unique way for...
Apr 12, 2022 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
A new Hort Innovation-funded pilot program is providing a tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer usage and attitudes and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. The initial phase of MT21201: Consumer usage, attitude...