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Vegetable Growers Association of Victoria

Mail Box 111,
Melbourne Markets
542 Footscray Rd,
West Melbourne, VIC, 3003

Tel: 03 9687-4707
Fax: 03 9687-4723

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Latest newsletters

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Workplace Safety - Slow Moving Machinery

A recent meeting organized by VGA-Victoria, saw twenty vegetable growers and machinery engineers discuss issues of worker safety,... Go to newsletter.

Levy Investment - Have Your Say !

The Vegetable Industry's Strategic Investment Plan is now available for comment. You are urged to have your say on recommendations... Go to newsletter.

John Runting - VGA Field Officer

VGA Victoria are pleased to announce the appointment of John Runting as our Field Officer for Eastern Victoria. John replaces... Go to newsletter.

Harvest Picnic

VGA Victoria attended the annual Harvest Picnic Day at Werribee Mansion last month to support the marketing team from the Melbourne... Go to newsletter.

Latest Vegetable Industry Development Program

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Weed Control in Brassicas

Effective weed management is an essential requirement for reliably achieving high quality brassica produce. By taking a long term... Read the article now.

Cleaning Spray Tanks

Crop protection products and associated adjuvants can leave sticky oily residues on all internal surfaces of spray equipment.... Read the article now.

Thrips & Tospovirus Resources

Western Flower thrips (WFT) and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) are serious pests of a wide range of vegetables. Western flower... Read the article now.

Managing Chewing Insects

Warm, humid weather and succulent crops provide the perfect environment for damaging insect pests. The attached 4 page fact sheet... Read the article now.

Recent E-News articles

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Green Snail Alert

The declared exotic plant pest Green Snail has been detected in Victoria for the first time, near Cobram in the north of the state.... Read the article now.

Spray Drift Management

Off-target spray drift that can accompany the application of pesticides is a concern that sometimes alarms the community and always... Read the article now.

Tuscan Cabbage

Somerville vegetable grower Darren Pivato grew his first crop of the dark green, leafy vegetable in 2008, and this year is hand-cutting... Read the article now.

Market goes to Epping

The State Government has announced the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market will move from Footscray Road to Epping... Read the article now.

Most recent videos

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04:14 minutes Specialised and skilled roles within the vegetable industry... Go to video.

02:32 minutes Vegetable farming now requires management of the environment,... Go to video.

07:42 minutes Two years on, Peter Schreurs... Go to video.

03:21 minutes Darren Schreurs tells... Go to video.

07:11 minutes Part 2 of the Lettuce IPM... Go to video.

Grower field day demonstrating IPM control of Lettuce Aphid in Fepuary 2006.... Go to video.

02:43 minutes Retired growers encourage Victorian... Go to video.

01:46 minutes Victorian vegetable growers recall... Go to video.

Latest Research and Development PDFs

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Vegetables Viruses

Viruses are a major cause of loss in many Australian vegetable crops. Often the intricate relationships between the virus, host... Read more.

Tobamoviruses

Tobamoviruses—tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) and pepper mild mottle virus (PMMV)—are stable... Read more.

Whitefly & Viruses

The whitefly is an important carrier of viruses which cause enormous economic losses in vegetable, grain and fibre crops worldwide. The... Read more.

Thrips & Viruses

Thrips are minute, slender insects less than two millimetres long and feed on flowers and leaves of plants using piercing and sucking... Read more.

Aphids & Viruses

Aphids are the most common group of insects that transmit plant viruses. All potyviruses are transmitted by aphids. This 4 page... Read more.

Clubroot - Nursery Response

Clubroot is the most serious soilborne disease affecting brassicas world wide and is caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin. ... Read more.

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Bunching Vegetable Handbook

The guide to common diseases & disorders of bunching vegetables (2003, 58 pages) was produced by the R&D levy funded project VG010045. The diseases... Read more...

Events

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2011-11-05 Regional Dinner Dance

We are pleased to announce our 2011 Regional Dinner Dance. Reserve your table and enjoy the fellowship of all vegetable growers, their families,... See event details.

2011-10-14 Annual General Meeting

VGA Victoria Members, have your say ! Annual General Meeting of the Vegetable Growers Association of Victoria Inc. When : Friday, 14th October... See event details.

2011-10-06 Strategic Investment Plan

AUSVEG is holding a final round of Grower Consultation meetings around Australia to validate a draft report on a new Vegetable Industry Strategic Investment... See event details.

2011-09-28 Gippsland Grower Dinner

Growers Invitation You are invited to attend East Gippsland Vegetable Growers Dinner Meeting When: Wednesday 28 September 2011 from 6.30 pm Where: Lindenow... See event details.

VGA magazines...

December 2011

It’s certainly an honour to be President again after 20 years and I’d like to thank everybody sincerely for their encouraging words. During the time I’ve served on the VGA Executive... Go to this VGA magazine.

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