News – Page 25 of 27 – Vinehealth Australia

August 16, 2017

#VinehealthToughQuestions

We’re serious about biosecurity and we hope you are too. To put that to the test,…

August 16, 2017

No bliss for grapegrowers

Microsoft users – this one’s for you. Remember that Windows background of the lush green rolling…

August 16, 2017

Mystery vine death prompts testing

When a South Australian grower noticed two vines dying in his four-acre vineyard, he was concerned…

August 16, 2017

Biosecurity plans now mandatory for livestock

Australia’s livestock industry has recently recognised the importance of on-farm biosecurity. From 1 October, each livestock…

August 16, 2017

Panama TR4 back in far north QLD

Further to the case study in our June 2017 e-news showing the response of Howe Farms…

Phylloxera in Australia: correcting the facts

Unfortunately, an article from the June edition of the Australian and New Zealand Grapegrower and Winemaker…

July 6, 2017January 31, 2018

Introducing Jo!

We’re thrilled to introduce our new Office Manager, Jo Bainbridge. An Adelaide Hills local, Jo has…

A year of progress

We’re putting the finishing touches on our 2016/17 Annual Report, which shares the key achievements of…

Planning for success

We’re also thrilled to share with you our refreshed Strategic Plan. This Vinehealth Australia Strategic Plan:…

The new Vineyard Register

Vinehealth Australia is working on a new Digital Biosecurity Platform to replace its existing Vineyard Register….

Dr Mark Sosnowski

Top tips for healthy pruning

Dr Mark Sosnowski – AKA the trunk disease guru – is the man behind Eutypa disease…

Yarra region mapped

The entire Yarra Valley GI has been digitally mapped by Vinehealth Australia, as part of the…

Positive future for geofencing

Vinehealth Australia’s Boundary Rider pilot project has demonstrated the power of geofencing as a concept to…

Snip dip pic

We love a catchy headline almost as much as we love hearing about what you’re doing…

Who’s in your shoe?

A dead black-spined toad was found in the shoe of a traveller returning from Indonesia at…

New alerts for vital info

In May, Vinehealth Australia created a communication initiative for critical news. These Biosecurity Alerts are email…

Monster of the week: Xylella

Vinehealth Australia Technical Manager Suzanne McLoughlin and James Hook, McLaren Vale Agronomist and Grapegrower, attended the…

60 seconds for safe shoes

Recent studies have shown that a 60 second treatment is required to demonstrate 100% mortality across…

Important update: levy payments

Notices of Assessment for the annual levies payable under the Phylloxera and Grape Industry Act 1995…

Biosecurity in action: Howe Farms

Howe Farms is the largest employer on the Atherton Tablelands in Queensland, with 420 employees assisting…

New team for biosecurity responses

From July, a new initiative called the National Biosecurity Response Team (NBRT) will provide a national…

Mapping moments in time

Key to many Vinehealth Australia activities is geographically-referenced data, which allows us to interpret data for…

Plant health conference

Vinehealth Australia is looking forward to the 2017 Science Protecting Plant Health Conference to be held…

New phylloxera detections in Maroondah PIZ

The boundary of the Maroondah Phylloxera Infested Zone (PIZ) in Victoria has been extended once again,…

Getting to know us

To help you understand more about who we are and the activities we undertake, we have…

Vineyard Register assists with burns planning

Vinehealth’s Vineyard Register proved invaluable in April to inform decision making about proposed burns in the…

May 11, 2017January 31, 2018

New Zealand’s unlikely biosecurity heroes

Last month, three cleaners from separate hotels in New Zealand spotted the exotic brown marmorated stink…

Clean those shears!

Thinking of running a pruning competition? Or servicing your pruning shears across the border? Keep best…

Progress with Project Boundary Rider

In December last year, Vinehealth Australia launched an innovative biosecurity initiative with 30 vineyard owners across…

Sniffing out the enemy

Rutherglen-based Agriculture Victoria phylloxera scientist Dr Kevin Powell has launched a novel pilot research project looking…