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Grape phylloxera strains matter

If you’re in or near a Phylloxera Infested Zone (PIZ), it’s important to understand which phylloxera…

Valuable trunk disease research continues

Eutypa dieback and botryosphaeria dieback are major grapevine trunk diseases that threaten the sustainability of Australian…

Clean those shears!

Thinking of running an interstate pruning competition? Or servicing your pruning shears across the border? Keep…

Research delivery under the microscope

Australia’s biosecurity research framework is undergoing major change as the Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre (PBCRC)…

April 11, 2017January 31, 2018

Make biosecurity a daily activity

Ron Cullen, Chair of the NFF’s Biosecurity Taskforce, is an advocate for change in the way…

I don’t come from a land down under

While you’re up on the harvester this vintage, consider the ideal position you’re in to see…

Initiative working to protect SA growers

A new project called ‘One Biosecurity’ has been launched in SA by PIRSA to strengthen and…

Stop the spread this vintage

Vintage is moving along and it’s a high-risk time for the spread of pests and diseases,…

March 15, 2017March 1, 2018

Sharpening the biosecurity focus

Vinehealth Australia is working with haste and focus to be strategic, proactive and innovative in the…

Education focus: wine tourism

Vinehealth Australia is creating a series of brochures for tourists, tour operators and tour hosts, to…

National review to improve biosecurity

A major review is underway to ensure the national agreement on biosecurity management between states and…

Rootstock trial yielding results

A long-term project is underway in Coonawarra to broaden our understanding of rootstock performance in that…

Make your vineyard record count

Vinehealth Australia is required under the Phylloxera and Grape Industry Act (1995) to maintain a complete and accurate…

Sharing knowledge to drive innovation

Vinehealth Australia’s innovative geofencing pilot project, Boundary Rider, received significant media attention in the months following…

February 9, 2017January 31, 2018

Can you tick these 10 boxes?

Vinehealth Australia has released a vintage biosecurity checklist, outlining a range of best practice actions growers…

February 9, 2017January 29, 2018

Footbath rules updated

Vinehealth Australia has announced an update of the ‘Footwear and small hand tool disinfestation’ protocol, in…

February 9, 2017

New tool to clear up quarantine rules

Ever struggled to negotiate your way through state plant quarantine standards? Vinehealth Australia has started work…

February 9, 2017

Going green

We’re going green at Vinehealth Australia, and moving towards a paperless environment. And as part of…

February 9, 2017

Khapra Beetle: grain pest number one

Meet the world’s most feared grain pest – the Khapra Beetle (Trogoderma granarium), number two on…

February 9, 2017

Support for TDU signs

Australian and international visitors revelled in the entertainment and action during the Tour Down Under cycling…

February 9, 2017

Dr Kevin Powell’s Phylloxera Fast Facts

Adult grape phylloxera are strictly females and reproduce without male fertilisation. Hence it only takes one…

February 9, 2017

Biosecurity innovation: Vineyard Register 2.0

Vinehealth Australia is planning a major new biosecurity IT platform to replace the existing Vineyard Register,…

January 25, 2017February 26, 2018

Call for improved farm-gate hygiene

Vinehealth Australia is calling for grapegrowers to examine and improve their farm-gate hygiene practices in the…

January 12, 2017

Biosecurity ‘rules’ tool on the way

Vinehealth Australia has identified an opportunity to assist state governments to communicate the legal requirements around…

January 12, 2017January 15, 2018

Ben Thomson: Going the extra mile

Meet Ben Thomson, Managing Director of Stressless Harvesting, a contract harvesting business based in Great Western,…

January 12, 2017

Fruit Fly: a priority pest reviewed

Fruit flies are categorised as both exotic and endemic biosecurity threats to Australia and are one…

January 12, 2017

TDU signs offering protection

Vinehealth Australia has thrown its support behind vineyard owners whose properties border the routes of this…

January 12, 2017

Naracoorte Heat Shed upgraded

The Naracoorte Heat Shed was the first purpose-built facility in South Australia for sterilising vineyard machinery…

January 12, 2017August 19, 2021

South Australian vineyard plantings…did you know?

Generated from Vinehealth Australia’s Vineyard Register: We have approximately 76,000 hectares under vine in South Australia…

December 19, 2016

Vintage: risky business

Vintage is a key risk time for pest and disease spread, due to the high movement…