Posted on August 22, 2022August 19, 2022 Simon Tolley: keeping it clean Simon Tolley is a busy man. As well as running his wine company, cellar door and…
Posted on August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 The latest on trunk diseases We acknowledge the impact of grapevine trunk diseases on the sustainability of vineyards. In our 2021…
Posted on August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Varroa mite: inside the response With Varroa mite estimated to result in losses of more than $70 million per year in…
Posted on August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Qfly outbreak declared in Loxton North D Vinehealth Australia advises that the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA) declared a new Queensland…
Posted on August 22, 2022August 19, 2022 Foot and mouth disease: getting prepared South Australian grapegrowers with mixed farming properties have an important role to play in foot-and-mouth disease…
Posted on August 22, 2022August 19, 2022 Thank you for your support! More than 80% of South Australian vineyard owners have now paid their 2021-22 Notice of Assessments….
Posted on July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Measuring biosecurity risk How do you measure biosecurity risk in the grape and wine industry? That’s a question the…
Posted on July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 SAVIA’s deep roots With roots tracing back to 1942, the South Australia Vine Improvement Association (SAVIA) has been quietly…
Posted on July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Yalumba Nursery tour A tour of Yalumba Nursery in June gave Vinehealth Australia Board members insights into how grafted…
Posted on July 18, 2022July 15, 2022 Industry insights shared At the Vinehealth Australia Board meeting in the Barossa in June, a group of growers, viticulturists…
Posted on July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Soil health number one priority for Barossa Soil health is the number one priority for Barossa’s wine grape growers, with several projects helping…
Posted on July 18, 2022July 20, 2022 Vinehealth Board members confirmed Vinehealth Australia is pleased to advise the appointment of current Board members, Dr Prue McMichael, Mr…
Posted on July 18, 2022July 15, 2022 2022 SA Winegrape Crush Survey released The South Australian winegrape crush was 805,851 tonnes in 2022. This was 14% below the state’s…
Posted on July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Qfly outbreak declared in Renmark South Vinehealth Australia advises that PIRSA declared a new Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) outbreak on 27 June…
Posted on July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Vinehealth levies due Vinehealth Australia levy payments were due on 12 July. Thank you to all vineyard owners who…
Posted on July 18, 2022July 15, 2022 Is your field day a biosecurity risk? The Grains Farm Biosecurity Research Program recently shared an article about managing biosecurity risks during field…
Posted on July 18, 2022July 15, 2022 Khapra beetle risk analysis begins The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has announced the commencement of a pest risk analysis…
Posted on May 23, 2022May 24, 2022 Symposium: science driving action in biosecurity The Plant Biosecurity Research Symposium, held in Adelaide on 11 and 12 May, shared the work…
Posted on May 23, 2022May 24, 2022 TWE: biosecurity is an enabler One of the keynote speakers at the Plant Biosecurity Research Symposium was Ben Harris, Treasury Wine…
Posted on May 23, 2022May 24, 2022 3D X-ray machines a game changer 3D X-ray technology is being deployed to increase the effectiveness of biosecurity screening at the national…
Posted on May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Partnering to improve Xylella detection The quest to develop a rapid and accurate large-scale screening process for Xylella in at-risk crop…
Posted on May 23, 2022May 24, 2022 Incentivising biosecurity A talk from Susie Hester from the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) at…
Posted on May 23, 2022May 24, 2022 Sentinels delivering pest data A suite of high-tech surveillance units known as Sentinels, have been developed by iMapPESTS to incorporate…
Posted on May 23, 2022May 24, 2022 PIRSA declares more fruit fly outbreaks PIRSA has recently declared four additional fruit fly outbreaks in the Riverland since last month –…
Posted on April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 Rootstock Field Day a resounding success A field day was held at the Coonawarra Rootstock Trial site on 5 April 2022 to…
Posted on April 21, 2022April 22, 2022 Understanding soils is key The 2022 Coonawarra Rootstock Trial Field Day has demonstrated there is still much to learn about…
Posted on April 21, 2022April 22, 2022 Rootstock Trial: state of play and future work Since 2009 when the Coonawarra Rootstock Trial was planted, management by Wynns Coonawarra Estate has been…
Posted on April 21, 2022May 25, 2022 A clean and true vision Two new Wine Australia-funded projects will establish a National Grapevine Collection and develop Standards for the…
Posted on April 21, 2022April 22, 2022 New Riverland Qfly outbreaks Since our March e-news update on fruit fly, PIRSA has declared three additional Qfly outbreaks in…
Posted on April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 Johnson grass costly in McLaren Vale When Nick Price noticed a strange weed on his McLaren Vale property, he didn’t think much…