Meet the Researcher, Dr Sachin Chavan, Western Sydney University Dr Sachin Chavan, what is your background in crop research? My research has been focused on …
POLLINATION STRATEGIES For Protected Cropping
By SUNAYANA SAJITH PhD Candidate, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University. Reviewed by PROFESSOR JAMES COOK and ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ROBERT SPOONER-HART About The …
What Time Should I Start and Stop Irrigation?
By STEFAN VOGRINIC, Greenhouse Consultant, Grower2Grower My favourite subject! “What time should I start and stop my irrigation?” This is the question I am asked …
Changing Landscape For Reliable Seasonal Labour
The Australian Government’s Seasonal Worker Programme. Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade. Hiring a reliable seasonal workforce through the Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) has captured …
Innovation, Disruptive Technologies & Sustainable Urban Deltas
Meiny Prins: Key Points For a Beautiful World & Future Disruptive technologies – to move ahead and find true success we need to create more …
Growers Innovation Day – Chisholm TAFE, Melbourne Report
By TONY BUNDOCK, PCA Deputy Chair Protected Cropping Australia and the Hydroponic Farmers Federation (HFF), recently partnered with Chisholm Institute of TAFE, De Ruiter Seeds …
PCA Greenhouse Growers’ Regional Tour – Western Sydney Report
Protected Cropping Australia has again put on a successful grower day in the Western Sydney region of New South Wales. Sixty PCA members came from …
Biomass Energy Plant Completed for Van Wyk Flowers
This project came about due to an unexpected increase in gas price. Almost overnight Van Wyk Flowers (VWF) were faced with more than a doubling …
PCA Greenhouse Growers’ Regional Tour Woolgoolga, NSW Mid-North Coast
PCA has gone back to grass roots, reconnecting growers, getting them networking and sharing knowledge and ideas, providing platforms for learning and training to up-skill …
Training For the Protected Cropping Industry
By MICHELLE SMITH, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) When the opportunity to develop and deliver a targeted education pathway for the …