We visit a bustling cherry farm in the Yarra Valley to learn about the hero fruit of summer.
Bunch of red cherries on a tree
Agriculture & Biosecurity
’Til the cows come home, celebrating 50 years of farming at Ellinbank
Australia is one of the most efficient dairy producers in the world. We visit Ellinbank, where dairy research & development has been ticking away over
Global Table 2019.
Victoria sets the Global Table
WATCH THE VIDEO: See the highlights from Global Table 2019, where world leaders from sustainability, agriculture & trade discussed the future of food.
Global Table: World's one-of-a-kind food event comes to Melbourne
Do you work in food or agriculture? Looking to fast-track your business? Global Table can help.
Bee on a flower
Nuts about bees: almond pollination in full swing
This month about 110,000 rented bee hives from across the state, New South Wales and Queensland will head to Victoria to pollinate almond groves.
Group photo of award winning team
United Nations prize for rabbit control in Victoria
A community-led action group established to control rabbits in Victoria has been recognised by the United Nations. What’s the story behind the win?
Cat in a play tube
Cat lounge is now the cat’s whiskers due to funding grant
WATCH THE VIDEO: If you love cats, you’ll want to visit Neko HQ – Maneki Neko Cat Rescue’s (MNCR) cat lounge.
Rosa Crnov smiling, sitting outdoors, green tree in background.
Meet Victoria’s Chief Plant Health Officer
Protecting Victoria’s crop and horticulture industries is all in a day’s work for Dr Rosa Crnov.
Farmers walking on their land
A new resource to help landowners and mineral explorers
A new pilot program allowing for improved negotiation between landowners & mineral explorers has been welcomed in regional Victoria.
Odette Suitor portrait shot in the park
Meet a Victorian woman revolutionising grain storage
Sunbury’s Odette Suitor, a Victorian finalist for the 2019 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Awards, is rethinking shipping containers for grain storage.
Carly Jordan portrait shot with park background
A resettlement model moving migrants to Victoria’s South-West
Carly Jordan is a state finalist in the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award. She has developed a migrant resettlement model to boost regional towns.
Claire Moore portrait shot in the park
The queen bees of Kyneton
Meet Kyneton’s Claire Moore, a Victorian finalist in the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award for her plan to boost the declining bee population.
Close up of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug creature
Looking for the brown marmorated stink bug
WATCH THE VIDEO: Agriculture Victoria Biosecurity Officers are conducting intensive surveillance for the brown marmorated stink bug.
Image description: Farmer using drone over their paddock
Discover the future of farming at evokeAG
If you’re involved in Victoria’s $55.3 billion food and fibre sector, the inaugural evokeAG conference in Melbourne should be on your radar.
Photograph of many honeybees
Bee biosecurity: Protecting our honey and crops from varroa mite
WATCH THE VIDEO: Varroa mite is a parasite infecting honey bee colonies in every major beekeeping region in the world – except Australia.
Tan coloured greyhound
Muzzles off for pet greyhounds
WATCH THE VIDEO: From 1 January 2019 all non-racing greyhounds will be allowed to be muzzle-free in public.
chickens roaming freely in the field
Agriculture Victoria supporting the future of food
VIDEO: Agriculture Victoria recently hosted an international event to discuss intensive animal production and ways to improve environmental outcomes.
Rows of plant phenomics centre safflower
Grains Innovation Park – a world leader in science and innovation
Horsham Grains Innovation Park – The Wimmera’s best kept secret.
