Protecting Victoria’s crop and horticulture industries is all in a day’s work for Dr Rosa Crnov.
Rosa Crnov smiling, sitting outdoors, green tree in background.
Agriculture & Biosecurity
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 potrait 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.
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.
Carly Jordan potrait 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.
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.
baby goat laying next to his mother goat
Agriculture on show
The Royal Melbourne Show is a beloved Melbourne event. This year Agriculture Victoria are one of the sponsors. We capture some of the highlights.
Two interested people reviwing the Planning and Starting booklet infront of the Small Business Bus
Get your business moving with the Small Business Bus
Could your business do with some free one-on-one advice? Then jump aboard the Small Business Bus.
Charles Milne - Victoria's Chief Veterinary Officer talking in the lab
A chat with…Dr Charles Milne, Victoria’s Chief Veterinary Officer
Dr Charles Milne is the Victorian Government’s chief vet. It’s an important job that has an impact on all Victorians. Find out what is involved.
3 beekeepers in the protective suits looking at the camera
Beekeeper Bill in varroa mite surveillance
Experienced beekeepers like Moe’s Bill Ringin are critical to ongoing surveillance after Victoria’s first ever varroa mite detection.
Farmers walking across the paddocks
Inaugural forum to connect rural women this August
The inaugural Victorian Rural Women’s Forum kicks off this August, mixing mentoring and networking with workshops and wellbeing.
Farmer examining wheat crop with a tablet
Farm focus: $12 million digital agriculture trial underway
A Victorian Government digital agriculture initiative to trial Internet of Things technology is looking to help future-proof Victoria’s farming.
Greenhouse of medicinal cannabis. The farmers in white suits pruning the crop
Victoria set to become the nation’s medicinal cannabis hotspot
A $16 million investment is helping position Victoria as the country’s main hub for medicinal cannabis.
