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Station Pier  

Keeping pests out of Victoria’s ports

by Agriculture Victoria | 4 Apr 2022

VIDEO: A new surveillance program within the Port of Melbourne and Station Pier is set to provide an early warning for introduced marine pests.

Susie Arambasic  

Embrace the festive spirit: buy local

by Georgina Jerums | 16 Dec 2021

Victorians are supporting small businesses across the state over the festive season and beyond.

Andrew Cox (Photo supplied by MLA)  

Putting Victorian red meat on international tables

by Global Victoria | 9 Dec 2021

Andrew Cox, who heads up international markets at Meat and Livestock Australia, speaks about new markets while managing the impact of the pandemic.

Image of Lindsay Wakefield  

Going up: Moe lift business goes global

by Georgina Jerums | 1 Dec 2021

Moe GP Lindsay Wakefield has morphed into a market-leading manufacturer, selling custom lifts to the US, Japan, South East Asia and the Middle East.

Emma Bamblett and Megan Van Den Berg  

Kinya Lerrk takes Aboriginal Victorians on a sensory journey to Country

by Editor | 16 Nov 2021

With help from a grant from the First Peoples’ Business Support Fund, two artists have repivoted their business to trade through the pandemic.

Kamal Grewal, Manjinder Grewal, Aman Grewal.  

Farming their way - the Grewal family makes history in the Mallee

by Agriculture Victoria | 15 Nov 2021

Twenty years ago, four brothers arrived in Australia from India. Today they head up a major agricultural enterprise in the Victorian Mallee.

Dr Graeme Cook, Victoria’s Chief Vet  

Animal well-being: a chat with Victoria’s Chief Vet, Dr Graeme Cooke

by Georgina Jerums | 4 Nov 2021

In a talent win, the UK’s former Deputy Chief Vet is now our Chief Vet, helping to keep Victoria safe on the animal health and biosecurity frontline.

Person holding a handful of a mix of green and dark olives  

The good oil: Corio’s Cobram Estate Olives pumps up export arm

by Georgina Jerums | 22 Sep 2021

Australia’s largest olive oil producer, headquartered in Corio, is making inroads into Japan, Korea, and the US.

Truck on a construction site on a turntable  

How a Bendigo family engineering business has the world in a spin

by Georgina Jerums | 2 Sep 2021

From a revolving restaurant in Qatar, to a Las Vegas casino bar, to a Tehran telecommunication tower, Australian Turntable Company has gone global.

Drone equipment  

Family business SYPAQ is right at home in Fishermans Bend

by Hayley Ricketson | 19 Aug 2021

David Vicino speaks about family and work as if they’re one and the same – because for his family-owned business, they are.

Collection of blush pears  

Pears that blush are ripe for premium overseas markets

by Agriculture Victoria | 15 Mar 2021

Researchers at Agriculture Victoria’s Tatura SmartFarm discovered how much light is needed by blush pears to produce their red colour.

Bowl of cherries on wooden table  

A fruitful cherry season, in spite of the challenges

by Georgina Jerums | 8 Feb 2021

Koala Cherries did a massive pivot to get cherries to dining tables this summer.

Chau Tran with Bio Colostrum products  

Vitamin business booms for Melbourne Vietnamese migrant

by Georgina Jerums | 5 Feb 2021

Nominated by the Victorian Government for a business migration visa, Chau Tran has launched an export company, working with South Gippsland Dairy.

Close up of microsocopic activity  

Keeping watch for plant pests key for biosecurity

by Georgina Jerums | 7 Dec 2020

Agriculture Victoria scientists are keeping our state’s $3.2 billion agricultural sector safe from plant pests. Here’s how.  

Bunch of red cherries on a tree  

Cherry picking for the export market

by Agriculture Victoria | 19 Dec 2019

We visit a bustling cherry farm in the Yarra Valley to learn about the hero fruit of summer.

Owners of the Holgate brewery  

It’s Woodend’s shout: expanded brewhouse delivers new jobs and tourism

by Editor | 21 Nov 2019

WATCH THE VIDEO: We visited Woodend this week to toast the expansion of Holgate Brewhouse, bringing craft beers and new jobs to the Macedon Ranges.

Global Victoria's In-Conversation Seminar panel.  

State of play: Victoria’s international education sector

by Georgina Jerums | 25 Sep 2019

What does the future hold for our international student sector? We hear from the experts.

Global Table 2019.  

Victoria sets the Global Table

by Editor | 11 Sep 2019

WATCH THE VIDEO: See the highlights from Global Table 2019, where world leaders from sustainability, agriculture & trade discussed the future of food.

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