Ag Visa extended to Indonesia to entice more foreign workers

Landmark talks are underway for Indonesia to become a participating country in the Australian Agricultural Worker Visa. This is a major step forward to relieve the workforce pressures that Australian farmers and our agricultural industries are currently facing. This is history in the making and growers can be very proud that Indonesia would like to […]

Australia and Vietnam accelerate agricultural technologies to unlock sustainable growth

At a farm in Da Lat, Vietnam, a woman gently picks plump red strawberries from rows of carefully staked, vertical farming pods, designed by Australian agribusiness, Orlar. Using cutting edge innovation and technology, the vertical farms emit zero greenhouse gases, are 100% water efficient and use significantly less energy than traditional hydroponics. They use an […]

Ag Visa will allow workers to enter from 10 countries across South east Asia

AUSVEG, the peak industry body for the Australian vegetable industry, has welcomed the announcement that the Federal Government will make a new agriculture work visa available to all 10 countries across South-East Asia. The new visa would provide a wider pool of workers available to Australian agriculture from the UK and the ten ASEAN countries […]