Business | Thorndon Park Produce |
Expertise | Growing vegetables! |
Crop Focus | Bunch Line vegetables |
Methods | Intense outdoor horticulture |
Commercial methods and others such as IPM | |
Business | Maisel Ag Pty Ltd (Trading as Rocky Top Farms) |
Expertise | Bachelor of Agribusiness and Applied sciences |
Crop Focus | Pawpaw/Papaya, Limes |
Methods | IPM, pulse irrigation, natural biological control |
and constant pest and dsease monitoring | |
Business | Jackson Agricultural Company |
Expertise | Grower |
Crop Focus | Custard Apples and Macadamias |
Methods | Hybrid of natural sequence farming and |
IPM adapted to horticulture | |
Business | Hearman, Ag Orchard and Nursery |
Expertise | Fruit grower and nurseryman |
Crop Focus | Large tonnage with high packout.Big trees for nursery. |
Methods | Conventional |
Business | Langmaid Harvesting |
Expertise | Horticulture, Contract harvesting (Grain/Seed crop) |
Crop Focus | Vegetables (Cauilflower, Beans, Peas, Potatoes, |
Poppies, Pyrethrum, Cabbage, Parsley, Carrot) | |
Methods | Integrated Pest Management |
Expertise | Corn and beans |
Crop Focus | Tropical Fruits, Vegetable Production |
Methods | Finding alternate inputs to the conventional way. |
Utilising alternate nutritional sources. Improving soils |
Business | Hoff Family Trust |
Expertise | Plant nutrition and fertiliser. Pest and plant health management. |
Crop Focus | Tomatoes, capsicums, eggplant, cucumber, bunch lines |
Methods | IPM/Biodynamic |
Current Focus | Harvesting, planting, pest/disease management and irrigation |
Business | Corrigan Produce Farms |
Expertise | Farming |
Crop Focus | Baby Cos, Celery, Kale, Leeks, Silverbeet, Celeriac, Pak Choy, Onions |
Methods | Integrated Pest Management |
Favourite Beneficial Bug | Lady Bugs - They're cute! |
Business | Redgold Pty Ltd |
Expertise | Co-ordination of cropping |
Crop Focus | Spinach and lettuce |
Methods | Farm with love |
Favourite Beneficial Bug | Lacewing |