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Groundwater spearheads asparagus grower’s success

10 January 2025 | News
10 January 2025

More than 95 percent of Australia’s asparagus is grown in a small Victorian area called Koo Wee Rup. It’s a big statistic that becomes clearer when you dig a little deeper and learn this former swamp has the ingredients for success: great soil and secure groundwater.

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Meet the boronia grower blazing a trail in Thorpdale

4 October 2024 | News
4 October 2024

Thorpdale in west Gippsland is renowned for producing top-class potatoes. However, engineer turned plant breeder Stephen Reynolds reckons its brown boronia that will really put the region on the map.