CEO update Industry i nsider

Event showcases the future of WA fresh produce at WAHU 2025 How to make fruit and veggies yummy yummy for Aussie kids P artnership with The Wiggles 10 Meet the Buyer™ 2025 W hat’s new and emerging in WA International Fresh Produce Safety Symposium IFPSS25 An opportunity to connect and learn 14 Young Horties The future of horticulture is here and growing fast Growing connections : Chi Nguyen visits growers throughout WA VegNET Projects Update 20 OWL Project Update Advancing AI precision weed control

24 How AI could help prevent 600m cases of food poisoning 27 Shade house and retractable roof production system A benefit cost analysis 30 Farm safety review tools 32 Quality assurance furphies 34 Staying ahead of tomato brown rugose fruit virus What WA growers need to know 38 Small actions make a difference Keep your community safe from stable flies

41 Industry update 44 John Michael Partridge (Mick) Fry A local legend 46 Scorecard serves as a tool to assess block profitability 48 South Africa’s orchard innovation L essons from the Cape

53 Industry u pdates 55 Matching market demand T he next generation of citrus

59 Industry u pdates 60 Summerfruit Australia Grower Day 2025 62 Adventures of a WA orchardist

67 Integrating varroa sensitive hygiene W A 70 SA almond pollination crisis 72 Keeping W A m ite-free 76 Industry u pdates 78 Bee legal and local 80 Meet your varroa officers

84 S pring recipes

86 Warrior wellbeing Understanding cholesterol

Cover Sam Licciardello and Nicole Giblett win national award, page 42 .

Photography Victoria Baker