5-7 March 2019, the HIN, represented by 12 industry organisations, attended a study tour of Sunraysia.  The tour included visits to major fruit, vegetable & nut production companies, major packhouses, and a major transport and logistics hub. The HIN met with researchers from Agriculture Victoria with presentations on research in Nuts and wine including site visit to the research at Irymple (Mildura).

Wakefield Transport

Mildura Fruit Company

Agriculture Victoria dried fruit vineyard - Sunmuscats drying on vine

Sun World demonstration site

Fruitmaster table grape business

Boundary Bend Olives

Redgold Vegetables - lettuce & baby leaf

Temperate nut research orchard – Agriculture Victoria

Olam Orchards Australia

Peter Ebner - Lower Murray Water

Deidre Jaensch, Sunraysia Regional Coordinator Fruit Fly

Dianne Fullelove, Australian Melon Association

Horticulture Industry Network members on tour