FARMVIEW Videos

Welcome to FARMVIEW, a series of short informative videos featuring the latest horticulture industry information brought to you by DPI’s Horticulture team.

Each week a new video will be added to this site, offering expert agronomic and technical news on DPI activities on topics such as Phylloxera research and protocols, post frost management options, and water allocations and licensing arrangements.

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Videos
EPISODE 1 – How much water do fruit trees need after harvest?
EPISODE 2 - Post-frost management of grape vines
EPISODE 3 – Drought update: understanding water allocations for 2008/09 season
EPISODE 4 - Managing Grapevine Phylloxera
EPISODE 5 - Understanding Smoke Effect on Wine Grape Quality
EPISODE 6 - The Wine Grape Tannin Research Project
EPISODE 7 - The Beef Market in Korea
EPISODE 8 - The Beef Market in Japan
EPISODE 9 - Quick Response Codes

EPISODE 1 – How much water do fruit trees need after harvest? The first episode in the FARMVIEW series, How much water do fruit trees need after harvest?, features Victorian orchardists who are trialling a range of different strategies to reduce irrigation after their fruit has been picked. Working with the Department of Primary Industries in Tatura, these orchardists are investigating the best strategy for irrigating fruit trees after harvest in a series of trials to find a suitable economic and sustainable outcome to post harvest irrigation. This episode outlines the progress of the trials and demonstrates how orchardists and the DPI are working together to combat drought, low water allocations and climate change. Read the full video transcript: How much water do fruit trees need after harvest? (PDF 54Kb)

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EPISODE 2 - Post-frost management of grape vines DPI’s Grape extension team recently finished work on a research project into post-frost management of grapes, in partnership with the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation and the University of Melbourne. The research was followed by a series of seminars (filmed for this episode of FARMVIEW), featuring frost management experts Mike Traught and Sonja Needs, to share the findings on the best management options available to grape growers after frost. Read the full video transcript: Post-frost management of grape vines (PDF 54Kb)

Post-frost management of grape vines Video: 8.6MB, 4mins 48sec We have detected that the browser used to view this content is missing the supported 'Flash plugin'. Once you have installed the 'plugin' found on the Adobe website, please return to this web page by using the back button on your browser. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

EPISODE 3 – Drought update: understanding water allocations for 2008/09 season Murray Darling Basin Commission CEO Wendy Craik and Director of Water Licences and Allocations at DSE, Graeme Turner, explain how the irrigation allocation system is managed, how states and water authorities manage their allocations, and the implications of this for the 2008/09 irrigation season. Read the full video transcript: Drought update: understanding water allocations for 2008/09 season (PDF 56Kb)

Drought update: understanding water allocations for 2008/09 season Video: 6.6MB, 4mins 40sec We have detected that the browser used to view this content is missing the supported 'Flash plugin'. Once you have installed the 'plugin' found on the Adobe website, please return to this web page by using the back button on your browser. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

EPISODE 4 – Managing Grapevine Phylloxera Managing Grapevine Phylloxera" is the last in the first series of FARMVIEW productions. In this episode, FARMVIEW interviews DPI Plant Standards Officer Greg King in regards to Phylloxera protocols, compliance and rezoning projects within the state of Victoria. We also speak with Dr Kevin Powell, who leads the research into Phylloxera with the DPI, with his latest research specifically focusing on rootstock management and early detection diagnosis of Phylloxera. Under the Future Farming Strategy, the DPI have announced funding of $3million over four years for a targeted program to improve biosecurity and market access for a number of Victoria's grape growing regions that currently have an unknown phylloxera status Read the full video transcript: Managing Grapevine Phylloxera (PDF 53Kb)

Managing Grapevine Phylloxera Video: 12.0MB, 5mins 17sec We have detected that the browser used to view this content is missing the supported 'Flash plugin'. Once you have installed the 'plugin' found on the Adobe website, please return to this web page by using the back button on your browser. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

EPISODE 5 – Understanding Smoke Effect on Wine Grape Quality Smoke from bushfires and controlled burns can have a significant impact on wine quality. Understanding the potential impacts of predicted changes in climate and the likelihood of bushfire events and the associated impact on the Australian grape and wine industry's quality and production has become a priority research focus for the Australian wine industry. In this episode of FARMVIEW, we look at the collaborative research that is being undertaken across Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia to provide up to date information to grape growers, wineries and natural resource managers to mitigate the negative effects of bushfire and controlled burn smoke on grape and wine quality. Read the full video transcript: Understanding Smoke Effect on Wine Grape Quality (PDF 59KB)

Understanding Smoke Effect on Wine Grape Quality Video: 12.3MB, 5mins 49sec We have detected that the browser used to view this content is missing the supported 'Flash plugin'. Once you have installed the 'plugin' found on the Adobe website, please return to this web page by using the back button on your browser. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

EPISODE 6 – Wine Grape Tannin Research Project Tannin is one of a number of compounds that contributes to the sensory characteristics of wine including mouth feel and astringency in wine. Studies have shown that being able to quantify and predict compounds such as anthocyanin content and tannin composition prior to harvest may develop an understanding of how this translates into the completed wine and its final quality. Episode 6 of the Farmview series showcase's The Wine Grape Tannin Research Project. An industry funded project that is being undertaken by Mark Downey and his team at DPI Mildura that aims to develop robust methods of measuring tannins pre harvest and to investigate the viticultural, environmental and varietal factors that affect tannin content and composition in Australia’s premium wine grape varieties. Industry involvement in the research is important to the outcomes of understanding the effect of tannin variability in wine grapes. For further information about the wine grape tannin project, please contact Mark Downey mark.downey@dpi.vic.gov.au Read the full video transcript: Wine Grape Tannin Research Project (Word 127KB)

Wine Grape Tannin Research Project Video: 18.1MB, 8mins 35sec We have detected that the browser used to view this content is missing the supported 'Flash plugin'. Once you have installed the 'plugin' found on the Adobe website, please return to this web page by using the back button on your browser. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

EPISODE 7 – The Beef Market in Korea This FARMVIEW video provides an update on the market for Australian beef in Korea, competition, trends and key issues that could impact on future beef sales. FARMVIEW recently caught up with Glen Feist, Regional Manager for Meat and Livestock Australia at Korea’s to discuss these issues. For more information, please contact: Ross Clarke Manager Japan, Korea & Russia Agribusiness, Department of Primary Industries ross.clarke@dpi.vic.gov.au Read the full video transcript: The Beef Market in Korea

The Beef Market in Korea Video: 11.8MB, 5mins 36sec We have detected that the browser used to view this content is missing the supported 'Flash plugin'. Once you have installed the 'plugin' found on the Adobe website, please return to this web page by using the back button on your browser. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

EPISODE 8 – The Beef Market in Japan This FARMVIEW video looks at the beef market in Japan, trends and key issues that could impact on future beef sales including: product traceability & safety, health & nutrition, carbon footprints & labelling, MSA grading and production systems. For more information, please contact: Ross Clarke Manager Japan, Korea & Russia Agribusiness, Department of Primary Industries ross.clarke@dpi.vic.gov.au Read the full video transcript: The Beef Market in Japan

The Beef Market in Japan Video: 19.8MB, 9mins 44sec We have detected that the browser used to view this content is missing the supported 'Flash plugin'. Once you have installed the 'plugin' found on the Adobe website, please return to this web page by using the back button on your browser. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

EPISODE 9 – Quick Reponse Codes This FARMVIEW video looks at how Meat and Livestock Australia are using QR Codes to help boost Australia’s meat exports in Japan and how Webster Fresh from Tasmania is using them to link Japanese consumers with farmers in Tasmania. For more information, please contact: Ross Clarke Manager Japan, Korea & Russia Agribusiness, Department of Primary Industries ross.clarke@dpi.vic.gov.au Read the full video transcript: Quick Response Codes

Quick Response Codes Video: 8.8MB, 4mins 23sec We have detected that the browser used to view this content is missing the supported 'Flash plugin'. Once you have installed the 'plugin' found on the Adobe website, please return to this web page by using the back button on your browser. http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer