Effective Integrated Weed Management - Case Study: Managing weed seed banks through stale seed beds and inter-row cultivation: Schreurs & Sons, Clyde, Victoria

Abstract

The Schreurs family have been growing vegetables in the Cranbourne district, approximately 50 km south-east of Melbourne, since the 1950s. Originally renowned for introducing Dutch carrots into the Australian market, Schreurs & Sons has now diversified into growing a variety of vegetable crops. Today, Schreurs & Sons own five farms in the outer Melbourne suburbs of Clyde and Devon Meadows, totalling approximately 550 hectares. Across these farms, approximately 400 hectares are dedicated to vegetable production. The business employs about 180 staff, rotating across the five farm sites depending on need for ground preparation, planting and sowing, crop management, and harvest activities.