Leafy Field days 2025

We we're pleased to welcome growers, industry partners, hospitality teams and meet some friendly new faces.

The varieties on show were specially selected for outdoor production throughout Victoria, demonstrating Improvements in:

• Yield potential
• Disease resistance
• Agronomic stability, and
• Post-harvest quality.

Highlights from the field days included

Crunchy Cos
The best of cos and iceberg combined, crunchy cos leaves are exciting for growers, retailers, food service and consumers. A versatile product in a range of sizes, it can be sold as whole heads for single sleeves, twin or triple packs, or as processed leaves. It's suitable for mechanical harvest, has a great shelf life, and has exciting food service applications. Explore crunchy cos.

Iceberg with less pinking when cut
Fresh produce retailers can provide their customers with Iceberg lettuce varieties year-round with the naturally occurring Knox trait. Knox slows the pinking and browning of the unused portions stored in the fridge. This means more consumer value, thanks to less waste in the home and improved shelf-life. Find our Iceberg varieties with the added value of the Knox trait.

Burger leaf
Burger leaf is a brand new suite of lettuce that have been specifically bred for the food service sector. Flat leaves with brilliant frilled edges, and a robust structure that holds up to heat means a leaf that is perfect on burgers and sandwiches. Flip the perfect burger.

Wide range of one-cut-ready Salanova
With just one cut at the base, a Salanova lettuce leaves you incredible yields of bite-sized, but mature leaves. We have a huge range of leaf types, incised, corals, crisp, frisee, butter, oak and more - to create amazing salad mixes with volume, taste, colour and texture, while being incredibly low waste, and easy to harvest. Take a look at the huge range.