A Victorian organic vegetable grower believes his pesticide-free paddocks can go toe-to-toe with the biggest commercial growers and achieve even greater yields.

Gippsland grower Kane Busch says by using rotational crops and carefully monitoring soil health, his family's farm in the state's south east, has grown to supply organic vegetables throughout local supermarkets and into the booming Asian marketplace. Listen Duration: 4 minutes 35 seconds 4 m 35 s Listen Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Young Farmer of the Year finalist Kane Busch says organic vegetable business is booming ( Jeremy Story Carter ) Download 1.1 MB

"We'll be seeing volumes very, very similar if not more than the conventional growers," said Mr Busch.

"We reckon we're getting as good yields as anyone around here."

Situated in the rich vegetable growing region of Lindenow, the Busch organic farm grows parsnips, sweet corns, beans and other vegetables throughout the year.

Sharing fences with some of the country's largest commercial vegetable growers might pose a threat to their organic status, but Kane Busch say it is a threat they can manage.

"We just have to monitor what everyone is doing," he said.

"We think we have some good relationships in place, but in saying that, we need to continue to monitor what is going on around the place to ensure our survival."

In spite of recent high-profile frictions between organic and non-organic farmers, Mr Busch says his neighbouring growers are accepting of his production practices.

"Most of them are pretty receptive to what we're doing," he said.

"When they look over the fence, there might be a few weeds hanging around, but the crops that are coming off and going out the gate are a reflection of the success that we have."

That success has now seen the business tap into the much-hyped Asian marketplace, where Mr Busch suggests organics are currently experiencing a similar growth in popularity to that witnessed in Australia. Organic vegetable farmer Kane Busch inspects a rotational crop of barley. ( Jeremy Story Carter )

His efforts in taking the family business forward have seen him recognised as an Australia Farmer of the Year finalist in the Young Farmer of the Year category.

Having been secretly nominated for the awards by his mother-in-law, Mr Busch says it's immensely satisfying, albeit somewhat surprising, to be acknowledged in such a way.

"It is a great honour to get a bit of recognition for all the hard work you put in," he said.

"In amongst all the dirty hands and muddy feet, it's nice to see this sort of thing come from it."

Category winners and the overall Australian Farmer of the Year will be announced at a gala dinner in Melbourne on Wednesday September 10.

You can find a full list of finalists here.