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Growth

Creating a better future for Australian apple and pear growers,
through industry leadership and commercial advancement.

Grower

Premium quality fruit starts on orchard and is optimized in the pack house.

Grower

Exporter

Leveraging Australia’s competitive advantage and growing export market options.

Exporter

Consumer

Healthy and delicious, local apples and pears are still Aussie families’ favourite fruit.

Consumer

Programs

From actionable R&D to insightful market intelligence, we are driving aligned, long-term transformation of the apple and pear industry

Future Orchards®

Cutting edge R&D to increase your orchard’s competitiveness

Future Business

People. Processes. Systems. Unlocking the next wave of value.

Variety Commercialisation

Bringing new varieties to global markets

Export Readiness & Market Access

Equipping industry to leverage export opportunities.

Industry Data

Improving decision making on orchard and in the pack house.

Industry Advocacy

Championing horticulture and amplifying growers’ voices.

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News & Resources

Our global network of technical advisors, experienced growers and commercial experts will keep you up-to-date with news and leading edge insights.

Research & Extension

PIPS 3: Advancing sustainable and technology driven apple orchard production systems

Hort Innovation has kicked off the third Apple and Pear industry Productivity, Irrigation, Pests and Soils (PIPS3) program….

Industry Advocacy

National Netting Program – What you need to know

Get your cost estimates ready early – that’s the advice from South Australia, which was first cab off…

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Industry Best Practice

New worker guidelines for Victorian orchards

Growers and labour hire companies need to have clear processes for monitoring and protecting casual workers as part of…

Industry Best Practice

Collective data drives gains by comparison

As APAL kicks off a new business analysis project, Future Business looks at two examples of how data…

News

Bushfire grants now accessible to NSW and South Australian Growers

Those impacted by last summer’s devastating bushfires can now apply to the $31 million grants program to help…

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Events

Connect with fellow growers, exporters, pack house managers and researchers at horticultural events across Australia.

November 12

APAL Annual General Meeting 2020

All APAL members are invited to attend APAL’s 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) commencing at 1:30 pm on Thursday 12…