Fruit Fly Strategy funding in Victoria: what the budget means for you
June 2, 2021We discuss fruit fly prevention funding with Bronwyn Koll, who will present at the upcoming APAL Forum 2021…
Positioning your blocks for labour efficiencies
June 1, 2021Are changes to your blocks needed to meet your labour and fruit quality objectives and achieve efficiencies? During…
Orchard Business Analysis – update
May 5, 20212019 Orchard Business Analysis and 2020 Forecast Report The Orchard Business Analysis (OBA) and crop forecast, produced annually as…
New-gen rootstocks deliver earlier and more production
Key points Rootstock trial under commercial conditions enables more robust local evaluation First in-orchard scale trial of G202…
Working smarter, not harder
April 28, 2021Attract and retain workers Quality gains outstrip harvest cost savings Simple, accessible, consistent canopies essential Securing labour was…
APAL Forum 2021 – Grow Beyond
Sunday 30 May – Tuesday 1 June 2021 APAL is excited to announce its 2021 Industry Forum will…
Keeping it clean when pruning
Coming to the end of harvest, and starting to think about pruning? Have you considered how you and…
Lessons learnt from Covid-19
The impact the Covid-19 virus has had on the world is unprecedented. The level and type of threat…
Focus Orchards – Labour experiences and thoughts for the future
April 21, 2021Following on from the March Future Orchards orchard walk where Ross Wilson and I focused our presentation on…
Advancing sustainable and tech driven apple orchard systems
April 7, 2021The PIPS3 Program’s Advancing sustainable and technology driven apple orchard production systems (AP19003) project, led by Agriculture Victoria, has…
