Focus Orchard and trial update: Northern Victoria and Queensland

June 2018 | Ross Wilson, AgFirst, and Stephen Tancred, Orchard Services | Future Orchards® regional update

This June 2018 update reports on the Northern Victoria and Queensland Focus Orchards and the associated regional trials. The document sits within the 2018–2021 Focus Orchard update series, which used commercial orchards to demonstrate management, collect block information and test locally relevant ideas.

The update brings together observations from the Focus Orchard blocks with trial work and adviser interpretation. It reflects the program’s emphasis on measuring performance, discussing management decisions with growers and using small applied trials to address regional production constraints.

For growers and advisers, the resource provides a snapshot of the issues being worked on in the two regions in mid-2018 and illustrates how the Focus Orchard model connected local experimentation with broader industry extension.