Getting the basics right

January 2012 | AgFirst | Australian Fruitgrower article

This article returns to the core management disciplines that underpin reliable orchard performance. Its focus is not on a single new technology, but on doing the fundamentals consistently and at the correct time.

The Future Orchards® message is that high performance depends on a combination of appropriate crop load, balanced vigour, canopy light, irrigation, nutrition and timely orchard operations. The article is a useful reminder that sophisticated systems cannot compensate for weak execution of these basics.