Apples naturally develop a coat of wax when they are growing to help protect the fruit and to...
February 2016 Future Orchards® BDG newsletter by Ross Wilson covering 384 monitored blocks, DAFB fruit-size comparisons, bloom timing…
By John Wilton Just before harvest is a great time to assess the performance of your orchard management...
ust before harvest is a great time to assess the performance of your orchard management strategy, so there...
John Wilton provides a practical pre-harvest checklist covering canopy density, crop uniformity, tree vigour, support structures, maturity, fruit…
Future Orchards® Business Development Group newsletter from January 2016, retained as part of the historical orchard benchmarking and…
Southern Victorian demonstration trial comparing Wuxal Ca, calcium chloride (STOPIT) and an untreated control in Golden Delicious to…
A Queensland Future Orchards® trial testing GA3 rate, wetter and application frequency as tools to enhance vegetative growth…
Craig Hornblow and Jonathan Brookes of AgFirst examine harvest labour, picker productivity, workflow and orchard design choices that…
AgFirst presentation on managing harvest labour through better orchard design, work flow, supervision, picker productivity and mechanisation.
Craig Hornblow of AgFirst shares practical ideas for improving orchard harvest efficiency through work flow, canopy access, fruit…
Orange and Batlow trial comparing Pink Lady leaf nutrition results with fruit-quality attributes in blocks known to differ…
Sophie Folder’s Tasmanian project explores pedestrian and multi-leader apple tree systems as options for simpler canopies and improved…
This Southern Victoria Future Orchards® trial by Angus Crawford and Petar Bursac compares foliar, soil-drench and combined approaches…
Future Orchards® video wrap from summer 2016, providing a concise program update and a visual snapshot of orchard…
