Research and extension
Inducing early cropping in pears
A Northern Victoria Future Orchards® trial by Petar Bursac exploring management options to encourage earlier pear production while…
A Northern Victoria Future Orchards® trial by Petar Bursac exploring management options to encourage earlier pear production while…
A Goulburn Valley trial by Petar Bursac testing whether foliar and fertigated potassium treatments could improve apple red…
In great news for the industry, Hort Innovation has re-funded APAL and AgFirst to continue running the Future Orchards™ program comprising the twice...
Jesse Reader outlines the renewed Future Orchards® Focus Orchard program for 2016, including one Focus Orchard per region,…
At a recent event in Bilpin, NSW, local growers and national researchers got together to discuss how to...
December 2015 Future Orchards® BDG update covering Gala and Cripps Pink productivity, Class 1 packout, upper-quartile benchmarks and…
AgFirst Future Orchards® instructions for measuring tree row volume, trunk cross-sectional area and repeatable orchard photopoints to document…
The 2014/15 season was a very good time for pome fruit across Australia. The positive results were partly...
Australian Fruitgrower article by John Wilton of AgFirst on early thinning, fruit-number targets, branch cross-sectional area, biennial bearing,…
Andrew and Leeanne Scott of Scott Brothers in Tasmania have been doing their fair share of increasing Australia’s...
APAL’s Coregeo business, which manages thePink Lady® brand in the United Kingdom, recently published the results of their 2015Snackisfaction® consumer survey that...
Dean Rainham discusses orchard nutrient balance, testing and block-specific fertiliser decisions designed to support yield, vigour and fruit…
With a relatively small orchard, but a practical and smart approach to expansion; engagement in research trials; business...
By Dean Rainham Good orchard nutrition for intensively managed apple and pear orchards includes understanding the interaction between...
Australian Fruitgrower article by Jesse Reader of AgFirst examining orchard systems, intensification, labour efficiency, fruit quality and technology…