June 2012 Australian Fruitgrower article on turning pruning principles into consistent field execution through clear rules, block objectives,…
Brad Ashlin’s June 2012 presentation links strategic orchard planning with long-term fruit quality, encouraging growers to work backwards…
Australian Fruitgrower article explaining why pruning is a major determinant of canopy light, vigour, fruiting-wood quality and future…
John Wilton, Ross Wilson and Craig Hornblow connect orchard quality, cost of production, maturity, selective picking, storage risk…
P.P. Subedi and K.B. Walsh explore objective and non-destructive approaches, including near-infrared technology, for measuring internal fruit quality,…
Steven McArtney explains practical PGR use in apples, including carbohydrate-based thinning response, russet, return bloom and pre-harvest drop…
Future Orchards® article on mid- to late-season orchard husbandry, focusing on the management decisions that protect fruit quality…
Future Orchards® webinar showing how regular fruit measurements and OrchardNet® growth curves can be used to benchmark blocks,…
Archived Future Orchards® webinar on using OrchardNet® fruit-sizing curves to compare blocks, identify growth changes and forecast harvest…
AgFirst webinar on integrating maturity monitoring, block priorities, labour planning, picker performance and fruit handling to improve harvest…
A late-season OrchardNet report showing how crop load, ReTain® and growing-season length affected Royal Gala fruit size and…
Future Orchards® invitation outlining the 2012–2014 Business Development Program, OrchardNet participation, block data requirements, fruit-size monitoring and national…
John Wilton explains how DAFB, crop load and block history should be used to interpret OrchardNet fruit-size data,…
AgFirst revisits core orchard-management disciplines and explains why consistent execution of the basics remains central to yield, fruit…
John Wilton explains how optimum crop load, hand thinning, minimum fruit-size targets and weekly OrchardNet® measurements can improve…
