Nutrition optimisation for quality fruit production – setting and achieving targets

November 2023 | Ross Wilson and Craig Hornblow, AgFirst | Future Orchards® presentation

This Future Orchards® resource focuses on nutrition optimisation for quality fruit production – setting and achieving targets. It brings the subject into a practical orchard-management context, with attention to measurable production, fruit-quality and business outcomes rather than treating the topic as an isolated technical exercise.

AgFirst presentation on setting production and fruit-quality targets, measuring orchard status and using nutrition as part of an integrated management program. The material is intended to help growers compare current block performance with clear targets and decide which management changes are justified by evidence from the orchard.

For growers, the resource is most useful as a decision-support reference: combine the technical principles with local block data, site conditions, labour constraints and market requirements, then monitor whether the chosen strategy improves consistency and profitability over time.