Orchard systems Part 2: show me the money

August 2012 | AgFirst | Future Orchards® webinar

This Future Orchards® resource focuses on orchard systems part 2: show me the money. 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.

The economic focus is on whether higher establishment costs are repaid through earlier production, greater marketable yield, improved fruit value or lower ongoing labour costs. It encourages growers to compare systems with cash-flow and return-on-investment measures rather than yield alone.

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.