Future Orchards® June 2022 Orchard Walks – It’s a wrap!
July 6, 2022The Future Orchards® Winter Series Orchard Walks wound up in Tasmania and Southern Victoria last week. Here, we…
Effects of crop load on fruit quality in ‘Rosy Glow’ apples
February 15, 2022This article originally appeared in the Summer 2021 edition of AFG, available online here. Higher crop loads have an…
Goulburn Valley and Southern Vic seasonal update and ACOGs
December 13, 2021Season to date Rainfall across Victoria has been well above median values to date which saw delays for…
Future Orchards Active Community Orchard Groups
December 7, 2021Author: Sarah de Bruin, AgFirst Consultants As part of APAL’s Future Orchards® program, Active Community Orchard Groups (ACOG)…
Agrivoltaics: dual-purpose panels both protect and pay
November 24, 2021This article originally appeared in the Spring 2021 edition of AFG, available online here. Damaging afternoon sun is…
PIPS3 update: Advancing sustainable and technology driven apple orchard production systems (AP19003)
November 2, 2021The PIPS3 Program’s Advancing sustainable and technology driven apple orchard production systems (AP19003) project presents on the initial findings of…
Crop load management resources
Crop load management is one of the most important strategies to achieve optimum fruit size, yield and quality,…
Farming by numbers: metrics that matter
September 8, 2021Jack Wilson, AgFirst Horticultural Consultant Measuring and using orchard data to drive decision-making delivers decisions that are more…
Does orchard netting affect insect visitation to apple flowers in Stanthorpe, Queensland?
August 10, 2021Jeremy Jones, Stephen Tancred, Charlie Bailey, Karen Bezerra da Silva Santos, Erandi Subasinghe and Romina Rader This article…
Future Orchards® – WA Demonstration Trial results
April 28, 2021Future Orchards WA Front Line Adviser Susie Murphy-White recently completed two demonstration trials. Susie’s bud dissection trial sampled…
