Trial shows good growth from old apple ground treatments
September 9, 2020In 2017 a Future Orchards® trial was set up to assess options for managing apple replant disease (ARD)…
Pruning for vigour management
July 15, 2020Optimising vigour is critical for growing high yields of top-quality fruit. Pruning plays an important role in vigour…
Virtual Winter Walks delivers insights to growers from comfort of their own orchards
July 8, 2020Over the course of the last three weeks, APAL streamed virtual Future Orchards® Winter Orchard Walks live to…
Maximising pollination
May 20, 2020Dr Gordon Brown reviews a paper on the Foraging behaviour of honeybees in apple trees of the Cripps…
My harvest: Joel Brockhoff, Tarrawood South Australia
March 25, 2020APAL talks to growers about how their harvest is shaping up, some of the main issues they’re facing…
Variety Performance is key to profitability
February 5, 2020When it comes to profitability, irrespective of which database you look at, the range in orchard and variety…
Regular mowing reaps yield rewards
January 29, 2020Dr Gordon Brown reviews a long-term Turkish field study under Mediterranean conditions on the impact of different levels of…
What triggers biennial bearing in apples?
December 20, 2019Biennial bearing in apple induces variable yearly yields. Growers usually manage this by removing excess flowers and fruitlets…
Summer State Roundups
December 17, 2019Featured in the upcoming Summer edition of AFG, a representative from each growing state’s peak body recounts the…
Key messages from Spring Future Orchards walks
December 4, 2019Plan ahead. Technology can help to build a uniform orchard, and a uniform orchard will ease integration of…
