Understanding irrigation requirements
May 25, 2015More effective and efficient irrigation is required to achieve increasing yield and fruit quality expectations and make best…
Improving labour productivity in orchards
May 24, 2015The Future Orchards® March 2015 orchard walks looked at ways to review the performance of our current season…
Pressing on when nature is against you: a grafting success
April 30, 2015AgFirst’s Jesse Reader explains how grafting was used to successfully rework an orchard in response to the drought…
Improving harvest efficiencies with picking platforms
March 30, 2015AgFirst explores where efficiency gains can be made by using picking platforms that can improve picker productivity and…
Post-harvest orchard management
January 30, 2015After this year’s harvest it’s time to get tree nutrition, pruning and branch training right to ensure next…
Spraying lesson and orchard business analysis
January 27, 2015APAL’s Future Orchards® summer walks held last year featured special guest Dr David Manktelow from freshLearn New Zealand who spoke about…
Orchard trials shape future management strategies
July 30, 2014Over the last two seasons over twenty five trials have been carried out in association with the Future…
Future Orchards winter walks
July 16, 2014Braving the ice and snow, the Future Orchards® team have completed two weeks on the road delivering key learnings…
Overcoming the effects of spring frost
June 23, 2014Steve Spark summarises the tools available to growers to reduce the risk of spring frosts and how to…
Pruning: setting up the tree canopy for future crops
May 27, 2014A good pruning job is one of the best foundations you can lay down to maximise orchard performance….
