Year-round quality management begins after harvest
April 8, 2016AgFirst’s John Wilton explains how growing high quality fruit needs a whole-of-year focus because the production year begins…
Pre-harvest orchard performance appraisal
January 29, 2016By John Wilton Just before harvest is a great time to assess the performance of your orchard management…
Pre-harvest orchard performance appraisal
ust before harvest is a great time to assess the performance of your orchard management strategy, so there…
Introducing the new Focus Orchards
December 14, 2015In great news for the industry, Hort Innovation has re-funded APAL and AgFirst to continue running the Future Orchards™ program comprising the twice…
Sharing ideas to climate change-proof orchards
December 4, 2015At a recent event in Bilpin, NSW, local growers and national researchers got together to discuss how to…
Lightbulb moments make for orchard innovations
August 31, 2015For the few that missed it, a wave of momentum was seen in the industry during the most…
The Australian orchard of the future
At the 2015 National Horticulture Convention, Jesse Reader convened a panel discussion titled ‘Tripling orchard profitability by 2030,…
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…
Multi-leader trees and mechanical pruning in Europe
February 25, 2015As part of APAL’s Future Orchards® program, Ulf Kerer shares a suite of the latest orchard management, tree…
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…
