Tree knowledge key to meeting climate challenge
July 24, 2019Key points Understand key risk periods in growth cycle Know which intervention gives best tree/profit outcome Manage water…
Hailstorm Heroes wins Marketer of the Year award
July 3, 2019APAL congratulates Hort Innovation’s Olivia Grey for winning the Marketer of the Year award after her role in…
APAL Leads Calls for National Netting Program
May 8, 2019Record temperatures, devastating storms and drought-related pest infestations have prompted the apple and pear industry to call for…
Hailstorm Heroes returns in 2019
March 20, 2019After devastating hailstorms in South Australia late last year, new season fruit has been left dotted with hail marks…
Annual Crop Estimate Impacted by Extreme Weather
March 6, 2019Unprecedented heat and worsening drought conditions in many growing regions has prompted calls for the annual Apple &…
Orchards get sun smart in record heatwave
January 30, 2019With temperatures soaring well above 40 degrees around Australia, the recent heatwave has once again raised the issue…
SA growers count crop losses after hail strikes again
November 27, 2018For the second consecutive year, growers in the South Australian Adelaide Hills have been struck by severe hail…
South Australia wins planning exemption for orchard netting
March 7, 2018South Australian growers will no longer be required to seek local council planning consent for orchard netting after…
South Australia wins planning exemption for orchard netting
South Australian growers will no longer be required to seek local council planning consent for orchard netting after…
Determination to stop hail damage grows netting business
February 21, 2018Wild weather events that can damage crops, such as the hail storms that hit Victorian and South Australian…