Meet the 2024 APAL Awards for Excellence recipients
July 10, 2024‘One of a kind’ innovative grower is Lifetime Achiever Lifetime Achievement Award – Kevin Sanders A fascination with…
Growing Australia’s apple export trade to China
May 22, 2024Australia has a competitive advantage when it comes to exporting apples to China, given consumer preferences and the…
Quality is up, pear volumes are down and club varieties continue to rise in 2024
May 15, 2024The near-complete APAL Orchard Census has played a key role in this year’s industry crop estimate which is…
Aussie apples elevate in international markets
May 8, 2024Australia’s apple export market has experienced a significant upsurge in the 2023 financial year, with strategic marketing initiatives…
PIPS 4 Profit program: Informing more profitable and sustainable apple and pear orchards
May 1, 2024The latest iteration of the program aims to respond to industry efforts to address current operating challenges and…
Passion for quality the Smart approach at Tingira
April 17, 2024Target markets, target fruit counts and sizes and no tolerance for poor quality fruit in the harvest bin…
Controlling Alternaria leaf blotch and fruit spot without fungicides
February 7, 2024Gordon Brown reviews research investigating how Alternaria infects apple leaves and fruit. Researchers in Italy have identified that…
New Directors appointed to APAL Board
January 31, 2024APAL bid farewell to two longstanding members of the APAL Board and welcomed new faces as Board Directors. …
Insights and innovations from the APAL Future Orchards International Tour to New Zealand
January 24, 2024From 15–19 January 2024, 40 Australian growers and industry professionals visited two of New Zealand’s major growing regions…
APAL Future Orchards International Tour in New Zealand – a valuable experience for Australian growers
January 17, 2024The first two days of the APAL Future Orchards® International Tour in New Zealand revolved around orchard exploration,…










