The Australian orchard of the future
August 31, 2015At the 2015 National Horticulture Convention, Jesse Reader convened a panel discussion titled ‘Tripling orchard profitability by 2030,…
Q&A at Battunga Orchards: Harvesting data and pruning by numbers
June 29, 2015AgFirst’s Jesse Reader interviews Mark Trzaskoma of Battunga Orchards as part of a grower case study of orchard…
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…
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…
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…
A critical time for orchard management
December 6, 2014To help growers in this busy time of year, AgFirst’s Jesse Reader gives a run-down on the important…
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….
Strategic planning raises orchard profitability
March 28, 2014Strategic planning has enabled two Focus Orchards within the Future Orchards® program, one in Tasmania and one in…
