Pruning for vigour management
July 15, 2020Optimising vigour is critical for growing high yields of top-quality fruit. Pruning plays an important role in vigour…
APFIP Variety Evaluation: Pears that will arrive well before the heirs
June 10, 2020A year into his role as APFIP Operations Manager Tom Frankcomb provides an update on APFIP activity and…
Looking back to the future: building on 50 years’ gains
April 29, 2020This article was written by John Wilton of AgFirst for the Autumn edition of Australian Fruitgrower Magazine. The…
2020 Winter Future Orchards Walks – The Future is now
April 7, 2020Bringing it all together: where are we now and where are we going? The 2020 winter Future Orchards®…
Montague to launch yello in Autumn
February 18, 2020Fresh produce group Montague will add a splash of colour to the apple range this Autumn as it…
Variety Performance is key to profitability
February 5, 2020When it comes to profitability, irrespective of which database you look at, the range in orchard and variety…
SwarmFarm and Green Atlas partner up to advance precision thinning
December 20, 2019SwarmFarm Robotics and Green Atlas have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the goal of developing autonomous flower counting and precision…
Surging secondary market spurs on organics
By ALEX WISDOM, APAL Half a decade ago, the organics industry in Australia was a niche market…
Summer State Roundups
December 17, 2019Featured in the upcoming Summer edition of AFG, a representative from each growing state’s peak body recounts the…
Key messages from Spring Future Orchards walks
December 4, 2019Plan ahead. Technology can help to build a uniform orchard, and a uniform orchard will ease integration of…










