APFIP’s work lifts orchard performance
April 8, 2016For nearly 20 years the Australian Pome Fruit Improvement Program (APFIP) has been working to increase productivity across…
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…
Tassie Tigers roar into Asia
November 5, 2015Andrew and Leeanne Scott of Scott Brothers in Tasmania have been doing their fair share of increasing Australia’s…
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…
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…
Managing orchards for fruit size
April 28, 2014Authors: John Wilton and Ross Wilson, AgFirst, New Zealand. Using two Focus Orchards in Victoria and South…
