Retailers supportive of quality program
May 11, 2022Last year APAL embarked on a quality program for apples and pears, with the aim of improving the…
PIPS3 Team Forum accelerates knowledge exchange between partners
March 15, 2022Researchers from across the PIPS3 Program projects were joined by members of APAL and Hort Innovation, as well…
Benchmarking apple nutrition inputs and tree nitrogen status
March 8, 2022ACOG Study Update March 2022– Batlow, New South Wales Prepared by Blair Elliot, Steve Spark (AgFirst) and Kevin…
How can farms prepare for Covid pre-harvest?
January 18, 2022Growers outside of previous virus hotspots who haven’t experienced the full impacts of Covid-19 outbreaks on their workforce may be…
Future Orchards Active Community Orchard Groups
December 7, 2021Author: Sarah de Bruin, AgFirst Consultants As part of APAL’s Future Orchards® program, Active Community Orchard Groups (ACOG)…
Hort Innovation Strategic Investment Plan 2022-2026
November 17, 2021Hort Innovation this week released its Strategic Investment Plan 2022-2026 for the Apple and Pear Fund. The SIP will guide Hort Innovation’s investment of…
AGM next week – pre-polling and proxies closing Monday
November 3, 2021At next week’s APAL AGM, we will see the appointment of directors for WA, SA and Tasmania; members will be asked to vote…
APAL updates Covid-safe requirements to protect people and production
October 27, 2021The peak industry body representing apple and pear producers, APAL, today confirmed it will adopt strict Covid-safe requirements…
Shepparton outbreak tests COVIDSafe plan
August 31, 2021Key points: COVIDsafe plan is ‘new nomal’ Track local exposure sites and text daily updates to workers Translate COVID-19 info…
APAL Forum 2021 postponed from July
July 21, 2021As a result of the recent Victorian lockdown, commencing Thursday 15 July, the APAL Forum 2021 was unable…
