Future Orchards: Managing vigour and variability to achieve crop targets
November 23, 2022The Future Orchards® Spring Orchard Walks took place around all apple and pear growing regions from 14–18 November….
Improving soil health a priority for Australian Government
October 12, 2022The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has completed a draft National Soil Action Plan, which outlines…
New Zealand apple and pear growers adapting to new horizons
September 7, 2022“Adapting to New Horizons” – exploring how growers and exporters can modify and adapt in order to remain…
How healthy is your soil?
August 30, 2022The Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture is leading PIPS3 Program research to learn more about how orchard floor management…
Agtech holds key to hort crop advances, says R&E Provider of the Year Dr Ian Goodwin
This year Dr Ian Goodwin celebrates 40 years as an agricultural scientist – thirty of them in apple…
Sustainability as a business strategy at R&R Smith, Tasmania
July 11, 2022AP19006: Improved Australian pear and orchard soil health and plant nutrition. In this series of three videos Dr…
Can ‘regen ag’ work in the orchard?
This article was first published in AFG – Autumn 2022 edition. Applying regenerative agriculture practices on their orchards is…
Real opportunity for sustainable and profitable orchards
This article was first published in AFG – Autumn 2022 edition. The orchard floor is a place where…
What opportunities does a net zero carbon target offer horticulture?
March 29, 2022This article originally appeared in the Summer 2021 edition of AFG, available online here. There’s money to be…
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…
