Preventing patulin problems in apple products
January 26, 2022With harvest just around the corner, it’s important that everyone involved in juice-grade fruit be aware of the risks of…
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)…
Digging into Healthy Soils – PIPS3 Program update
November 17, 2021Article co-authored by Susie Green, Michele Buntain and Marguerite White. Fruit Producers SA, in conjunction with Susie Green…
PIPS3 update: Advancing sustainable and technology driven apple orchard production systems (AP19003)
November 2, 2021The PIPS3 Program’s Advancing sustainable and technology driven apple orchard production systems (AP19003) project presents on the initial findings of…
Bushfire recovery: damage has lessons for future response
January 13, 2021As we approach the first anniversary of the devastating bushfires that impacted the Adelaide Hills, Bilpin and Batlow…
PIPS3: Improved Australian apple and pear orchards soil health and plant nutrition
November 18, 2020Hort Innovation has kicked off the third Apple and Pear industry Productivity, Irrigation, Pests and Soils (PIPS3) program….
Biosecurity – What’s in it for me or why should I bother?
July 29, 2020For Australian Fruitgrower magazine APAL Technical Manager Rose Daniel and biosecurity expert Dr. Kevin Clayton-Greene explore what happens…
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…
Virtual Winter Walks delivers insights to growers from comfort of their own orchards
July 8, 2020Over the course of the last three weeks, APAL streamed virtual Future Orchards® Winter Orchard Walks live to…
Sustainability and eco-credentials in future markets
June 3, 2020APAL’s next webinar is on 17 June, where Tianna DuPont will speak about soil management and recent trials…









