Farming by numbers: metrics that matter
September 8, 2021Jack Wilson, AgFirst Horticultural Consultant Measuring and using orchard data to drive decision-making delivers decisions that are more…
Future Orchards Orchard Talk – What’s your plan?
For many growers and orchard managers, the upcoming season presents a number of challenges, particularly around reliable labour. …
Future Orchards Talk – Eating the ‘labour elephant’
August 31, 2021APAL’s national Orchard Talk will beam across Australia next Tuesday 7 September with APAL’s Future Orchards® partner AgFirst…
The start of a brand new relationship
August 30, 2021This article originally appeared in the Winter 2021 edition of AFG – now online. Key points: Marketing builds…
APAL’s Future Orchards Spring program kicks off
August 18, 2021The first round of APAL’s Future Orchards® walks will begin on Tuesday 31 August 2021 an Orchard Walk in WA, followed by a national online orchard talk along with local walks for…
Container-grown trees ‘better from the start’ says WA grower
August 8, 2021This article by Judy Kennedy originally appeared in the Winter 2021 edition of AFG, now available online. Western…
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…
Positioning your blocks for labour efficiencies
June 1, 2021Are changes to your blocks needed to meet your labour and fruit quality objectives and achieve efficiencies? During…
Vale John Wilton
May 12, 2021“Once you decide you think you know everything about this industry, it is time to leave.” John Wilton…
New-gen rootstocks deliver earlier and more production
May 5, 2021Key points Rootstock trial under commercial conditions enables more robust local evaluation First in-orchard scale trial of G202…









