Irrigation support: The role of trunk dendrometers
November 30, 2022Now available commercially, trunk dendrometers could assist growers with their irrigation decisions. AgVic researchers have been putting this…
Research insights shared with growers at R&D Day
September 7, 2022At the APAL R&D Day on 1 September, researchers provided updates on ongoing apple and pear levy-funded work…
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…
Advancing sustainable and tech driven apple orchard systems
April 7, 2021The PIPS3 Program’s Advancing sustainable and technology driven apple orchard production systems (AP19003) project, led by Agriculture Victoria, has…
Strengthening cultural & biological management of pests & diseases
March 29, 2021The PIPS3 Program’s IPDM project, Strengthening Cultural and Biological Management of Pests and Diseases in Apple and Pear…
PIPS 3: Developing smarter and sustainable pear orchards
October 14, 2020Hort Innovation has kicked off the third Apple and Pear industry Productivity, Irrigation, Pests and Soils (PIPS3) program….
IPDM withstands pests, diseases and natural disasters
October 1, 2020A national collaborative online IPDM resource aims to give growers the tools and practical knowledge to make orchards…
Drones deployed to assess nitrogen needs of pears
September 4, 2019Researchers from Agriculture Victoria are using drones to remotely sense leaf nitrogen of red-blushed pearsto develop nitrogen fertiliser management guidelines that maximise fruit quality and minimise below…
Make a smart crop load management choice
In a commercial orchard in Tasmania a mix of different thinning and crop load management techniques have been…
