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…
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…
Container trees prove fruitful for orchards
August 24, 2021When Richard Guthrie considers the future for commercial fruit orchards, he sees container-grown trees as integral to a…
Ellepot trial shows benefits at Ardmona
Ellepot container-grown trees offer new planting possibilities: Less prone to transplant shock More flexible to work with Potential…
What is the ideal ‘smart orchard’ of the future?
June 23, 2021The PIPS3 Program, Developing smarter and sustainable pear orchards to maximise fruit quality, yield and labour efficiency…
Focus Orchards – Labour experiences and thoughts for the future
April 21, 2021Following on from the March Future Orchards orchard walk where Ross Wilson and I focused our presentation on…
Future Orchards® Autumn walks – wrap
March 31, 2021Future Orchards® Autumn walks have showcased a wide range of innovative responses to attract and retain labour, increase…
My orchard walk – Old Oak Orchard
March 3, 2021Yarra Valley based, Old Oak Orchards will host this week’s local Future Orchards® Walk, providing apple and pear…
Local orchards welcome growers onsite for autumn Future Orchards walks
February 24, 2021Local orchardists are looking forward to hosting in-orchard walks this autumn as APAL’s Future Orchards® walks return to face to…
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…
