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)…
Green Atlas: looking at orchard data differently
November 10, 2021What does cutting-edge orchard data collection look like? Green Atlas offers growers one innovative solution. The Green Atlas cartographer will feature at the…
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…
Putting our best fruit forward
July 14, 2021Making sure consumers love our apples and pears from first sight – and bite – is key for…
State roundups: spring edition
September 23, 2020Find out what’s happening in each growing state entering Spring (note that this article was written several weeks…
Supercharged air electrifies the fight against microbial contamination
May 6, 2020Dr Sukhvinder Pal (SP) Singh, a Food Safety Scientist at NSW DPI, will present as part of APAL’s…
Spring Future Orchards® Walks – update
October 2, 2019Utilising technology to improve labour efficiency and fruit quality The spring Future Orchards® walks in November 2019 will…
Water saving options for pears
September 17, 2019Written by Ian Goodwin and Lexie McClymont Horticulture production in a changing climate faces the prospect of continued…
International apple & pear research – Aug/Sep 2018
September 3, 2018Snippets of the latest apple and pear research from all around the world covering nursery and breeding; production;…
