Meet the 2024 APAL Awards for Excellence recipients
July 10, 2024‘One of a kind’ innovative grower is Lifetime Achiever Lifetime Achievement Award – Kevin Sanders A fascination with…
Yields rose in 2022, but costs rising faster
May 15, 2024The ongoing cost-price squeeze makes it all the more important to use industry benchmarking tools like the Orchard…
Consumer insights reveal opportunities for growth
April 23, 2024Despite cost-of-living pressures, Australian consumers still perceive apples and pears as being worth their price, but there are…
Honey bee genetic program extended
November 22, 2023The Australian apple industry is among the beneficiaries of the extension of the Plan Bee program, which…
‘Fun part’ lies ahead as Orchard Census steps closer to insight delivery
October 25, 2023Early data insights are starting to flow from APAL’s Orchard Census, which is nearing first–phase completion. Key points …
Profitability at core of apple and pear initiative
September 13, 2023The latest round of the Productivity, Irrigation, Pests and Soils (PIPS) program aims to strengthen orchard profitability and…
Success breeds success for retail education program
August 30, 2023Training store produce staff on best practice merchandising and identification of damaged fruit is leading to improved instore…
Future Orchards Trial Program – Enabling growers to explore their challenges
June 28, 2023APAL is launching a new small scale research program aimed at responding to emerging issues and enabling growers…
APAL Export Hub launched
November 9, 2022The APAL Export Hub is now live, offering exclusive updates on trade-related issues, market insights and data, and…
New consumer campaigns to promote pome fruit
July 27, 2022The full version of this article appears in the AFG Winter 2022 edition. Aussie Apples’ new domestic marketing…










