2023 Future Orchards Spring Series wrap-up
November 22, 2023Last week the Future Orchards® Walks Spring Series took place across Australia with the Tasmania, Batlow, Southern Victoria…
IPDM in focus: pear blossom blast
August 7, 2023Pear blossom can be infected by the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae during bloom, when cold, wet weather persists. Pear…
Future Orchards Harvest Orchard Walks – what we’ve seen and heard so far
February 8, 2023This week the Future Orchards® Harvest Orchard Walks are taking place in the main apple and pear growing…
Managing pear scab (black spot)
November 9, 2022On 2 November Marcel Veens joined us online to discuss the options for managing pear scab in the…
Make no mistake, Trent turns adversity to advantage
August 2, 2022Grower of the Year is awarded to an individual who is outstanding across all aspects of production, including…
Future Orchards® June 2022 Orchard Walks – It’s a wrap!
July 6, 2022The Future Orchards® Winter Series Orchard Walks wound up in Tasmania and Southern Victoria last week. Here, we…
IPDM in focus: Alternaria management
July 5, 2022This article was first published in the autumn 2022 edition of AFG. Prepared by Emily Crawford, Agriculture Victoria,…
Future Orchards® walks – What we learnt in the Goulburn Valley and Western Australia
June 22, 2022Our first week of the Future Orchards® winter series walks wrapped up in the Goulburn Valley focussing on…
Accommodation on farm is key for NSW grower – Joe Caltabiano
February 4, 2022This article originally appeared in the Spring 2021 edition of AFG, available online here. Joe Caltabiano from Apple Country…
Expect the unexpected – and keep work on track
September 22, 2021As the Victorian and NSW state governments plan their exits from long-term lockdowns via vaccination targets, localised lockdowns…










