Pruning for profit
May 17, 2017With winter approaching, it’s time to start thinking about winter pruning with AgFirst’s Craig Hornblow explaining some key…
Focus Orchard and Trial Update April 2017
April 26, 2017Focus Orchard blocks overview The Focus Orchards blocks are designed to take existing orchard blocks, and through focused management optimise…
Labour-saving harvest techniques
April 1, 2017With harvest in full swing, if not already completed in some regions and for some varieties, it’s timely…
Labour-saving harvest techniques
With harvest in full swing, if not already completed in some regions and for some varieties, it’s timely…
Focus Orchard Trial Update January 2017
March 1, 2017Small scale on-orchard trials are a regular part of the Future Orchards® project and occur across all growing regions….
Focus Orchard Trial Update January 2017
By Steven Spark and Yvette Jones (AgFirst) Small scale on-orchard trials are a regular part of the Future…
Focus Orchards block data a few mouse clicks away
Small scale on-orchard trials are a regular part of the Future Orchards® project and occur across all growing regions….
Expected returns from the new red-blushed pear Deliza®
January 30, 2017UPDATE – since this article was written in 2017 pears from the variety ANP-0131 have been rebranded from…
Calcium to combat post-harvest disorders
September 30, 2016AgFirst’s Dean Rainham outlines some practical management strategies to obtain optimum calcium levels in apple trees because inadequate…
Pear Masterclass – presentations and videos
August 2, 2016On 29 July 2016 as part of the Future Orchards program, APAL held a Pear Masterclass in Tatura,…
