Q&A with 2016 award winner, Mark Trzaskoma
March 29, 2018Ahead of this year’s Awards for Excellence, we had a talk with previous winner, Mark Trzaskoma, about the…
Determination to stop hail damage grows netting business
February 21, 2018Wild weather events that can damage crops, such as the hail storms that hit Victorian and South Australian…
Determination to stop hail damage grows netting business
Wild weather events that can damage crops, such as the hail storms that hit Victorian and South Australian…
International apple & pear research – Feb/Mar 2018
Snippets of the latest apple and pear research from all around the world covering cultivars and nursery; production;…
Make a smart crop load management choice
In a commercial orchard in Tasmania a mix of different thinning and crop load management techniques have been…
Post-harvest costs poorly understood, project reveals
January 17, 2018Victorian apple and pear growers could significantly reduce costs by adopting new packing technology and smarter marketing, according…
Post-harvest costs poorly understood, project reveals
Victorian apple and pear growers could significantly reduce costs by adopting new packing technology and smarter marketing, according…
Rootstock choices offer powerful productivity tool
January 10, 2018Strategic rootstock selection has a key role to play in driving the productivity of the future orchard system,…
What becomes of nitrogen in your orchard?
December 21, 2017Researchers are using nitrogen-tracing technology to help improve apple fruit quality and optimise nitrogen use efficiency by investigating…
What will the ‘future orchard’ look like?
December 20, 2017AgFirst’s Nic Finger outlines what the future might look like for Australian apple and pear orchards in 20-30…
