Fruit quality for 2019 starts now
April 20, 2018The theme the Future Orchards® team will address over the next 12 months is ‘quality’. Quality fruit production…
Harvest with customer requirements in mind
February 21, 2018With harvest approaching, the emphasis in the orchard has to be on how to obtain the best market…
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…
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…
Exploring plant growth regulator use in new pears
August 21, 2017Researchers at the Horticulture Centre of Excellence in Victoria are exploring the effects of using plant growth regulators…
Precision crop load management without chemicals
August 1, 2017In the lead-up to spring, University of Tasmania researcher Sally Bound updates us with the latest and very…
Pedestrian orchards better for workers and growers
July 12, 2017Australia is, if not already, very close to being the highest price orchard labour market in the world….
Pears may need 50 per cent less water
May 31, 2017Water savings are just one of the productivity benefits expected to flow from an international pear research collaboration…
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…
