When their citrus returns only covered the cost of production in 2011-12, the Arnold family let fruit fall from the trees at their Riverland orchard in South Australia. However, the adoption of a range of citrus crops and new management methods has since led a business revival.
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COLLABORATION between the east and west has strengthened the capabilities of the Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) to rid the region of the Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF).
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Wine Australia and Hort Innovation have teamed up through the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) to safeguard the nation against a devastating bacteria that could cripple the country’s multi-billion dollar wine and horticultural sectors.
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Oct/Nov 2018 Issue
- Featured Crop - Pome Fruit
- Featured Crop - Stone Fruit
- Fruit Fly
- Bees & Pollination
- Insect and mite control
- Fertilisers & Nutrition
- Organic Farming
- And more...
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MARKET REPORT FOR 10-16 DECEMBER 2018
Lime supplies have increased and prices have eased. Limes are retailing at 50¢-$1 each.
Mangoes are $1.50-$3 each, depending on variety and size.
Many varieties of cherries are available and coming from a wide area - including Young, Orange, South Australia and Victoria. Cherries are $10-$20 a kilo, depending on variety and size.
Apricot, peach and nectarine prices range from $4-$15 a kilo, depending on size, flesh colour and quality.
New season figs have started arriving with prices ranging from $2-$3 each.