Tree Crop Aug/Sept '25

Tree crop insights

Mapping the road to avocado fruit robustness

The horticultural sector at large is embracing data and digital transformation. In this regard, the avocado industry is increasingly recognising data-driven decision making as valuable.

Tree crop insights

Stepping toward improving the Nashi pear industry

The production of high-quality pear fruit is critical to sustain and grow consumer demand in domestic markets.

Products and services

Deliver balanced nutrients to your tree crops

YaraRega water-soluble NPK compound fertilisers are the easy way to deliver a balanced blend of nutrients to vegetable and tree crops using existing irrigation systems.

Tree crop insights

Industry-first platform tackles safety in agri supply chains

Agri-tech company Onside has launched PCBU Enterprise, an industry-first digital platform designed to revolutionise shared safety management across agriculture supply chains in Australia and New Zealand.

Tree crop insights

Abundant Bravo apples dominate east coast shelves

The Australian growers of West Australian-bred deep burgundy Bravo apples will harvest approximately 25 per cent more fruit, which will make it available on east coast supermarket shelves until much later this year, as consumer demand for the white-fleshed apple grows.

Tree crop insights

Why avocado prices keep changing – and how science could steady them

Our scientists are uncovering the hormonal secrets behind fruit drop to help maximise and stabilise production for the Australian avocado industry.

Products and services

Solutions to seasonal challenges

Chris Dunphy is a multitasker – which is why he is always looking for viable solutions for the right price at the right time.

Know your pest

Time to listen for caterpillars

For your next crop inspection, winkle the wax out of your ears and you hardly need to look.

Featured Crop

Persimmon Productivity Program update

By Dr Tahir Khurshid, NSW DPIRD, Dareton This article summarises the project activities for the National persimmon varietal evaluation program – PR17000.

Products and services

New calcium fertiliser unlocks future crop potential

A new calcium fertiliser being launched to Australian fruit and vegetable growers is set to deliver a solution to one of the key limitations to optimum plant production and, in turn, offer potential to significantly improve marketable yields.

Macadamias - Featured Crop

Weather impacts macadamia yields

Australia’s mid-season macadamia crop forecast has been sharply downgraded, as growers and processors manage one of the most difficult and unpredictable seasons in recent years.

Products and services

Four products -4Farmers

4Farmers was originally set up by, not surprisingly, four farmers who knew farmers in other countries were paying a lot less for farm chemicals than farmers here in Australia.

Tropical trees - Featured Crop

A fresh approach to mango scale management

As sustainability gains momentum in horticulture, the need to include non-chemical methods in pest management has never been more crucial.

Products and services

Smart orchard protection for a changing climate

Farming has never been easy, but these days the weather can really test your patience—and your bottom line.

Cherries - Featured Crop

Premio – science behind the quality

Australian cherry exports are once again on the rise, with countries around the world continually requesting the high-quality fruit Australian growers have to offer.

News

Project aims to reduce admin for vegetable, onion and potato growers

A new Hort Innovation project is set to streamline the way grower feedback is collected across the vegetable industry.

Harvesting Equipment

Bin handling – why growers look to Transtak

For many Australian fruit growers, the bin trailer is a piece of gear which quietly gets on with the job season after season.

News

A tree-mendous partnership

In a surprise reveal few saw coming, but has delighted families nationwide, the Australian fruit and vegetable industry has announced it will back The Wiggles celebrating the wildly popular character The Tree of Wisdom.

News

Horticulture’s $1 billion annual productivity opportunity

A new report from Hort Innovation and the Centre for International Economics has revealed high adoption of productivity enhancing innovation would benefit the Australian industry by about $1 billion annually in additional value added, reaching $22 billion in 2040.

Cherries

Symposium bringing industry together

Cultiva was proud to serve as a platinum sponsor of the 10th International Cherry Symposium, held June 1- 5, 2025, in Richland, Washington, in the heart of one of the world’s most productive cherry-growing regions.

News

Soluna apples debut in the US

In a milestone moment for Australian horticulture, WA Farm Direct has announced the inaugural shipment of premium Soluna apples to the US.

Products and services

Future ready post harvest and packaging for tree crop sector

Every harvest brings its own challenges, from the pace of picking to meeting market deadlines.

Products and services

Manage abiotic and biotic stress with Kendon Lime Sulphur

Every plant, whether a productive fruit tree or an ornamental shrub, carries a unique genetic code. A code which determines how tall it can grow, how much fruit it can bear, how resistant it can be to disease, and how well it responds to environmental changes.

Products and services

Smart frost protection: almond lessons for all tree crop growers

Every spring, a familiar but unwelcome challenge returns to Australia’s orchards: frost.

Products and services

Tough on mites, gentle on bees – that’s Raven

Mite and sucking insect pests remain a significant challenge for growers across a broad range of crops.

Products and services

New tree crop insecticide creates excitement

Whether it’s macadamias, almonds, avocados, mangoes, papaya or citrus, there’s a new insecticide from Syngenta that’s generating excitement.

Cherries - Featured Crop

Feeding trees from the ground up: how biologicals advance tree crop nutrition

In cherries and other high-value tree crops, nutrition isn’t just about what you apply, it's about what the tree can actually absorb, especially under pressure.