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7 Worlds Ag celebrates first year

7 Worlds Ag is celebrating the first anniversary of its corporate rebranding initiative, buoyed by the positive feedback from its dealer customers and growers.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.