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FrostBoss expansion is a cut above says Priest

News Nov. 7, 2023



There’s a new wind blowing across the global frost fan market with Kiwi company FrostBoss its cutting-edge blade manufacturing facility in September.

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Upcoming industry events for 2023/2024

Events Nov. 6, 2023



Don't miss these upcoming events in 2023/2024.

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Big new in small JD tractors – and GUSS

Tractors & machinery Tree crop insights Nov. 5, 2023



JOHN Deere has rolled out its big guns in the smaller tractor, with its new 5ML tractor making its Australian debut at a Mildura high value crop (HVC) field day in early October.

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Hillston Citrus imports some export expertise

Citrus Tree crop people Nov. 4, 2023



A quarter of a century in the citrus industry – first in South Africa, and now Australia – has squeezed agronomist Rolf Swart into a new role, tackling the challenges of exports for Hillston Citrus Operations, at Griffith in NSW.

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Hydrorock subsurface water saving technology

Pome fruit Stone Fruit Nov. 3, 2023



Developed by a Dutch company, Hydrorock is an innovative subsurface water saving technology composed of blocks of mineral wool - a rock-based mineral material made into a matted fibre buried in the ground and designed to deliver an optimum and constant supply of water to tree crops.

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Future is cherry ripe for very happy family orchard

Cherries Pome fruit Stone Fruit Nov. 2, 2023



Kyabram orchardists Anthony Rullo and Alexandra Milosevich see embracing innovative water saving technologies as the key to their future after establishing a 5ha cherry orchard on a property just outside of Kyabram in July 2022.

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There’s no rest against fruit fly pest

Fruit Fly Nov. 1, 2023



It’s a seasonal pest, but the fight against fruit fly is a year-round battle that never ends.

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Vayego all the go for South West WA orchards with weevils

Pome fruit Insect & mite control Oct. 31, 2023



Limited chemical control options and high reliance on the Group 22a insecticide, indoxacarb, for control of weevils in pome and stone fruit orchards throughout South West WA, has always meant a new option was going to be enthusiastically welcomed.

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Sterile insect technology controls codling moth

Disease & weed control Oct. 31, 2023



A pilot sterile insect release program for controlling codling moths is being evaluated in three Tasmanian apple orchards.

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Beneficial bacteria activate avocado enterprise in WA

Avocado Tree crop insights Oct. 30, 2023



Health is the key to the future for WA avocado grower Nigel Love, who says it is a chain reaction starting with healthy roots.

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Thinning strategies for European pears

Pome fruit Stone Fruit Oct. 30, 2023



Many European pear cultivars crop heavily and require thinning to ensure regular yields and optimise fruit quality. However, compared with apple, there is limited information available on how to best manage crop loads, particularly the newer cultivars.

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Bringing home the Bacon at Barham Avocados

Avocado Pome fruit Stone Fruit Oct. 29, 2023



When it comes to avocado trees, Tim and Katrina Myers have been blazing a trail along the Murray at Barham, NSW, through droughts, floods, pandemics, global financial crises, good crops and, well, some not so good.

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Yara restructures frontline sales agronomy team

Tree crop people Oct. 29, 2023



Nitrogen fertiliser manufacturer Yara Australia has given its agronomy team a 2023 overhaul and relaunched its customer-facing sales strategy as three semi-autonomous commercial zones.

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APVMA shuts down dimethoate for some fruits

News Oct. 28, 2023



The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has suspended, effective immediately, the registration and labels of chemical products containing dimethoate used as a post-harvest dip for fruit with inedible peel.

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Data coup as almond industry goes spatial

News Oct. 27, 2023



For the first time spatial mapping has been used to identify every almond orchard in Australia.

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