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Olives - Featured Crop

Olive industry applauds decision to continue testing service

Olive oil testing will remain available via NSW DPIRD’s commercial edible oil and oilseed laboratory for the foreseeable future, in a change of heart being applauded industry-wide.
Olives - Featured Crop

Celebrating Australian International Olive Awards

Australian olive growers overcame drought, frost and flood to produce a quality offering of extra virgin olive oils, flavoured oils and table olives in 2025.
Almonds - Featured Crop

Cracking growth forecast for Australian almonds

Australia’s almond sector is entering a new era, as it begins large-scale orchard replanting to enable future growth and satisfy increasing local and global appetite for the popular nut, Rabobank says in a newly-released report.
Almonds - Featured Crop

High input almond growing pays-off at Kenley

A high input approach to almond growing, ensuring nutrient replacement and also catering to the following season’s crop, is paying dividends for the Australian Farming Services (AFS) property at Kenley in Victoria’s Murray Valley region.
Olives - Featured Crop

Co-op for olive industry

There’s a revolution looking to reshape the Australian olive industry.
Pome fruit - Stone Fruit - Featured Crop

New apple makes a ‘magic’ debut in 2025

Just three years after its first commercial plantings, 2025 marked a major milestone for the Fruit Australia Group with the debut of its first early volumes of Sunrise Magic apples.
Pome fruit - Stone Fruit - Featured Crop

New option for Botrytis control in cherries

Botrytis grey mould ( Botrytis cinerea ) has long been overlooked as the cause of serious fruit losses, in an industry that has consistently battled brown rot ( Monilinia spp.).
Pome fruit - Stone Fruit - apple - Featured Crop

Bravo apples win best fresh snack award

It’s official – Bravo apples, the distinctive burgundy apples grown throughout Australia, are winning over fans on the east coast this spring, having been named one of Australia’s healthiest snacks.
Pome fruit - Stone Fruit - Featured Crop

AgTech solutions for narrow orchard systems in Western Australia

Two-dimensional (2D) multileader narrow orchards, characterised by tightly spaced rows (typically 2-2.5m) with planar cordon canopy training, are emerging as the future of modern fruit production to meet the challenges of labour shortage, resource efficiency, and sustainability
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Kanzi breaks records as HBMA set five year strategy

The Horticultural Brand Management Australia (HBMA) board, along with general manager Elisa King and key industry partners, recently came together for a strategic planning workshop to set its direction for the next five years.
Pome fruit - Stone Fruit - Featured Crop

Refrigerated cargo keeps everything – and everyone – cool

As the lead carrier brand for the CMA CGM Group in Oceania, ANL knows how important it is your stone fruit stays top quality whether you are shipping cherries, peaches, plums, apricots - or any stone fruit.
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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.
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.
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.

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