Tree Crop News

Macadamias - Featured Crop

Project to benefit growers

A Hort Innovation project is set to deliver better macadamia trees for Australian growers.

Specialty tree crops - Featured Crop

Genetic discovery gives hope to bananas

Scientists have pinpointed crucial genetic resistance to a fungal disease which threatens the global banana supply in a wild subspecies of the fruit.

Specialty tree crops - Featured Crop

Tasmanian cherries launch in Hong Kong

The first promotional event of 2026 marking the start of the Tasmanian export cherry season was held in Hong Kong on January 7.

Specialty tree crops - Featured Crop

QTee pears return for second season with triple the Volume

Australian fruit lovers can once again enjoy QTee pears, with the second Australian crop now being harvested.

Macadamias - Featured Crop

Study proves the way for a cleaner NSW coast

The results are clear – changing the way macadamia trees are farmed could create a win for both the environment and farmers in NSW.

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

Featured Crop

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.