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Netted macadamias: trial tracks yield, soil health and water quality

After three years, a trial testing whether retaining leaf litter under macadamia trees improves soil health is wrapping up, with growers awaiting the final report on what it means for sustainability and profitability.
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Key culprit named but no quick fix for almond tree decline

Researchers have identified an aggressive pathogen contributing to the widespread tree death and production losses in almond orchards across Australia.
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Managing hull rot in almonds - lessons from a wet harvest

Unseasonal rainfall during the 2026 almond harvest created ideal conditions for hull rot across major almond-growing regions.
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Going nuts for nuts

Almonds might rule the roost in Australian nut production, accounting for more than 50 per cent of the total tree nut production area, and macadamias might be the high-value glam nut in the market, but producers and consumers are increasingly going nuts over multiple other varieties.
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Dealing decisively with the threat of dry flower disease

One of the unusual challenges for macadamia growers is the very long cycle between flowering and harvest leaves such a short window for pruning, mulching and other crop maintenance.
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Productivity push for nut industries

The nut industry is set to become a big winner out of Hort Innovation’s $760 million R&D portfolio.
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Jurassic bunya nut makes its mark in 2024

In case you’ve never heard of it, the bunya nut is not just a culturally significant Australian nut – dating back to Jurassic times – it could have a big future thanks to University of Queensland-led research revealing its substantial health benefits.
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Neutrog’s work on almond rot

The Neutrog R&D team has been working in South Australia’s Century Orchards for a number of seasons to explore how biologicals can be used to improve production with a specific trial relating to the impact of Hull Rot.
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Strategic use of fungicide urged

There has been strong uptake of new alternative fungicides across the almond industry, however careful application has been urged to avoid resistance and maintain their long-term effectiveness.
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2023 macadamia crop forecast revised down

The 2023 Australian macadamia crop forecast has been revised down by 11% from 60,000 tonnes in-shell to 53,160 tonnes in-shell at 3.5% moisture (from 64,400 to 57,000 tonnes in-shell at 10% moisture).
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Biostimulant trial boosts almond crop yields

New trial results demonstrate that Mycorrcin, a biostimulant from Biostart, has been found to increase the size of young almond trees, as well as the amount and weight of both nuts and kernels, while also improving soil biology.
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Australian Macadamia Festival in India

An Australian Macadamia Festival will take place in India later this year thanks to a new Queensland Government grant designed to grow international exports of outstanding Queensland produce.
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Hull rot a key target for almond orchards

Hull rot has largely become the number one disease target in almonds and it’s likely to continue following wet conditions in recent seasons.
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Still lot to learn with almond tree nutrition

After a difficult season for almond production and quality, Anthony Wachtel with the Almond Board of Australia (ABA) says when it comes to tree nutrition, “there is still a lot to learn about what we don’t know yet’’.
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Yield mapper developed for almonds

There are many factors that need to be right for optimum almond yield. Growers spend all year trying to get these right. Yield mapping is a way to see how that effort turned into producing a high yielding crop.

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