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Good potential for Australian date industry

Specialty tree crops July 11, 2020



Date growers association gives farmers new confidence in emerging industry.

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Control and management of clearwing borer in persimmons

Specialty tree crops Insect & mite control June 15, 2020



The APVMA has recently issued a permit for the use of a mating disruption agent for the management of persimmon clearwing borer.

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Feijoa fruit wins larger slice of market pie

Specialty tree crops June 4, 2020



One of South Australia’s few feijoa growers is winding up harvest for the little-known fruit.

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Sweet black pomegranate 'Black Candy'

Specialty tree crops June 3, 2020



'Black Candy' pomegranate is targeted to premium markets.

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Sunraysia produces bumper crop of exotic jujube

Specialty tree crops May 12, 2020



Tough year for export with COVID-19 restrictions

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SPC acquires PomLife

Specialty tree crops May 2, 2020



SPC is plunging into the world of pomegranates after acquiring PomLife,

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New biosecurity resources to help Australian truffle growers

Specialty tree crops May 1, 2020



Australian truffle growers can now access a new pest and disease management manual and guide.

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Quince Market to Record Sturdy Growth by 2018 – 2028

Specialty tree crops Sept. 30, 2019



Quince Market Introduction Quince is an unusual fruit which is closely related to apples and pears, with the scientific name Cydonia oblonga. The quince fruit is a native product of the Eurasian area, which includes Uzbekistan, Armenia, Turkey, Hungary, Macedonia, and other nearby regions. On a global scale, the production of quince is around 106,000 acres, with Turkey being one of the top producer growing roughly 26,500 acres of quince. The acreage of quince grown in the U.S. is relatively small, making the fruit a specialty crop. California is the only place in the U.S. which grows quince commercially with around 205 tons of production annually. Quince is primarily known for the presence of high concentration of pectin in it, which further helps to set jellies, pastes, and preserves. In the past few decades, the consumption of quince declined due to the invention of powdered gelatin, but however, it made a comeback with the high-end restaurants which have featured quince as a specialty fruit.

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How Australia is shaking up the truffle market

Specialty tree crops Aug. 29, 2019



Australia has become the world's fourth-largest producer of the most-prized type of black truffle.

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Quest for custard apple new varieties a long and difficult road, paved with misfires and mutants

Specialty tree crops Tropical trees July 31, 2019



A 25-year quest to produce delicious, commercially successful, new varieties of custard apples is inching closer to completion. But the road has been long and paved with mutants.

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Major steps forward for Australian jujube industry

Specialty tree crops May 10, 2019



The formalisation of the Australian jujube industry has taken another major step, with the launch of the South Australian Jujube Growers Association Inc.

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Great prices for the start of Australian pomegranate season

Specialty tree crops May 9, 2019



Exceptional start to Australia's pomegranate season for growers, with large fruit providing some bumper prices given the warmer spring and summer.

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Small, sweet and high in Vitamin C — Australian growers are backing the jujube

Specialty tree crops April 17, 2019



With an increasing international population and a big focus on healthy eating, some Australian horticulturalists are pushing to expand and establish plantings of a fruit barely known to most of the country — the jujube.

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Opportunities for Australian pomegranates

Specialty tree crops March 24, 2019



Australia’s pomegranate industry could rival Peru by 2020.

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Tree-crop agriculture gains ground in the Mid West

Specialty tree crops May 21, 2018



For Greenough landowner George Ainsley, on-farm diversification looks far different to the standard livestock-cropping mix. Tree crop agriculture has been his passion for more than 25 years, first with hardwood trees on a small block in Albany and later a mix of plantings on his 70ha Mid West landholding.

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