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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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Vegetable or tree?

Specialty tree crops March 7, 2018



FANCY a green vegetable that can be picked nearly year-round, requires minimal bending, doesn’t need to be replanted, and is super healthy?

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