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The importance of phytosanitary treatments in orchards

With specialised crops, such as orchards, it’s important to protect the plants against diseases, insects, and other threats.
Tractors & machinery

Plan for a safe harvest this season

During picking season, make sure you have a safe and efficient way for workers to move between orchards.
Tractors & machinery

Mildura’s Minter Magic grows from embracing tech

The words, “Dad I want to be a farmer”, were music to Darren Minter’s ears, a fourth-generation Mildura horticulture producer, who had initially pegged his son, Garry, to become an accountant.
Tractors & machinery

GUSS goes electric in orchard industry

JOHN Deere and GUSS Automation have unveiled what they call the world’s first, and only, fully electric autonomous herbicide orchard sprayer.
Tractors & machinery

Go nuts over this big little unit

The OB70R through Nut Solutions Australia, is billed as the smallest ride-on pick-up/collecting machine with an extendable hydraulic arm for high-level emptying.
Tractors & machinery

Greentech reaches to profitability

In the orchard industry it’s all about reach – after all, if left alone, some trees can get pretty tall. Take macadamias. Forget about them for five minutes (or 30-odd years) and they can go 20m.
Tractors & machinery

Automation to revolutionise the future

YOU own a large scale, remote vineyard and you’ve found the operator from heaven, who can manage the mowing, mulching, trimming, spraying.
Tractors & machinery - Tree crop insights

Big new in small JD tractors – and GUSS

JOHN Deere has rolled out its big guns in the smaller tractor, with its new 5ML tractor making its Australian debut at a Mildura high value crop (HVC) field day in early October.
Tractors & machinery

Transtak expands its range of bin trailers

Transtak Engineering and Equipment continues to expand and improve the Transtak range of fruit bin trailers and bin handling equipment.
Almonds - Spraying equipment & application - Technology in agriculture - Tractors & machinery

Robot spraying could transform the almond industry

One operator can oversee five machines from a control vehicle using a laptop.
Establishment & maintenance - Tractors & machinery

Monitoring now bundled with frost fans

The quietest frost fans on the market.

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