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Spotlight Plus Herbicide – precision sucker control across orchards and vinyards

In the face of rising labour costs and increasing disease pressure, Spotlight Plus Herbicide has emerged as a vital tool for growers seeking efficient, targeted sucker control across a wide range of horticultural systems.

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Mapping the road to avocado fruit robustness

The horticultural sector at large is embracing data and digital transformation. In this regard, the avocado industry is increasingly recognising data-driven decision making as valuable.

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Stepping toward improving the Nashi pear industry

The production of high-quality pear fruit is critical to sustain and grow consumer demand in domestic markets.

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Industry-first platform tackles safety in agri supply chains

Agri-tech company Onside has launched PCBU Enterprise, an industry-first digital platform designed to revolutionise shared safety management across agriculture supply chains in Australia and New Zealand.

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Abundant Bravo apples dominate east coast shelves

The Australian growers of West Australian-bred deep burgundy Bravo apples will harvest approximately 25 per cent more fruit, which will make it available on east coast supermarket shelves until much later this year, as consumer demand for the white-fleshed apple grows.

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Why avocado prices keep changing – and how science could steady them

Our scientists are uncovering the hormonal secrets behind fruit drop to help maximise and stabilise production for the Australian avocado industry.

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Family has long grape growing history

For Kyle Lovreta, a third-generation table grape grower in the Swan Valley, Western Australia, farming isn’t just a career – it’s his way of life.

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NEM reshapes Australian agriculture with science that listens

Australian farmers face unprecedented challenges: climate variability, soil degradation, and rising input costs. In this evolving landscape, many are turning their attention underground – to the living systems which sustain healthy, resilient crops.

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Australia on alert Xylella fastidiosa found in China

Australian olive growers are stepping up preparations against the risk posed by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa after its spread was confirmed in China.

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Protecting orchards using agrivoltaics: a game changer for climate adaptation?

For apple and pear growers, too much sun can be a costly problem, as bleached, sunburned fruit won’t make the premium grade.

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Post-harvest nutrition crucial for next season success

While many growers stop applying nutrients after harvest, targeted post-harvest foliar treatments can significantly enhance fruit quality, tree resilience, and overall productivity in the next cycle.

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FrostBoss secures growers with large scale innovation

As climate variability continues to challenge growers worldwide, FrostBoss remains at the forefront of frost protection solutions.

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Reinventing the pre-seeding double-knockdown tactic

The double-knockdown tactic is a key component of the WeedSmart Big 6 strategy, which aims to keep weed numbers low, preserve herbicide efficacy and give competitive crops ahead start.

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It’s party time for pistachio’s progress

Australia’s emerging pistachio industry has taken a quantum leap at Bannerton, 8km south of Robinvale, this week with the official unveiling of the Australian Pioneer Pistachio Company’s state-of-art pistachio hulling facility.

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The inside line on desert limes

A growing number of people know Australia has its own highly productive native citrus in citrus glauca– or the desert lime. Desert lime trees evolved in, and occur naturally across, the challenging outback and thrive when taken to other environments, withstanding both heat and frost.