Pruning
Mobishear tops for pruning equipment
If you need new pruning equipment this season, Mobishear Australia is well worth a look.
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Sea freight and storage disorders in stone fruit
With air freight costs expected to remain high for the foreseeable future, a large proportion of Australian stone fruit is likely to be exported via sea freight in upcoming seasons.
Pruning
Fruiting wall sets up orchard for the future
A multi leader ‘quad stem’ tree with four leaders has been adopted by a Goulburn Valley pome fruit grower as a way of improving fruit quality and consistency now, and also setting up the orchard for the future.
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Vayego targets pests but soft on beneficials
Control of codling moth in the southern Queensland apple growing region of Stanthorpe is important for local growers, given how damaging the pest can be.
Bees and pollination
Plan Bee flies south to Tasmania
Last month a Plan Bee team made up of Nadine Chapman and Erica Mo, University of Sydney; Slavi Nenov, NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI); and Frewioni Baume (contractor for NSW DPI) headed to Tasmania, to meet with various breeders and beekeepers to collect samples and to chat about the potential impact of genetic improvement.
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