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Research boost for hazelnut industry

Charles Sturt University researchers are leading a major five-year $2 million program funded by AgriFutures Australia to optimise hazelnut production in Australia.

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Creating fertiliser and fuel from thin air

Australian farmers could soon see their fertiliser costs drop 10 per cent through groundbreaking technology developed by homegrown startup PlasmaLeap.

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Collaboration key to ultimate genotypes in plants and livestock

University of Queensland researchers are setting the agenda for breeding high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops and low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency as they search for the ultimate genotype.

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Partnership launches packaging trial

Mountain Blue and Opal Partner to launch plastic free cardboard packaging trial

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TRANSTAK deliveries on track

TRANSTAK Engineering and Equipment has been manufacturing and supplying fruit growers with equipment for around 25 years.

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Queensland’s gift to fruit growers

Other states and territories would love to return to sender, but the QFF doesn’t cooperate. The Queensland Fruit Fly is so well known, the abbreviation is widely recognised as representing a threat to the wealth of growers of most fruits almost anywhere (in reality it is a native of central coastal Queensland, but very geographically ambitious).

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IFPA broadens education programs

The International Fresh Produce Association Australia-New Zealand (IFPA ANZ) has refined and extended its produce-specific curriculum for members in 2025 in response to industry demand to upskill the workforce.

Pome fruit - Featured Crop

A very happy place

Anthony Rullo had little experience in producing his own cherries (despite growing up surrounded by a cherry orchard) until three years ago when he embraced the opportunity to plant his own trees and simultaneously trial some cutting-edge technology.

Pome fruit - Featured Crop

Netting, rain cover and solar innovations to protect orchard crops

Protecting orchard crops from hail, rain and excessive sunlight is becoming increasingly important to avoid fruit damage. Hail and extreme heat events appear to be more common as our climate is changing and rain spoilage is an ongoing issue in stone fruit crops, particularly cherry.

Pome fruit - Featured Crop

Packaging (MAP) for stone fruit export

By John Lopresti and Glenn Hale - horticultural consultants Fruitful Insights Australian stone fruit is exported by both air and sea freight typically in plastic film liners ranging from perforated high humidity (HH) bags to modified atmosphere packaging (MAP).

Pome fruit - Featured Crop

Nutrient management for pome fruit

Australian Pear & Apple Limited says the key to a targeted approach to nutrient management is understanding your soil, leaf composition and nutrient levels in fruit pre-harvest.

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Horticultural career beckons for third generation farmer

Third generation Robinvale local, Will Jury, has taken up a new national role with 7 Worlds Ag.

Almonds - Insect & mite control

Almond growers urged to get cracking on pest threat

Almond growers in the Sunraysia, Riverland and Riverina districts are urged to prepare now to act quickly to control key pests during the critical hull split period between December and January.

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Free hard water tests

VICCHEM is offering free hard water tests to farmers to help optimise herbicide performance.

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Summerfruit Management

Modern summerfruit orchard production systems are geared to improve yield and packout performance via optimal crop load and uniformity in tree canopy architecture for high-quality fruit and efficient light interception and distribution.