Tree Crop News

News

Algae trade success

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has approved algae production to the National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce.

News

New board for Aussie hort

One new and two returning board directors have joined the grower-owned research and development corporation for Australian horticulture, Hort Innovation.

News

Hort unites to bolster sustainability

Grower groups from across Australia and national representative bodies are showing joint support for the newly released 2023/24 Australian-grown Horticulture Sustainability Framework.

Stone Fruit - News

Stone fruit yields set to boom

Leading Australian fresh produce business Montague is gearing up for a large stone fruit crop harvest this season, largely due to the good news of an expected warmer summer.

General - News

Free water tests

VICCHEM, a trusted name in agrichemical solutions, is thrilled to announce the continuation of their free water test kit, reaffirming their commitment to providing retail partners and growers with valuable insights to optimise the performance of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides.

Citrus - News

Aussie citrus congress 2024

The inaugural Australian Citrus Congress will focus on building a profitable future for the sector.

News

Glyphosate back for another decade

The European Commission has approved the use of the controversial weedkiller glyphosate for another decade, with a spokesperson for Australian growers backing the move as good news for exports.

News

FrostBoss expansion is a cut above says Priest

There’s a new wind blowing across the global frost fan market with Kiwi company FrostBoss its cutting-edge blade manufacturing facility in September.

Events

2024 Australian Mango Conference is set

Don't miss this event in 2024

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.

Citrus - Tree crop people

Hillston Citrus imports some export expertise

A quarter of a century in the citrus industry – first in South Africa, and now Australia – has squeezed agronomist Rolf Swart into a new role, tackling the challenges of exports for Hillston Citrus Operations, at Griffith in NSW.

Pome fruit - Stone Fruit

Hydrorock subsurface water saving technology

Developed by a Dutch company, Hydrorock is an innovative subsurface water saving technology composed of blocks of mineral wool - a rock-based mineral material made into a matted fibre buried in the ground and designed to deliver an optimum and constant supply of water to tree crops.

Cherries - Pome fruit - Stone Fruit

Future is cherry ripe for very happy family orchard

Kyabram orchardists Anthony Rullo and Alexandra Milosevich see embracing innovative water saving technologies as the key to their future after establishing a 5ha cherry orchard on a property just outside of Kyabram in July 2022.

Fruit Fly

There’s no rest against fruit fly pest

It’s a seasonal pest, but the fight against fruit fly is a year-round battle that never ends.

Pome fruit - Insect & mite control

Vayego all the go for South West WA orchards with weevils

Limited chemical control options and high reliance on the Group 22a insecticide, indoxacarb, for control of weevils in pome and stone fruit orchards throughout South West WA, has always meant a new option was going to be enthusiastically welcomed.