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Cherries - Pome fruit - Stone Fruit - Establishment & maintenance

Drapeau-Lehner 2D wall system advantages

An older tree architecture system is finding favour again with growers.

Cherries

Mapping cherry fruitlets to assist thinning

Camera mapping system a more efficient way to assess fruit load.

Cherries - Harvesting

Retractable rain and hail shelters save crops

Rain shelters aid cherry quality and production.

Macadamias - Spraying equipment & application - Technology in agriculture

Robots and autonomous vehicles combat worker shortage

'Reliability of machines far outweighs the reliability of people.'

Cherries

Premio for premium cherries

Premio improved fruit set percentages, fruit quality and reduced cracked fruit.

Cherries - Harvesting

SMS recruiting function now part of AgPick app

SMS system allows growers to recruit and communicate with pickers directly ahead of Australian cherry season.

Technology in agriculture

AGL to power almond orchard with microgrid and solar farm

New solar farm will be the size of two MCGs.

Disease & weed control - Insect & mite control

Improving Australia’s biosecurity toolkit

Pest and Disease Image Library is relaunched.

Specialty tree crops - Tropical trees

Export a major focus for Australian lychee growers

The Australian lychee industry exports around 22 per cent of the national crop.

Harvesting - Pruning - Technology in agriculture

Hourly rates pushing adoption of platforms

Work platforms are one way that growers can address the twin issues of worker productivity and availability.

Water supply & irrigation

AquiMax makes every droplet matter

Co-polymer system helps water permeate through the soil and retain nutrients within the root zone.

Cherries - Technology in agriculture

Mobile cherry sizing app delivers early size data

New mobile cherry sizing app.

Cherries

Stress and strain on the cherry skin and cuticle

Parka is a specialist cuticle supplement that repairs and supplements the natural cuticle.

Specialty tree crops - Tropical trees

Pomegranates – new crop for North Queensland

Pomegranates have potential in FNQ, but more work still needs to be done.

Flowering, thinning & PGRs - Insect & mite control

Detection of braula fly in bee hives

Braula fly detected in Victoria during varroa mite surveillance.

Tree Crop News

Drapeau-Lehner 2D wall system advantages

Mapping cherry fruitlets to assist thinning

Retractable rain and hail shelters save crops

Robots and autonomous vehicles combat worker shortage

Premio for premium cherries

SMS recruiting function now part of AgPick app

AGL to power almond orchard with microgrid and solar farm

Improving Australia’s biosecurity toolkit

Export a major focus for Australian lychee growers

Hourly rates pushing adoption of platforms

AquiMax makes every droplet matter

Mobile cherry sizing app delivers early size data

Stress and strain on the cherry skin and cuticle

Pomegranates – new crop for North Queensland

Detection of braula fly in bee hives

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