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Major milestone for Delite Mandarins
Expecting to pick around 30 million Delite mandarins this season.
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Disease & weed control
Monitoring cuts down sprays in avocados
The regular monitoring of insect pests beneficial insects is helping to reduce the amount of insecticide applications needed in avocado orchards in the Bundaberg region of Queensland.
Water supply & irrigation
Water prices stay low for third year in a row
Water allocation prices in the southern Murray–Darling Basin are likely to remain low for a third consecutive year, according to the latest ABARES Water Market Outlook.
Fruit Fly
Planning an area-wide fruit fly program
Now is the time to plan your fruit fly area-wide program, before the insects commence a new season of activity, Richard Bull writes.
Fruit Fly
Queensland fruit fly area wide management
The Goulburn Murray Valley Fruit Fly Area Wide Management (FFAWM) Program has been monitoring rural and urban Queensland fruit fly (QFF) trapping grids established across the Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) region In Victoria for five years.
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Fruit Fly
A cherry on top...
Well, we know birds don’t help with biological control of sawflies and, beneficial wasps aren’t ‘traitors’ either. This pretty much leaves it up to you, the grower, to do something, Ion Staunton writes.
Macadamias
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Insect & mite control
Softer option for managing lace bug
New generation insecticide available for use against lace bug in macadamia.
Tropical trees
Orchard management the key to sustainability
Integrated orchard management (IOM) projects designed to get more sunlight into macadamia orchards, promote grass coverage on orchard floors, and manage water drainage are key to improving the industry's resilience and environmental sustainability.
Tropical trees
How to tell when your Jackfruit is ripe to pick
Sheryl Backhouse, long-time member of the Sub-Tropical Fruit Club, gives her top tips on how to know when your jackfruit is ripe for the picking.
Establishment & maintenance
Top tips for new orchard plantings
Trellising is being adopted for use on a wider range of crops.
Tropical trees
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Technology in agriculture
Farmable farming app simplifies management
Russell Davison, general manager of Farmable for English markets, travelled to Mareeba, Qld in February 2022, where he had the opportunity to meet Andrew Crebert and Rory Nunes. Mr Crebert and Mr Nunes manage three of Manbulloo's mango and avocado farms in Far North Queensland.
Fertilisers & nutrition
Fertiliser can reduce CO2 emissions
Yara can provide product carbon footprint statements (PCFs) for all its nitrate fertilisers sold in Australia.
Cherries
How to make cherry trees productive early
As cherry growers move towards high density production systems, their main goal is more precocious flowering on young branches for early yields and quick economic returns.
Cherries
Variable quality export cherries in Vietnam
Cherries are highly perishable and require an efficient cool chain to maintain firmness, freshness and attract premium prices in export markets. Australia regained market access to Vietnam in 2017 with the requirement that Victorian grown produce is subjected to irradiation treatment.
Tropical trees
Bayer trial proves value of farm-wide program
With top quality fruit being the goal at Makhoma Farms in the Gin Gin-Wide Bay region of Queensland, owner John Warren is quick to point out that it’s a whole program approach that is not only most effective, but also most efficient.
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