Tree Crop News

Products and services

Future ready post harvest and packaging for tree crop sector

Every harvest brings its own challenges, from the pace of picking to meeting market deadlines.

Products and services

Smart frost protection: almond lessons for all tree crop growers

Every spring, a familiar but unwelcome challenge returns to Australia’s orchards: frost.

Products and services

Tough on mites, gentle on bees – that’s Raven

Mite and sucking insect pests remain a significant challenge for growers across a broad range of crops.

Products and services

New tree crop insecticide creates excitement

Whether it’s macadamias, almonds, avocados, mangoes, papaya or citrus, there’s a new insecticide from Syngenta that’s generating excitement.

Cherries - Featured Crop

Feeding trees from the ground up: how biologicals advance tree crop nutrition

In cherries and other high-value tree crops, nutrition isn’t just about what you apply, it's about what the tree can actually absorb, especially under pressure.

Establishment & maintenance

Weed control treatments for pome orchards

The predicted loss of paraquat/diquat as one of the weed control options is set to disrupt the current standard practice in Australia, along with the potential pressure from Europe on glyphosate and glufosinate seeing longer term restrictions.

Establishment & maintenance

Winter weapon boosts resilience

As Australian orchards brace for another growing season, the true battle for crop health and yield begins not in spring—but now, during dormancy.

Technology in orchards

Assessing small fruit quality without causing damage

The season for harvesting cherries and other small fruits is in full swing in Italy.

Flower, Thinning & PGRs

Laying down cordons for narrow 2D canopies

Initial tree training from as soon as the tree is planted is critical in narrow orchard systems (NOS).

Technology in orchards

Harvesting crops and profits with the FRUMACO OE-4 Harvester

In the past century, harvest costs for major crops such as grains, oilseeds, corn, and sugar beets have been drastically reduced due to ongoing mechanisation.

Technology in orchards

Are computers ready to run our farms?

Nature is still too complex for artificial intelligence (AI) modelling to be effective, but the tipping point is close, according to a new study which found the technology may still trip at the last real-world hurdle.

Tree crop insights

Family has long grape growing history

For Kyle Lovreta, a third-generation table grape grower in the Swan Valley, Western Australia, farming isn’t just a career – it’s his way of life.

Technology in orchards

Talking technology with JD

In this issue of Australian Tree Crop, we talk to John Deere Australia and New Zealand small ag and turf marketing manager Erin Wagstaff about some of her company’s products and technology which can help Australian tree crop growers.

Know your pest

Is there any simplifying IPM?

Simplifying IPM. But it’s not that simple … the ‘I’ in IPM stands for integrated which means stuffing whatever will manage pests into the process.

Bees and pollination

Pollination pressure a growing concern

Potential declines in bee populations due to varroa mite infestation could jeopardise Australian horticultural production, Rabobank says in a newly released report.