Tree Crop News

Pome fruit - Packaging & labelling

Plug and play installation for Zetapack

A cost effective machine providing labor savings and improved productivity.

Disease & weed control - Insect & mite control

Latest pesticide resistance management advice released

New release includes herbicide mode of action changes.

Pome fruit - Harvesting - Technology in agriculture

Fruit harvesting AI robot

Two-armed robot moves using a self-driving car made from a modified golf cart.

Tropical trees - Establishment & maintenance

New project to evaluate resilience & profitability of high-density orchards

Systems will assess cyclone resilience, production capacity and profitability.

Marketing & export - Organic farming

Calls for mandatory certification logos on all organic products

Easy-to-recognise emblems on organic packaging would drive consumer confidence.

Fruit Fly

Identifying wild versus sterile fruit flies

Using isotopes to determine difference between wild and sterile fruit flies.

Business solutions & labour - Harvesting

Going paperless is easy and boosts productivity

Digitising makes life easier and leads to better productivity.

Almonds - Spraying equipment & application - Technology in agriculture - Tractors & machinery

Robot spraying could transform the almond industry

One operator can oversee five machines from a control vehicle using a laptop.

Marketing & export

Natural Branding - blue laser in the fight against plastic

A safe and sustainable labelling alternative.

Business solutions & labour

Tips to prepare for future harvest labour

Tips and insight into securing a reliable workforce for the next harvest season.

Nuts - Insect & mite control

Managing pests and predators in pistachios

Report aims to demonstrate the impact of insectary plantings on pest management and orchard biodiversity

Almonds - Macadamias - Establishment & maintenance - Flowering, thinning & PGRs

Powering pollinators to boost almond yields

Many orchards are devoid of floral resources for bee forage and this poses a significant problem

Almonds - Avocado - Cherries - Citrus - Macadamias - Mangoes - Nuts - Pome fruit - Specialty tree crops - Stone Fruit - Tropical trees - Flowering, thinning & PGRs

New research protects Australia's precious pollinators

Diversity in crop pollination depends on the presence of flowering plants and nesting opportunities in the landscape.

Pome fruit - Technology in agriculture

MARS robotic apple-picker

Robot works autonomously, self-driving through the orchard rows as it harvests.

Avocado

Avocado will be the best-selling tropical fruit by 2030

Total value of world avocado exports would reach an estimated USD8.3 billion.