Tree Crop News

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.

Almonds

Primewest launches Trust with new NSW almond orchard acquisition

Fund launch reaffirms confidence in Australia’s agricultural sector.

Establishment & maintenance

Avoiding transplant shock

New system makes nursery more 'worker friendly'.

Macadamias - Establishment & maintenance

Wet summer ideal test for erosion research

Projects designed to improve fertiliser stewardship.

Packaging & labelling

The compostable packaging move – will it ‘stick’?

Packhouse tests have begun to assess performance of compostable stickers in shipping and transportation.

Avocado - Marketing & export

Lovocados set sail for Asia a year early

Costa Avocados have sent their first ever sea-freight container of avocados to Asia.

Marketing & export

New flights to Japan and the US

More flights for International Freight Assistance Mechanism

Disease & weed control - Insect & mite control - Spraying equipment & application - Technology in agriculture

Keeping track of your chemical applications

Program enables better chemical use efficiency, safety and compliance.

Disease & weed control - Insect & mite control - Spraying equipment & application

Spraying made easy with Croplands Mist Ultra

Targeted spray coverage and efficiency.

Citrus

Costa acquires 2PH farms

$220m citrus deal will help horticultural giant break into Chinese market.

Stone Fruit

Finding the gene for red-to-blue plum skin

Researchers find the gene that determines Japanese plum skin colour due to the presence or absence of anthocyanins.

Cherries - Marketing & export

Tasmanian cherries ripe for export growth

Tasmanian cherry exports increased by 40 per cent in 2020-21.

Pome fruit - Marketing & export

What the UK FTA means for Australian apples

Future growth in exports by only a few percentage points would be significant for Australian producers.