Tree Crop News

Pome fruit

Smarter pear orchards to consistently produce better quality pears

Experimental pear blocks will provide insights into the effects of rootstock, training systems and tree density on fruit yield and quality.

Business solutions & labour

Labour shortage looming: Growers must act now!

Harvest Trail Information Service advises 'growers to be proactive.

Avocado - Technology in agriculture - Water supply & irrigation

LoRa devices boost crop yield on connected avocado farms

Accurately monitoring environmental crop stress.

Avocado - Technology in agriculture

Cryogenics preserves genetic lines of avocado

Avocado shoot tips have successfully been cryogenically frozen and revived.

Marketing & export - Organic farming

Woolworths backs organic growers

Woolworths awards Organic Growth Fund grants to four family-owned Australian farms.

Mangoes

Mango production in full swing in the NT

Mango harvesting in the NT is ramping up, two months after picking commenced.

Fruit Fly

Sterile fruit flies contribute to reduction in Queensland fruit fly population

Releases of sterile fruit flies at two Australian locations have significantly reduced Queensland fruit fly numbers.

Citrus - Marketing & export - Post harvest

Predicting chilling injury before fruit leaves the shed

Research to help lemon exporters.

Mangoes - Business solutions & labour

Seasonal workers from Vanuatu arrive in Darwin

Seasonal workers heading off to Top End orchards.

Marketing & export

Preventing disruptions in live tracking of fresh produce

Tracking solution gives perishable supply chain stakeholders live access to in-transit data.

Macadamias

Feral pig exclusion fencing saves macadamia crops

Investment in exclusion fencing can recoup its cost within one to two years.

Citrus - Disease & weed control

Shaping Australia’s response to HLB

Team is working to strengthen the Australian citrus industry’s biosecurity readiness.

Citrus - Marketing & export

Favco launches premium mandarin brand

Mandarin variety will be packed under the OPAL brand.

Macadamias - Disease & weed control

Macadamia tree shaking replaces fungicides

Chemical-free solution to controlling husk spot disease.

Marketing & export - Post harvest

Ozone reduces MRLs during ocean transportation

Ozone removes pesticides from fruit during transportation.