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Illuminating undercover orchards

Orchard covers are a key to managing climate risks but can reduce sunlight transmission by up to 47 per cent. Sunlight plays a vital role in fruit production, so what is the cost to production and quality?

Almonds - Featured Crop

Cracking growth forecast for Australian almonds

New management for Metagen

Business solutions & labour

Byte by byte: how AI is reshaping agriculture

Hot Potato hits the Big Apple as Australia showcases health campaign

The Australian fresh produce industry’s groundbreaking collaboration with The Wiggles was showcased at The New York Produce Show and Conference earlier this month.

Business solutions & labour

Will robots bring people back to farming?

In a field outside Woodland, California, a bright orange tractor hums to life.

Business solutions & labour

Robots and AI revolutionise apple, cherry and blueberry pruning

In the orchards of the future, cherry pruning and thinning could be entrusted to robotic arms and smart algorithms.

Centuria gets Two Wells site for the price of one

Australasian real estate funds manager, Centuria Capital Group (ASX: CNI or Centuria), has expanded its agriculture real estate platform to $820 million, securing the Perfection Fresh operated 43ha glasshouse facility in Two Wells, South Australia.

Business solutions & labour

New vision for orchards

Narrow orchard systems (NOS) represent modern orchard designs focused on efficient utilisation of cropping area by developing two-dimensional multi-leader porous canopies in tightly spaced rows, which ultimately result in better fruit quality and yield, high operational and harvest efficiency, and enhanced crop monitoring and protection.

Business solutions & labour

Pipeline project powers regional growth

Family-owned grower, Koala Cherries has unveiled a major regional infrastructure project with the completion of a new pipeline servicing its orchards in Yarck.

Honey Gold mangoes are back for summer

One of Australia’s favourite mangoes – the Honey Gold – returns to supermarket shelves nationally this week as producer Piñata Farms transitions its Northern Territory harvest from Darwin to the main farm at Katherine.

Macadamia season done and dusted

Australian macadamia growers have delivered a 2025 crop of 43,800 tonnes in-shell at 3.5 percent moisture (46,940 tonnes at 10 percent moisture).

New avocado ambassador

Avocados Australia has named Audra Morrice– celebrated chef and judge on MasterChef Asia and Singapore – as its new international culinary ambassador.

Products and services

Holistic management approach for Nangiloc citrus orchard

Managing a range of citrus crops on mostly high pH soils near Nangiloc in the Sunraysia region has required careful monitoring, strategic nutrient applications, and, more recently, use of some of the latest analysis technologies to help optimise production.

Tree crop insights

From Canada to Australia – a diverse career in crop protection

From the prairies of Manitoba in central Canada to the farming regions of southern Australia, Orville Hildebrand has built a diverse career in agriculture.

It’s the simple things that count

After a career in agriculture spanning nearly four decades, Stephen York believes it’s the simple things that count when it comes to building strong and successful relationships with customers.

Products and services

Harvista helps apple grower

Managing harvest maturity and minimising fruit drop in a high-volume operation were the driving factors behind South Australian apple grower Noel Mason and partners decision to add near-harvest solution Harvista to AG and HC Mason’s orchard program about five years ago.

Almonds - Featured Crop

High input almond growing pays-off at Kenley

A high input approach to almond growing, ensuring nutrient replacement and also catering to the following season’s crop, is paying dividends for the Australian Farming Services (AFS) property at Kenley in Victoria’s Murray Valley region.

Australian fresh produce industry wins prestigious global award

The Australian fresh produce industry’s ‘Fruit and Veggies Yummy Yummy’ campaign with The Wiggles has won the Produce Business global marketing innovation award at the New York Produce Show and Conference.

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