Tree Crop News

Citrus - Marketing & export

New Season Delite mandarins

Australian-grown Delite mandarin season is officially underway.

Avocado - Cherries - Pome fruit - Specialty tree crops - Stone Fruit

Data-driven water management in Manjimup

Calculating the value of water for crop, farm and community.

Mangoes - Marketing & export

Certified organic mangoes

"Our goal is to develop the certified organic market segments."

Citrus - Marketing & export

Tapping into health benefits to increase sales

One of Australia's leading blood orange producers has launched a campaign focused on promoting the health benefits and nutritional values of the fruit.

Post harvest

Post-harvest equipment - Australian made

Local manufacturing of post-harvest automation solutions.

Packaging & labelling

New fibre punnets

New fibre punnets help address sustainable packaging issues.

Mangoes

Nitrogen from mango litter linked to fruit quality

Research helps us to understand nitrogen sources and cycling in tropical mango production systems.

Pome fruit

Launch of third apple and pear orchard program

Program covers apple and pear orchards across the country.

Marketing & export

AgTech solution to boost food provenance

End-to-end traceability delivered through blockchain technology could provide a new level of trust.

Stone Fruit

Potential for fantastic cherry season

Growers optimistic about upcoming cherry season

Water supply & irrigation

South East water prices expected to drop

ABARES forecasts lower water prices in the southern Murray-Darling Basin in 2020–21

Pome fruit

First QTee pear planting start in Australia

Growers across Australia have begun the first plantings of QTee pear trees.

Marketing & export

Counterfeiters caught by ‘smart’ fingerprints

Individual images are applied to product packaging in the form of a 'fingerprint'.

Mangoes - Business solutions & labour

Seasonal and Pacific Worker pilot programme to be trialled in the NT

Trial addressing labour shortages affecting NT farmers.

Flowering, thinning & PGRs

Getting the facts on pollination

New R&D project to improve pollination