Tree Crop News

Citrus

First time for Tango mandarin

Yambellup Estate citrus producer Richard Eckersley will pluck this season’s latest seedless mandarin, the Tango, for the first time this harvest.

Packaging & labelling

New robot set to reduce the potential for workplace injuries

A new collaborative robot system that can operate 24 hours a day and reduce workplace injuries, is being showcased at the Australian Banana Industry Congress on the Gold Coast.

Almonds - Water supply & irrigation

No more water licences: Almond Board calls for moratorium

A moratorium should prevent the issue of any new water licences for new developments in the southern Murray Darling Basin states until a review has been completed into the river system's ability to meet current demands, the peak body for Australia's fast-growing almond industry says.

Mangoes - Harvesting

Mango auto-harvester a good pick in Queensland

Claimed as a world’s first, CQUniversity Professor Kerry Walsh has revealed details of its mango auto-harvester at this week’s Australian Mango Industry Association conference in Darwin.

Almonds - Flowering, thinning & PGRs

Websters spends $8m on bees for almond production

Webster Limited has acquired Australian Rainforest Honey's 5,500 bee hives for $8.2 million.

Mangoes

Fixing ugly fruit

Researchers at Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture have found a way to make some cosmetically “ugly” fruit more palatable.

Fruit Fly

Fruit fly eradication fight in South Australia boosted by new x-ray irradiation machine

South Australia will be able to produce up to 50 million sterile fruit flies a week to protect the state's $1.2 billion horticulture industry.

Specialty tree crops

Major steps forward for Australian jujube industry

The formalisation of the Australian jujube industry has taken another major step, with the launch of the South Australian Jujube Growers Association Inc.

Avocado

Record expected for Hass avocados

Australian avocado consumers are set for a bumper season with a nine per cent increase in volumes on supermarket shelves this season.

Almonds

Record almond crop good for exports

A record Australian almond harvest is being matched by strong demand from China in the wake of sanctions on US imports.

Specialty tree crops

Great prices for the start of Australian pomegranate season

Exceptional start to Australia's pomegranate season for growers, with large fruit providing some bumper prices given the warmer spring and summer.

Avocado

Avocado that does not brown for 10 days

Naturo All Natural Technologies have officially launched their full range of sliced, diced and smashed avocado products for the food service industry.

Pome fruit - Post harvest

Shepparton family preserves fruit at its best

A Shepparton family’s business is set to slash water use in its apple and pear storage facility by up to 80 per cent and stop two tonnes of plastic going to landfill each year as a result of ground-breaking technology.

Marketing & export

Woolworths back supply chain revolution

Woolworths is launching a bold plan to stop food waste and reshape the supply chain with the use of technology.

Pome fruit

Red Moon® red-fleshed apples to roll out in Australia

It was on a trip to Italy where the Goulburn Valley-based Barolli family first discovered the French-bred, eye-catching, red-fleshed, Red Moon® Surprise Inside® brand apples.