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Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts
Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

Exciting times ahead for almond industry

By Almond Board of Australia chief executive Tim JacksonA DELEGATION from the Almond Board of Australia attended the annual California Almond Conference in Sacramento, California, last week. As the industry emerges from three years of pricing which...

20 Dec 2024
North West Farmer

New shell caters to pistachio growth

AUSTRALIA’S emerging pistachio industry has taken a quantum leap this week at Bannerton, 8km south of Robinvale, with the official unveiling of the Australian Pioneer Pistachio Company’s state-of-art pistachio hulling facility. The...

30 Nov 2024
Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

Poh, Murray add almonds glitz

NEW Australian Almonds ambassador Poh Ling Yeow will add an element of glitz as the industry pushes hard to increase its market share this year. The Almond Board of Australia has gone nuts about her appointment and the high-profile celebrity chef...

18 Nov 2024
North West Farmer

Citrus growers renew sweet deal

KEY industry representation and lobby group, Citrus Australia, has announced an extended deal with a multi-national food technology company. Confirmed mid-last week, TOMRA Food will continue as a major corporate partner with the...

09 Nov 2024
North West Farmer

Almond conference signals lifting world profile

TIM JACKSONChief executiveAlmond Board of AustraliaA RECORD crowd of 600 attended the Australian Almond Conference at the Adelaide Convention Centre this month for the biennial industry opportunity for networking and industry education. Our...

20 Oct 2024
News

All happening at almond event

THE north west Victorian and south west New South Wales almond industry arrived in Adelaide en masse this week for the 2024 Australian Almond Conference. Where attendees heard Haifa Group chief executive Motti Levin open the conference with...

06 Oct 2024
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North West Farmer

Almond sales volumes at all-time high

By TIM JACKSON Chief executive, Almond Board of Australia AUSTRALIAN almond sales volumes for July were the highest monthly figures since Almond Board of Australia marketing data records have been kept. The ABA’s July position report showed exports...

20 Sep 2024
Farming and Environment

Cracking growth nut

INCREASING production in Australia’s tree nut industry – as significant almond orchards reach maturity in the next few years – will provide opportunities to meet growing international demand, according to new industry research. In its...

09 Sep 2024
Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

When spending more is rewarded

CRUNCHING the numbers on farm is not just about what the inputs cost, even more important is what outputs they help create. Because that’s where you make the money. Which is how calculating their citrus input application costs – down to the dollar...

17 Aug 2024
Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

Bloomin’ big job awaits our smallest workers

This is the most spectacular time to be in an almond orchard, as the trees are in bloom. Almond growers are hoping for warm sunny days for the next few weeks, as this will encourage bees to fly from flower to flower and pollinate the orchard. It’s...

17 Aug 2024
Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

Winter lessons for almond growers

WINTER is not being wasted in the Sunraysia almond industry, with an emphasis on education through a series of workshops across the region. Almond Board of Australia chief executive Tim Jackson said the ABA industry development team had been going...

27 Jul 2024
Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

Almond train finally getting up head of steam

Australian almond sales for the 2024 season might be on record pace after setting another monthly record for exports – but that comes with a caveat. Iraak producer and Almond Board of Australia director Darren Minter said it was a success story...

20 Jul 2024
News

Pest free area status to go

THE Greater Sunraysia Pest Free Area, established in 2006 to help protect local horticultural industries from Queensland fruit fly and enhance market opportunities, is to be abolished. A statement released by Agriculture Victoria said Queensland...

12 Jul 2024
Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

Avos on the up and up

HOLY guacamole, the avocado industry is on target for a record production year and Barham Avocados is one of the producers looking at big numbers coming out of its Murray River orchards. Production forecasts show a 139,000-tonne crop nationally for...

05 Jul 2024
Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

Shining light on big squeeze - Sunraysia grower reveals pros and cons of high-density orchards

SUNRAYSIA citrus grower Matthew Cottrell has become a casebook study for a NSW Department of Primary Industry research project on high-density plantings across the industry. As well as citrus, Mr Cottrell and his family also produce wine and table...

28 Jun 2024
Innovation

Mapping tree yield a relatively simple task

THE total yield of almonds from an orchard is the sum of the production of each individual tree. Some trees achieve their potential while others don’t. Yield mapping can be used to provide a comparative view of tree...

23 Jun 2024
Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

Almond group setting pushing for the greater cause

Are you familiar with the phrase ‘a rising tide lifts all boats’?It was introduced to many people by John F Kennedy in 1963 – and was rolled out again during a nut quality workshop in Mildura this month. In its most recent incarnation, the...

22 Jun 2024