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High hopes for narrow orchards

A TEAM of scientists, engineers and economists have been assembled to reimagine what orchards in the future could look like through a $13.6 million program aimed at improving efficiency in resources and labour.

The five-year program, delivered through Hort Innovation, will establish research sites across the country to find out whether transitioning to narrower orchard systems could bring benefit...