Special Australia and New Zealand

Rebecca Blackman - WA Farm Direct

"This next step opens the door for the apple variety to be grown in other countries and sold under the Soluna™ brand"

The Bravo® apple is running slightly late this season, however fruit is expected to be harvested mid-late April around Australia. The harvest will start in Western Australia – Perth Hills or Stanthorpe Queensland. "We expect volumes to be up 10-15% from the 2022 season however, this is a reduction from…

Dr Stu Powell - Climate Consulting

"We advise clients of their frost risk, whether frost protection is required, how much is required"

The economic costs of frost to agriculture and horticulture can be significant. As winter and early spring frost in Australia and New Zealand is almost exclusively ‘radiative’ in nature, it forms predictable patterns as a function of surrounding topography and land use. Climate Consulting provide expert…

Prevar - developing premium cultivars by identifying future market opportunities

Prevar™ is a New Zealand based business that prides itself on being at the forefront of fruit innovation on the world stage, developing and commercialising apple and pear cultivars. The recent impact of cyclone Garbielle has been devastating for many. “We stand behind the industry and alongside our…

Hayden Stewart - P&C Automation

"The system accurately and consistently places interlocking trays on a pallet"

P&C Automation's palletizing solutions are custom designed to suit clients' requirements. The company recently delivered a palletizing solution to Australian producer Bendotti Avocado. While the system delivered to Bendotti Avocado was designed for palletizing up to two different product types…

Howard Hansen - Hansen Orchards

“We have a full crop of apples and they are looking good"

The apple harvest is just about to start in Tasmania and grower Howard Hansen from Hansen Orchards is hopeful of a return to a normal season after hail destroyed a whole orchard in the Huon Valley in the 2022 season. “I’m hoping we used all our bad luck last year,” said Howard. “We have a full crop of…

Jeff Scott - Australia Table Grate Association

Australian grapes look forward to strong domestic and export markets

The Australian grape growers are looking forward to a good season after a couple of challenging ones. The current harvest started 2-3 weeks late but the fruit is looking very good and it is starting to catch up now. In the main growing region of Sunraysia, where 75% of the country’s grapes are grown, and…

Nathan Bischa - Harvest Moon

"We believe they have the potential to change the way carrots are consumed around the world"

Tasmanian vegetable growing company Harvest Moon launched their Snackable carrots back in 2018, this was a product which they had been refining for five years previous to starting commercial planting. “Since then we have had to deal with extreme weather conditions which have impacted our supply,”…

The Avolution wins India Australia Business Council award for Excellence in Innovation

“There is already demand in India for good quality avocados"

The days of signs in shop windows saying ‘No avocados kept on these premise overnight’ are long gone in Australia and demand no longer outstrips supply, in fact over supply is more the norm. Between 2012-2021 the demand for avocados was huge and growers planted more, as is normal, big growers became…

AU: Centuria secures a 20ha tomato glasshouse

Centuria has secured a 20-hectare tomato glasshouse facility in Guyra NSW on behalf of its unlisted pure-play, Centuria Agriculture Fund (CAF), from a family-owned investment office. The transaction is CAF’s third off-market glasshouse acquisition taking the total size of its glasshouses under management…

Australia: Record macadamia yield said to drive prices even lower

Australian macadamia growers are urging shoppers to pop macadamias in their trolleys ahead of a predicted record crop. It’s predicted 60,000 tons of nut-in-shell will be harvested in this year’s season. This comes after farmgate prices tumbled from a record $6.20 per kilogram in 2020 to $2.50 per…

Australia Fruits - 20 years in the fresh produce business

Diversification is the key to overcoming challenges

Anyone in the fresh produce business knows that it is not one of the easiest businesses to be in, with all the ups and downs, be it from the markets, currency, weather or even global pandemics! Australia Fruits is celebrating 20 years in business this year, the company was started in 2003 when Joe Tullio…

Hot Water Treatment provides solution for Australian mangoes to enter export markets

Researchers have discovered how to advance mango trade in  Australia by using hot water treatment to meet market entry protocols for fruit fly disinfestation in Australian mangoes. Heat treatment is the internationally accepted protocol for market access, currently applied through vapour heat technology. The…

Special Australia and New Zealand

It is that time of year again when FreshPlaza shines a light on Australia and New Zealand. Are you a grower, importer or exporter, machine manufacturer or in the packaging business? If you in anyway involved in the fresh produce business we would love to hear from you. You can send us in some info or we…

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