According to Mildura Fruit Company grower services rep, Justin Lane, when it comes to profitability in fruit growing quality and tonnes per hectare are equally important.
Mr Lane provided advice to delegates on improving pack-outs and pricing at the recent Citrus Technical Forum in Mildura.
Mr Lane said, aiming to set a navel crop of 45-50t/ha with fruit that fell in the right size range for the KCT (Korea, China, Thailand) program was the recipe for success.
Similarly, consistently achieving an Afourer crop of 55-60t/ha is more profitable than getting in to a biannual cropping cycle by overcropping the orchards.
Mr Lane said pruning was also important and that aiming to prune every tree every year had its rewards.
source: weeklytimesnow.com.au
