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Apple growing systems - innovation central
Has there ever been a time when the apple industry has been planting new orchards on so many different growing systems? Don’t think so. The creative energy and diversity are great. It does beg a question – is there one system that’s better than the rest? Or with the right management, can any of them excel?
Green Atlas Backed by Science!
Agriculture Victoria have scientifically validated Green Atlas Cartographer for mapping of flowers, fruit, canopy geometry, light interception and yield estimation in apples. Lead author Alessio Scalisi (pictured) concluded that “Cartographer provided accurate predictions of several important crop parameters, which “can be beneficial both for growers and scientists to collect data for multiple crop properties at high spatial resolution and replace labour-intensive operations.”
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Labour crisis 2021
The Covid induced labour shortage looks set to cost the apple industry in the order of $100M this harvest season.
Platform ready?
Media stories tend to give the impression to the ‘man in the street’ that the apple crop can be or soon will be picked by robots.
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Fruition Horticulture is proud to be part of a network of innovative New Zealand companies helping New Zealand growers.
