Apple and Pear Australia Limited in East Melbourne, Victoria | Agricultural service

Apple and Pear Australia Limited

Locality: East Melbourne, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9329 3511

Address: Suite G. 02, 128 Jolimont Rd 3002 East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.apal.org.au/

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25.01.2022 The 2020/21 Orchard plant protection guide for deciduous fruits in NSW celebrates 60 years of informing pest and disease management decisions. The guide is free to commercial fruit growers and while it is most relevant to NSW growers, there is also plenty of relevant information for the rest of the country. Download the PDF here: https://bit.ly/3f4xysM

23.01.2022 APAL has set up a dedicated page where you can find important links and the latest info on the current situation regarding US apple imports into Australia: https://apal.org.au/us-imports-into-australia/

23.01.2022 Apple growers have hit out at the federal government, over a proposal to import United States produce to Australia. #9News | Weeknights from 5.30pm

20.01.2022 Listen in to hear about the National fruit fly biocontrol research being led by AgVic, next Tuesday, 23 Feb at 2pm.

20.01.2022 If you're in Victoria and need access to more seasonal labour, download Agriculture Victoria's Working for Victoria online platform. A webinar is being held tomorrow to learn how to use the program - register below: 12pm: https://bit.ly/2Ilym0u... 3pm: https://bit.ly/3p7k9VE See more

20.01.2022 New Seasonal Harvest Sign-on Bonus incentives today from Vic Govt will pay $810 bonus after two weeks (10 days across a month) work to those who take up a seasonal harvest job on a Victorian farm, and a further $1620 for an additional 6 weeks work. Bonus applies to work undertaken from Wednesday 17 February (ie not retrospective) and can be across more than one employer. The aim is to attract NEW workers and the bonus is available to anyone who has the right to work in Aust...ralia (except those employed under the Pacific Mobility Scheme or Seasonal Worker Program), and who has NOT worked in agricultural sectors jobs in the last three months. #pickshepp #fruitgrowersvic READ MORE - https://agriculture.vic.gov.au//whats-involved-and-extra-b https://greatershepparton.com.au/business/pick-shepp

20.01.2022 APAL is urging industry to have their say on proposed biosecurity arrangements to enable the import of apples from the USA. You can do that here: https://bit.ly/2TTuW7E The idea of Australia importing American apples has generated plenty of discussion over the last week APAL took a look at how the proposed arrangement was reported: https://apal.org.au/media-watch-usa-apple-imports/

18.01.2022 APAL's Autumn Future Orchards walks kick off Friday 5 March and will look at the immediate challenges triggered by Covid-19 and how these are reshaping our orchards and our industry. Event details https://apal.org.au/is-covid-19-reshaping-our-orchards-and/ Fruit Growers Tasmania Fruit Growers Victoria Ltd Apple & Pear Growers SA Granite Belt Growers Association NSW Farmers

17.01.2022 Labour efficiency, prioritising and achieving block targets, colour and quality management, fruit size optimisation, crop load and vigour management and more at November's Futrue Orchards virtual walks: https://bit.ly/32DST7x

16.01.2022 Meet Clive - Australia's first commercial apple picking robot: https://bit.ly/398lohZ

14.01.2022 Just this week we've had contact from established and new companies who are mapping flowers/yield using on-the-ground units (SwarmFarm Robotics GreenAtlas #Cartographer, iphones (Pixofarm, Austria) and drones (Outfield Technologies,UK) - what do you see as the most useful role for this technology and what are the key functionalities you regard as essential in flower stage/crop mapping/ yield forecasting technology? https://www.freshplaza.com//ng-for-smart-and-flexible-app/

12.01.2022 Vic growers to pay $2k to access Pacific Islands workers to be quarantined in Tasmania, but no firm date yet on when they will arrive.

11.01.2022 Still time to register for tomorrow's Future Orchards Virtual Walk - Preparing for a profitable harvest in a pandemic

08.01.2022 There's plenty of work taking place behind the scenes to maximise the availability of domestic workers ahead of next year's harvest. Check out the incentives that are currently available to Australians wanting to work on an orchard: https://bit.ly/3jF02dq

07.01.2022 Apparently there's another election taking place somewhere but the main vote will be at APAL's AGM next Thursday, as our Victorian members vote for their representative on the board of APAL for the next 3 years - Scott Montague or Kevin Sanders. Victorian members can register to attend and vote at the AGM, which is being held virtually, or you can appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf by 5pm Monday November 9. https://bit.ly/2TWkY58

04.01.2022 APAL Queensland director Rosie Savio's family's new apple-in-a-bottle Upple is getting plenty of attention. Find out how it came about in this ABC article or by watching LandlineTV at 12.30pm today (Sunday).#Upple ABC Landline