In orchard discussion and BBQ lunch to follow at Newtons Brothers Orchard on Starkie Road Manjimup.
WA Growers and Stakeholders invited
Showcasing WA apple contributions to current national R&D programs
Showcasing WA apple contributions to current national R&D programs
Prime Organics host APAL’s WA Future Orchard Walk Summer Series
Join us at APAL’s November 2023 Future Orchards® Spring Series on Monday 13 November to discuss tree nutrition, growth regulator usage and the season ahead.
Get a broader understanding of Manjimup soils
Pomewest On-Farm Biosecurity Workshops and Annual Grower Dinners
Join us for the 2023 Annual Pome Grower Dinners
Brooke Sauer, from IntellectAg in partnership with Rural Edge have created the "Creating a Farm Tech Plan: making your data work for you" workshop, proudly sponsored by AgriFutures Australia.
Jonathan Brookes, Horticulture Consultant & Director of AgFirst will use data to review last year’s results, improve the profitability of young trees and plan for the season ahead.
Paul Vogelaar, Orchard Manager with Kiwicrunch in Hawke’s Bay, NZ, will discuss his approach to fruit growing and developing and redeveloping orchards to ensure their profitability.
Hosted at Steve Atherton’s orchard off the Donnybrook Boyup-Brook Road will focus on:
Setting targets for young trees
Strategies to maximise young tree growth
The economics of planting a new block and time to return on your investment
Pruning strategies and planning for next year’s crop
Overhauling underperforming blocks
Learn how to put climate and drought resilience research into practice
An interactive morning of discussion with the PIPS3 Program research leaders- Nutrition, Irrigation, Soil Health, AgTech & Climate Challenges!
Pomewest are proud to be one of the major sponsors of this unique both domestic and international focused conference to promote the WA apple industry and the ANABP 01 variety. This will shine the light on the ongoing success of WA bred varietals, the upcoming opportunities and innovations - designed to unite and delight the Australian apple industry. Read more
Workshop Round 2 - Disease Modelling Workshop. Pomewest and Stonefruit WA invite you to the next workshop reviewing the RIMPRO modelling predictions. Read more
Join internationally respected author, educator and farmer, Graeme Sait for a workshop on handheld soil and plant monitoring technologies. Read more..
2022 Manjimup Presentation Dinner
This workshop will focus on important export registration and compliance information. This workshop is critical for growers intending to send to protocol markets in the coming season. The APAL Trade team will also cover market development activities and updates on current market access work.
This workshop is open to interested WA growers, pack-house managers and marketers.
Export Registration
Audit processes
Update on biosecurity
Crop Monitoring
MRL Applications
Export Market Development Grants and Outbound missions
National Fruit Fly Council presentation
Market Profiles
Food Safety and more….
Jenny Van de Meeberg presenting at recent APAL Update Forum in May 2022 Melbourne
Donnybrook Annual Pome Grower Presentation Dinner
Before attending the upcoming Annual APAL/Pomewest Grower Dinner at the Donnybrook otel, Pomewest invites you to attend a local tour of orchards including two demonstrations
“After last season’s losses from apple scab in the Perth Hills and Donnybrook, it is essential this season to take control of apple scab and ensure the spread dose not continue throughout pome growing regions. ”
Workshops will be presented on how to best manage the impact of black spot and powdery mildew in apples, pear scab and brown rot for stone fruit.
The aim is to improve the local knowledge and understanding of these diseases, and enable better preventative and control measures using the disease modelling support system RIMpro.
Horticultural advisor Marcel Veens has been engaged as the guest presenter at the workshops.
Plant Pathologist from the DPIRD Bunbury office, Andrew Taylor,will be providing pathology support throughout the project.
RIMpro is a decision support system that models a wide range of pests and diseases of fruit trees. The tool is based on disease models developed and tested by scientists in production regions around the world. Growers connect their weather stations to the system, and RIMpro’s models use the localized weather forecasts to simulate disease development in the coming hours and days. This assists in decisions over management of diseases, for instance, whether the risk is high enough to warrant a fungicide application or whether it can be postponed for a future time.
There is funding available from DOIG to support Donnybrook growers to install a weather station to run the RIMpro model and share the modelling with the group. Each grower with a weather station running RIMpro will have their own account with real time weather forecasts, with other weather station members connecting to form a user group to share model outputs. Forecasting results and modelling outputs to be shared across the wider group, if the network can be established.
“After last season’s losses from apple scab in the Perth Hills and Donnybrook, it is essential this season to take control of apple scab and ensure the spread dose not continue throughout pome growing regions. ”
Workshops will be presented on how to best manage the impact of black spot and powdery mildew in apples, pear scab and brown rot for stone fruit.
The aim is to improve the local knowledge and understanding of these diseases, and enable better preventative and control measures using the disease modelling support system RIMpro.
Horticultural advisor Marcel Veens has been engaged as the guest presenter at the workshops.
Plant Pathologist from the DPIRD Bunbury office, Andrew Taylor,will be providing pathology support throughout the project.
RIMpro is a decision support system that models a wide range of pests and diseases of fruit trees. The tool is based on disease models developed and tested by scientists in production regions around the world. Growers connect their weather stations to the system, and RIMpro’s models use the localized weather forecasts to simulate disease development in the coming hours and days. This assists in decisions over management of diseases, for instance, whether the risk is high enough to warrant a fungicide application or whether it can be postponed for a future time.
There is funding available from DOIG to support Donnybrook growers to install a weather station to run the RIMpro model and share the modelling with the group. Each grower with a weather station running RIMpro will have their own account with real time weather forecasts, with other weather station members connecting to form a user group to share model outputs. Forecasting results and modelling outputs to be shared across the wider group, if the network can be established.
APAL Winter Future Orchards Walk WA 2022
Held at Orchard 1Sixty and hosted by the Licciardello family this event showcased Donnybrook produce to over 175 guests last Saturday afternoon.
As a major sponsor, Pomewest was able to promote apple and pear industry with produce featuring on the menu. Again, we managed to engage with a consumer focus highlighting the importance of supporting local producers, the WA varieties and gave exposure to all the local horticultural growers over the weekend.
Thanks to the Donnybrook Food and Wine Committee for engaging with the industry to support this great event.
Last year, apples were the only horticultural interactive stand with key industry representatives talking to the public on the benefits of eating fresh produce - its a tradition in the making that the industry should be very proud of…
We managed to grab a feature spot on the Afternoon Session on the ABC radio with Christine Layton on Monday. We have also focused on promoting apples as the go to grab and eat healthy snack with a selection of varieties with taste profiles to suit everyone.
We were delighted to learn about the impact and value over the many years of association with the event, is now returning rewards. Many show-goers have told us that eating a apple slinky at the show is their new tradition, and actively searched for the apple stand in the new venue this year. With the reputation of the best value and the healthiest snack at the show - many, many Pink Lady, Granny Smith and Bravo branded were 'slinkied' and sold over the 8 days.
Many consumers told us that their first taste of the Bravo apple was at the Royal Show, Many still prefer their old favorites but open to try new varieties and loved talking to us about the apple industry in general and their fondness of apples from days gone by.
