Join us at APAL’s June 2023 Future Orchards® Winter Series

Monday 12th June to discuss young tree performance and strategies to increase block profitability.

Guest Speakers

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