On farm innovations that increase production investing into soil profiling and organic matter to rejuvenate mature orchards – scott allcott
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This document discusses rejuvenating a mature macadamia orchard that was 25 years old. The orchard was experiencing low yields, poor quality, tree diseases, and low returns. Practices were changed including increasing fertilizer, organic matter, pruning, watering, and bee activity. These changes led to increased yields, quality, soil and tree health, and decreased disease. Graphs show yield increases from 2006-2012 at three farms following these practices. The conclusion recommends regular pruning to increase sun exposure and consistent organic matter to improve soil health while maintaining fertilizer to balance the orchard rejuvenation.
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Bill Johnstone - Using ethrel for 10 consecutive years - grower experiences
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2. Using Ethrel allows the farm to harvest their macadamia crop over 3 months rather than 6 months, reducing harvesting costs significantly.
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Warren Elvery - Latest machinery for tree removal
The document discusses the latest machinery for tree removal presented at the 2014 AMS 40th Anniversary Industry Conference. It details plans to remove whole rows of trees using a machine that can chip trees up to 15 years old and deposit the organic matter back into the orchard, providing benefits such as a source of organic matter, value, economies of scale, and return on investment from chipping rather than mulching. The specific removal process involves taking every second tree in the second row, leaving the stump, and repeating the process across 330 hectares of orchard.
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David Anderson of Rosebank Farm prepared this document to outline their plan for improving their property's capital value through a tree removal program over the next 10 years. They purchased the property in 2003 for retirement with 2,777 trees across 7.2 hectares. Their objectives are to maintain productivity, reduce soil erosion and costs, and sell the farm by 2021. To achieve this, they will remove every other row of trees over 5 years to open the canopy, incrementally increasing yields as the orchard recovers from the program. They have modeled the cash flows to determine the economic viability and transition period for the tree removal.
Ben Zietsman - Tapping into the potential of
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Kim Wilson - New orchard investment
The document discusses expansion in the Australian macadamia industry in recent years, with more trees being planted annually and in new growing regions. It notes that industry expansion is good because it helps Australia produce more macadamias to better compete globally and stabilize supply issues. Recent investors are attracted to macadamias as a long-term crop that requires less labor than some alternatives and has a positive health and environmental image. However, concerns include the large capital needed and need to establish processing and sharing of equipment and information in new areas.
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