Friday, May 17, 2024

Citrus, Stone Fruit & Nuts

Recycling’s a meal ticket for almonds

Pictured at Neale Bennett's Merbein whole orchard recycling trial, which could revolutionise the industry, were, from left: Deidre Jaensch, Almond Board of Australia, Paul Petrie, SARDI, Nigel Fleming, SARDI, Brent Holtz, University of California Cooperative Extension, Neale Bennett, almond grower, and Nicole Byrnes, Hort Innovation.

PROGRAM leader Professor Paul Petrie and his team are working hard to revolutionise the long-term management of Sunraysia’s almond industry and from there, eventually, all Australia’s almond growers.

It’s just that he is doing it in slow motion. Patience, Prof Petrie says, is a virtue in the almond industry and most perennial horticultural crops, as they take at least three years from plant...

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