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Macadamia industry benchmarking report 2024
2025 | QDAF | Research report/Update
The 2024 macadamia industry benchmark report is available to all growers and industry stakeholders. The report covers the 2024 season as well as long term trends since benchmarking began in 2009. Analyses include seasonal limitations, productivity, profitability, kernel recovery, factory rejects, production costs and resource inputs such as water and energy. All major production regions are represented and compared.
Australian macadamia industry benchmarking insights 2022-2027 (Feb 2023 MacGroup)
2023 | Australian Macadamia Society, QDAF | Video
At the February 2023 AMS MacGroups, the QDAF Benchmarking team (Shane Mulo and Grant Bignell) provided an overview of benchmarking results and trends from previous seasons and what these mean for growers.
Industry benchmarking report 2009 - 2021
2022 | QDAF | Research report/Update
Yield, quality and planting information has been collected annually from macadamia farms throughout Australia since 2009. These data are provided either directly by growers or by processors on their behalf. Cost of production data has also been collected annually since 2013.
Industry Development Manager Update
2019 | Kojetin L | Article
An overview by the AMS industry development manager of the results of the 2019 harvest, which was characterised by a lower crop than was originally forecast and small nuts with lower TKR and kernel volume. The article discusses reasons for these results, including dry, hot weather early in the season affecting oil accumulation and tree stress.
Work health and safety: everyone's business
2019 | Anon | Article
An outline of the basics of the work health and safety framework and the key components of work health and safety. Emphasises that it is important for growers to have adequate WHS procedures.
Farm Tracker: identifying and tracking crop losses
2019 | Thomas A | Article
Aimee Thomas describes results of using the Farm Tracker system in the family orchards for three years to collect harvest information. The system is used to monitor nuts. Software assesses the performance of individual blocks and, with this information, management can be designed to cater for specific issues and differences in performance.
Benchmark findings from the 2018 season
2019 | Bright J, Mulo S, Slaughter G, Bignell G, Jenkins I | Research report/Update
A summary of findings from the macadamia benchmarking project for the 2018 season.
Industry benchmarking report 2009-2019
2020 | QDAF | Research report/Update
Yield, quality and planting information has been collected annually from macadamia farms throughout Australia since 2009. These data are provided either directly by growers or by processors on their behalf. Cost of production data has also been collected annually since 2013.
Productivity case study, Plantation Lorna
2013 | Department of Agriculture and Fisheries | Video
Plantation Lorna's Ken Dorey shares the key management strategies his family have adopted that have made their orchard one Australia's top producing macadamia farms. Ken also discusses the opportunities and challenges associated with growing macadamias on a coastal flood plain.
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