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MacAlert - June 2021
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Manual/guide
• Monitoring for pest and diseases is a priority for the rest of the year to guarantee next year’s crop. Check now for lace bug, particularly if your orchard has a closed canopy. • You can still change your nutrition program if you get in quickly. Discuss your soil and leaf sampling results with your consultant to develop a plan that considers crop load and weather events. Check that you applying enough boron, at the correct rates, to support flowering. Remember to order organic material to be applied after harvest. • Consider tree shaking to reduce the number of late harvest rounds and clean up trees, especially if you have cultivars dropping nuts or sticktight varieties. • Make sure you are prepared for the next three months when you will busy with harvest and post-harvest activities by developing a plan to help you with timing and logistics. Check your nut storage to ensure there is constant air flow through nut beds and that you don’t have sites in your silos that are uninsulated and heating nuts. • Start to get ready for crop protection spraying by cleaning, servicing and calibrating your equipment. Make sure your certification and required licences are all up to date. • Develop your plan for orchard floor and canopy management and book your contractors so you don’t miss out.
AMS News Bulletin Winter 2021
2021 | Kojetin L, Hill S, Smit T, Currey A, Bright J, Searle C, Burton D, Trueman S, Mulo S, Cox J, Wallace H, Slaughter G, Bignell G, Jenkins I, Price J, Shephard C, Smit A, Elley S, Woodward M, Gallart M, Paungfoo-Lonhienne C, Conway J, Wilson R, McKechnie J | News Bulletin
Ethical employment practices part of macadamia industry’s social responsibility
Demand improving in key markets amid continued growth in new product launches
Floods wreak havoc for NSW Mid North Coast macadamia growers
Many hands make light work: meet the service providers of a Bundaberg tech trial
A fertiliser and soil bacterium that increase the growth of macadamia seedlings
Know your responsibilities under Reef protection regulations
Reef ready at Rockhampton
Big toy for studying orchard water and input losses
Tree shaking benefits – more than a quicker harvest
Northern Rivers trial pays off
Bottom line benefits of tree shaking
Simple solutions for nut drying
Accreditation scheme delivers consistency and transparency
Understanding the ways of cockatoos
Laser system on trial
Multi-pronged approach works best
Tips and advice from Hogarth Range
Brice’s top tips
Options for soil erosion control in older, dark orchards
Macadamia ecophysiology enlightening management (part 2)
What food sources do stingless bees need when macadamia is not flowering?
New trade PR campaign promotes importance of Australian macadamia origin
Meiji launches high-cacao macadamia chocolate for increasingly health-conscious consumers
New data adds to nutrient knowledge
Mapping the growth of macadamia orchards
Benchmarking 2020 season wrap-up
Botryosphaeria dieback (March 2021 MacGroup)
2021 | Akinsanmi F | Presentation
If left unchecked, the disease Botryosphaeria (which is becoming more prevalent in macadamia) can kill trees. Symptoms are first seen in late Spring, becoming more evident by mid to late Summer. Susceptible cultivars are A203 and 849. Dr. Akinsanmi outlined the specific conditions/time when spores are abundant, as well as control measures.
AMS News Bulletin Autumn 2021
2021 | Kojetin L, Hill S, Bond D, Smit T, Currey A, Bright J, Jones K, Searle C, Akinsanmi F, McConachie I, Price J, Smit A, Elley S, Smit M, Fuss E, Jarvis C, Marshall D, Rogers R | News Bulletin
Australian industry proves resilient after challenging 12 months
Three years on shows the benefit of careful planning and flexibility
Harnessing technology creates new opportunities at Dungarubba
Floodplain macadamias: learning what works (and doesn't)
Developing macadamia on floodplain soils
Update on Clean Coastal Catchments
You can't put icing on a cake when there's no cake
Harvest efficiency a key to success for Red Rock Macadamias
Tree resilience is essential to high performing orchards
Cooperative approach essential to managing feral pigs
How a bobby turned into a full time business
Hard learnt lessons about feral pigs
Am I reading this right? Climate information and interpretation in a La Nina year
Macadamia ecophysiology enlightening management: Part 1
Innovative mulcher protects groundcover on steep slopes
The top 20 of 2020: the years' most inspiring macadamia products
Phytophthora disease control with phosphonates and holistic strategies in macadamia
Carbon sequestration by macadamias: a review of past research
Collection underway for the Wild Macadamia Arboretum
MacAlert - March 2021
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Manual/guide
· Prolonged wet weather can increase the incidence of Phytophthora root rot and tree canker. If you notice symptoms, get professional advice and implement a Phytophthora management plan. · Macadamia nut borer activity has increased and, while it is too late to prevent losses this season, review your management programs with your consultant ready for next season. Continue monitoring for late season spotting bug and check silos for pests such as kernel grub. Audit rat damage and bait hotpots. · Monitor your nutrition program and, with water demand still high in March, schedule irrigations as needed. · Check and maintain orchard machinery, harvesters and infrastructure ready for harvest. Make sure silos are clean, that fans are working and will provide ventilation and that you have a relative humidity and temperate controller installed. · Sample nuts to assess potential crop loss percentage and reasons for this.
MacAlert - February 2021
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Manual/guide
· Look out for husk spot damage, which causes premature nut drop and loss of up to a third of the crop. Check for signs of fruit spotting bug and vertebrate pests such as rats and pigs. Develop your control strategies with your pest consultant and make sure your spray equipment is calibrated before applying any chemistry. · Get ready for orchard clean-up and harvesting by ensuring equipment such as mulchers, harvesters, dehuskers and mowers are checked for signs or wear and maintained ready to go. · As the season starts to cool, review your irrigation schedules and nutrition program. · Have your plans in place for harvest and to ensure prompt delivery of nuts to your processor.
MacAlert - May 2021
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Manual/guide
· This is an important month as it is the time to be thinking ahead to ensure you are ready for next season. · With the wet season almost over, check your orchard for tree health and any drainage or groundwater seepage issues, which can contribute to the incidence of Phytophthora and yield issues. · Check your leaf sample results against Australian standards to confirm details of your nutrition program. Plan ahead and order compost and organic matter amendments so you can apply them straight after harvest. · Continue your regular equipment maintenance program, including machinery to be used for post-harvest tasks such as for canopy and orchard floor management. · Check your consignment reports, block by block, to identify any issues affecting yield so you can implement plans for next season.
MacAlert - April 2021
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Manual/guide
· Manage vertebrate pests such as rats, pigs and cockatoos, which can cause significant damage during peak nut drop. · It’s time to sample leaves and soil so you can determine a nutrient budget and implement your nutrition program post-harvest. Water use by trees is decreasing so less irrigation water may be needed. It is not recommended to use ethephon, which is useful for cleaning up trees, reducing pest and disease carryover and canopy management, after this month. Make sure your shed can handle the extra nut volume if you use ethephon. · Schedule weekly preventative maintenance on all harvesting and shed equipment so you are not delayed by machinery breakdowns. Check whether you need to invest in new fingerwheels. · Check your harvest efficiency by auditing blocks for nuts left behind.
AMS Update for QLD (March 2021 MacGroup video)
2021 | Burnett J | Video
Important industry updates from AMS CEO Jolyon Burnett and industry development manager Leoni Kojetin including: • Water security • Reef regulations in QLD • Clean Coastal Catchments in NSW • Crop protection changes (Agri-fos) • Maccelerate industry marketing fund
Marketing update (March 2021 MacGroup, video)
2021 | Price J | Video
AMS Marketing Manager Jacqui Price provided an overview of current market conditions, outlined how the #DiscoverMacadamias marketing strategy is performing, and shared key insights from the recent global consumer research project.
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