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Ground cover
2022 | Australian Macadamia Society | Fact Sheet
The orchard floor is the engine room of any orchard. One of the best options for improving long-term orchard floor productivity and sustainability is to improve ground coverage. This fact sheet outlines the benefits of ground cover and considerations for management. Each growing region is different and a tailored solution for your orchard and the resources you have available will be required.
Healthy ground cover provides physical and biological benefits, maximises natural crop inputs and improves resilience.
The benefits of full row tree removal, cover crops and regenerative practices with grower Rex Harris
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Video
For the past several years the Harris family’s macadamia farm outside Bangalow on the NSW Far North Coast has been going through a transformation. Rex Harris, his wife Lynette, sons Carl and Daniel, farm manager Mark Jones and agronomist Ray O’Grady have all collaborated to convert the orchard from a monoculture to a polyculture farm. This includes practices such as tree removal, planting cover crops, composting and many more learnings. In this video Rex explains how they did it.
Benefits of double ground wood chip (August 2021 MacGroup)
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Video
Alloway Macadamias farm manager Johan Oosthuizen and Macadamias Australia Grower Liasion Rohan Orford show how horizontal grinding is assisting to produce a high quality double ground wood mulch from trees being removed in high density orchards. The horizontal grinding process helps to control mulch particle size and the resultant wood strands form a much better orchard floor surface and root growing environment than traditional wood chip from a tub grinder.
Lessons from the drought for macadamia growers
2020 | Bright J | Fact Sheet
The NSW north coast has a large proportion of the countries’ macadamia farms. It is normally lush, green and beautiful, but during 2019, it turned brown, dry and smoky. With very limited rainfall, dams were getting low and fires were burning almost everywhere.
Farming with an open mind and a willingness to try a different approach
2019 | Moosberger P | Research report/Update
Paul Moosberger shares the story of Terry and Caroline Cox, who recently joined the macadamia industry and have focussed on orchard floor management, organic nutrients and a "light-footed" approach to machinery.
Understanding macadamia water transpiration: 2019 Tree water relations course presentation, Theunis Smit (Bundaberg)
2019 | Australian Macadamia Society | Video
Presentation on 'Understanding macadamia water transpiration' by acclaimed water relations researcher Theunis Smit. This presentation was part of the 2019 AMS Tree Water Relations courses that examined the essential role of water management in macadamia in both dryland and irrigated orchards.
Irrigation scheduling: 2019 Tree water relations course presentation, Dan Manson (Bundaberg)
2019 | Australian Macadamia Society | Video
Presentation on 'Irrigation Scheduling' by productivity improvement agronomist Dr Dan Manson. This presentation was part of the 2019 AMS Tree Water Relations courses that examined the essential role of water management in macadamia in both dryland and irrigated orchards.
Irrigation scheduling: 2019 Tree water relations course presentation, Dan Manson (Yamba)
2019 | Australian Macadamia Society | Video
Presentation on 'Irrigation Scheduling' by productivity improvement agronomist Dr Dan Manson. This presentation was part of the 2019 AMS Tree Water Relations courses that examined the essential role of water management in macadamia in both dryland and irrigated orchards.
Understanding macadamia water transpiration: 2019 Tree water relations course presentation, Theunis Smit (Yamba)
2019 | Australian Macadamia Society | Video
Presentation on 'Understanding macadamia water transpiration' by acclaimed water relations researcher Theunis Smit. This presentation was part of the 2019 AMS Tree Water Relations courses that examined the essential role of water management in macadamia in both dryland and irrigated orchards.
Compost on macadamias
2016 | Healthy Land & Water | Video
Enhanced compost trials on macadamia farms on the Sunshine Coast.
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