Join us at APAL’s Future Orchards® Winter Series of orchard walk on Wednesday 30 July 2025, which will focus on “Business and block planning – building the case for improvement or redevelopment”. AgFirst Horticultural Consultants, Jonathan Brookes will lead the discussion on this topic.

On our Southern loop in Kirup, we will be joined by Ben James, Business Manager at Craigmore Sustainables. Ben worked his way up from orchard foreman in a range of orchard-related roles in Hawke’s Bay to his current role as business manger for Craigmore Sustainables. He has a passion for helping to ensure that his workers of all levels continue to develop their skills and seek excellence on-farm.

APAL Winter Future Orchard in WA will be hosted by Terry, Basil & Mark Martella in Kirup WA

In-orchard discussion around using the scorecard and the rootstock trial.