Australian Stonefruit Grower Magazine Issue 4 April 2017 | Page 2

contents EDITORIAL 03 Season of change contacts: REPORTS 04  From Summerfruit CEO John Moore 08 From new Summerfruit President Rod Dalton FEATURES 09  Beekeeper profile 14  Orchards in the war zone NEWS 13 Stink bug danger 21 Too much rain in Riverland 23 Exporter aid RESEARCH 18 Qfly light traps 24 Ripening control RESOURCES 22 SUMMERFRUIT AUSTRALIA LTD ACN 105 962 196 John Moore – CEO 8/452 Swift Street, Albury NSW 2640 Ph: 02 6041 6641 Fax: [phone] Mobile: [phone] Email: [email protected] www.summerfruit.com.au LOW CHILL AUSTRALIA LTD ABN 283 812 712 44 PO Box 25, Bangalow NSW 2479 Ph: 02 6041 6641 Fax: [phone] Mobile: [phone] Email: [email protected] www.lowchillaustralia.com.au Download fruit fly booklet INDUSTRY CONTACTS 28  Summerfruit Board, 2017 and Low Chill Australia Committee, 2017 COVER PHOTO: Yonatan and Nadav Henig from Avnei Eitan Moshav on the Golan Heights, enjoying a ripe peach from their grandfathers' orchard. This project has been funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited using the Summerfruit levy and funds from the Australian Government. PUBLISHER Applied Horticultural Research Pty Ltd EDITOR Jenny Ekman SUBEDITOR Jack Rozycki GRAPHIC DESIGN Anna Drake EDITORIAL CONTACT AHR, 1 Central Ave, Eveleigh NSW 2015 Phone: [phone] Email: [email protected] Australian Stonefruit Grower welcomes editorial contributions. Associated photography submitted should be hi-res. All photography from contributors should have usage rights assignable to Australian Stonefruit Grower, please specify if it is one-time or multi-use right. All photography must carry photographer's credit. Unattributed images, or ones lifted from the web or reproduced from other sources may not be acceptable without specific permissions. The same conditions apply to all contributed artwork, graphs and other images. Disclaimer: Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited (Hort Innovation) and Applied Horticultural Research Pty Ltd (AHR) make no representations and expressly disclaims all warranties (to the extent permitted by law) about the accuracy, completeness, or currency of information in the Stonefruit Grower magazine. Reliance on any information provided by Hort Innovation or Applied Horticultural Research Pty Ltd is entirely at your own risk. Hort Innovation and Applied Horticultural Research are not responsible for, and will not be liable for, any loss, damage, claim, expense, cost (including legal costs) or other liability arising in any way, including from any Hort Innovation, Applied Horticultural Research or other person’s negligence or otherwise from your use or non- use of the Stonefruit Grower magazine, or from reliance on information contained in the material or that Hort Innovation or Applied Horticultural Research provides to you by any other means. 2 Australian Stonefruit Grower | April 2017 summerfruit.com.au