NEW- QLD Gov/HIAL Online Chill Calculator

This site accesses daily weather station data for the period 1968 to the current year for 600 locations across Australia. This data is used to make calculations for the accumulation of winter chill and growing degree days/hours. Because the chill and growing degree day calculations are based on weather data from the Long Paddock SILO, […]

Two Industry Stalwarts Honoured with PGA Life Memberships

Barb Isaacson and Dennis Lambert were recognised for their service to the Pistachio Industry and PGA (approximately 30 years) with Life Membership Awards at the 2018 PGA Symposium at Robinvale.  Two deserving recipients.  Well done! Pictures: PGA President Chris Lee awards Barb Isaacson and Dennis Lambert with Life Membership to PGA. 

Pistachio Irrigation Research Paper by Louise Ferguson et. al.

Sustainability of pistachio production (Pistacia vera L.) under supplemental irrigation in a Mediterranean climate. The paper looks at the effects of supplemental micro-irrigation in a commercial rainfed orchard.  Irrigating with 10–15% of estimated full evaporative demand significantly increased average annual productivity by increasing yield in the on-crop year of this alternate bearing species. Irrigation increased […]

2018 PGA Symposium, Robinvale. RSVP Now Please.

The Pistachio Spring Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held:                ON:        Thursday 13th September 2018                AT:         8:30 am at CMV Farms, Robinvale.Followed by meeting at 10:00 am at the Robinvale Golf Club.We have Dr Bruce Lampinen from the University of California as the keynote speaker.This symposium will:

Tenth Edition Of the National Plant Biosecurity Status Report by PHA now available

The tenth edition of the National Plant Biosecurity Status Report has been released this week by Plant Health Australia.  The report is a guide to how Australia protects itself against exotic plant pests and diseases and reveals the tremendous effort being made across the country to sustain our plant industries, unique ecosystems and standards of […]

2018 Chill newsletter out now

Winter 2018 started out being very warm with few Chill Portions accumulated. June has been colder than average bringing the accumulated Chill close to average. We still need a cold July and August.Further reports will be issued by the PGA on 30th July and 15th August to allow growers to plan for mitigation action should […]

June 2018 PIT Group meeting videos and presentations are now uploaded

The June 2018 round of PIT Groups were held at the Loxton Research Centre and Irymple Research Centre (AgVic). 28 growers and Industry people attended the meetings. Dr Ben Thomas spoke on the winter pruning of mature trees, Dr Cathy Taylor gave an excellent presentation on Carpophilus beetle and the devasation it has caused in […]

Pistachio Pest Detector

As seen during the June 2018 PIT Group meetings, pests whether new to Australia or old pests of other crops that have changed lifestyle/food sources can cause enormous amounts of damage.   There is a page now that you can report pests whether insects or diseases to PGA,  Plant Health Australia or your local Department of […]