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Apple picking bag, sample fruit and a clean harvest bin beside an orchard track.

From Picking Bag to Bin: Where Apple Bruising Happens

October 25, 2026 • Hari Yellina


Hands inspecting cherries beside a picking tray and colour reference in an orchard.

Cherry Harvest Quality: What Picking Crews Need to Know Before the First Bin

October 25, 2026 • Hari Yellina


Illustrated closed fictional farm tank with restricted access and a blank planning board.

Farm Tanks and Pits: Recognise a Confined-Space Job Before Sending a Worker

October 13, 2026 • Hari Yellina



Apple picking bag, sample fruit and a clean harvest bin beside an orchard track. Fruits
From Picking Bag to Bin: Where Apple Bruising Happens

Trace apple bruising through picking bags, bin transfers and transport. Use practical quality checks to find where handling changes are needed at harvest.

October 25, 2026 • Hari Yellina

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Hands inspecting cherries beside a picking tray and colour reference in an orchard. Fruits
Cherry Harvest Quality: What Picking Crews Need to Know Before the First Bin

Give cherry picking crews a clear quality brief before harvest: accepted-fruit examples, gentle handling, bin checks and useful feedback from the packhouse.

October 25, 2026 • Hari Yellina

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Red lychees hanging from leafy branches. Fruits
Europe Ideal for Fresh Lychee Trade but Logistics an Issue

Archive article. This article describes the period originally reported. It is not a current market, recruitment, health or regulatory update. For newer reading, visit the Orchard Tech Knowledge Centre and check the relevant official sources before acting. According to legend, the first lychee tree was planted over 200 years ago in the Thanh Ha District […]

June 24, 2024 • Hari Yellina

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Banana Freckle Disease Continues to Spread in Australia

Archive article. This article describes the period originally reported. It is not a current market, recruitment, health or regulatory update. For newer reading, visit the Orchard Tech Knowledge Centre and check the relevant official sources before acting. Archive context. This is an early report of the 2022 Northern Territory detections, not a current case count. […]

June 24, 2024 • Hari Yellina

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A Bumper Season for Cherry Exports

Archive article. This article describes the period originally reported. It is not a current market, recruitment, health or regulatory update. For newer reading, visit the Orchard Tech Knowledge Centre and check the relevant official sources before acting. The Turkish cherry harvesting season has only a few more weeks left. One exporter claims that despite decreasing […]

June 24, 2024 • Hari Yellina

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Queensland Avocado Growers Win Grower of the Year

Archive article. This article describes the period originally reported. It is not a current market, recruitment, health or regulatory update. For newer reading, visit the Orchard Tech Knowledge Centre and check the relevant official sources before acting. Since 1991, the Donovan family has grown avocados on 300 hectares of land, mostly using the Shepard, Hass, […]

June 24, 2024 • Hari Yellina

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Queensland’s Strawberries Ruined Due to Constant Rain

Archive article. This article describes the period originally reported. It is not a current market, recruitment, health or regulatory update. For newer reading, visit the Orchard Tech Knowledge Centre and check the relevant official sources before acting. While the state’s graziers have enjoyed the above-average rainfall, many in the horticulture sector, especially strawberry producers in […]

June 24, 2024 • Hari Yellina

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Mandatory Cold Treatment Causing Fruit Loss While Packaging

Archive article. This article describes the period originally reported. It is not a current market, recruitment, health or regulatory update. For newer reading, visit the Orchard Tech Knowledge Centre and check the relevant official sources before acting. Historical report: July 2022. This article records importer concerns from that season. The regulatory clarification below concerns the […]

June 24, 2024 • Hari Yellina

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Current Agricultural Situation Not Ideal but Complaining Worsens the Circumstances

Archive article. This article describes the period originally reported. It is not a current market, recruitment, health or regulatory update. For newer reading, visit the Orchard Tech Knowledge Centre and check the relevant official sources before acting. “Until the final shipment of summer fruit leaves our warehouse, we will work nonstop. Although the current time […]

June 24, 2024 • Hari Yellina

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2022 US Freeze-Dried Blueberry Recall: What the FDA Reported

A historical look at the completed 2022 US Natierra blueberry recall, the exact batches involved and why recall checks must match the product and market.

June 24, 2024 • Hari Yellina

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