Cherry Growers Australia

🚨 Final call for registrations! 🚨 Our National Vigour Management Workshops are kicking off next week, and spots are filling fast—Victoria is almost sold out! 🍒 Join us in February and March as we welcome Ronald Vermeulen, Senior Fruit Consultant from the Netherlands, along with other experts, to dive into practical strategies for managing vigour and crop load. From nutrition and pruning to irrigation, these workshops are designed to equip growers with the latest insights to optimise their orchards. We’re also thrilled to have BLOOM FRESH™ on board, supporting these workshops across Australia. BLOOM FRESH™ is revolutionising cherries as we know them—breeding low chill varieties that adapt to climate change, expanding cherry production into new regions, and introducing very early varieties to reach markets first. 🍒🌱 📅 Workshop Dates: ✅ Tues 25 Feb – Tasmania ✅ Thurs 27 Feb – South Australia ✅ Mon 3 March – Victoria (almost full!) ✅ Wed 5 March – New South Wales Don't miss out—secure your spot today click the link below for more details and to register for your state. https://lnkd.in/gipQhFT7 #CherryGrowing #VigourManagement #CherryInnovation #BloomFresh #AustralianCherryIndustry

Cherry Growers @ChurchillTrust Fellowship applications open 28 February and you might like to check these out. This is a unique chance to travel internationally, study global best practice, and apply it in your working life. For example Stuart McGruddy was awarded a Hort Innovation Churchill Fellowship in 2020 to build on the knowledge, experience and technology used in the freezing of whole soft berry fruits. Applications close 1 May 2025. We encourage people to find out more – visit www.ChurchillTrust.com.au #ChurchillFellow #LearnGlobally #InspireLocally

🚀 The New Cherry Growers Australia Website is Live! 🚀 We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes, and we’re excited to share our brand-new Cherry Growers Australia website with you! 🎉 Designed with the cherry industry in mind, the site offers a fresh, modern look and exciting new features to make life easier for growers, exporters and everyone in between some new features include: 🍒 User-Friendly Navigation – Find what you need quickly and easily 📱 Mobile Friendly – Fully responsive on any device 🔍 Enhanced Search – A powerful tool to search the entire site 🌏 Global Access – Translated into 7 languages to connect with international audiences 📰 Fresh Content – New events, research, case studies and news posted regularly The Members' Area is still on the way, we're just putting the finishing touches on it but we’ll let you know as soon as it’s ready! Explore the new site and see what’s fresh: 👉 www.cherrygrowers.org.au We’re excited for this to become a valuable resource for the cherry industry community. Let us know what you think in the comments below 🍒

🍒**VICTORIAN GROWERS** 🍒 The extension and communication project team are excited to announce our National Vigour Management in person workshops in February and March 2025 across the major growing regions. We are welcoming Ronald Vermeulen, Senior Fruit Consultant from the Netherlands and other guests to focus on practical strategies including nutrition, pruning and irrigation to effectively manage vigour and crop load in cherries. All growers are welcome, and with four workshops we hope there are some dates to suit everyone! This is a call out to our VICTORIAN growers, please come along this event will be held in Shepparton, for further details and to register your interest click the link below or scan the QR code. This event is proudly sponsored by BLOOM FRESH 🍒 BLOOM FRESH™ is proud to develop more productive, accessible, global, and resilient varieties of cherries. BLOOM FRESH™ cherries have minimum quality requirements to deliver the best eating experience to consumers, first and anywhere. We would love to see you there! https://lnkd.in/gipQhFT7 #workshop #cherrygrowersaustralia #australiancherries #vigourmanagement

🍒**SOUTH AUSTRALIA GROWERS** 🍒 The extension and communication project team are excited to announce our National Vigour Management in person workshops in February and March 2025 across the major growing regions. We are welcoming Ronald Vermeulen, Senior Fruit Consultant from the Netherlands and other guests to focus on practical strategies including nutrition, pruning and irrigation to effectively manage vigour and crop load in cherries. All growers are welcome, and with four workshops we hope there are some dates to suit everyone! This is a call out to our SOUTH AUSTRALIA growers, please come along this event will be held in the Adelaide Hills, for further details and to register your interest click the link below or scan the QR code. This event is proudly sponsored by BLOOM FRESH 🍒 BLOOM FRESH™ is committed to revolutionizing cherries as we know them. BLOOM FRESH™ is breeding new low chill varieties adapted to climate change and expanding cherry production to more regions, offering very early varieties to reach the market first. We would love to see you there! https://lnkd.in/gipQhFT7 #workshop #cherrygrowersaustralia #australiancherries #vigourmanagement

🍒 **NSW GROWERS** 🍒 The extension and communication project team are excited to announce our National Vigour Management in person workshops in February and March 2025 across the major growing regions. We are welcoming Ronald Vermeulen, Senior Fruit Consultant from the Netherlands and other guests to focus on practical strategies including nutrition, pruning and irrigation to effectively manage vigour and crop load in cherries. All growers are welcome, and with four workshops we hope there are some dates to suit everyone! This is a call out to our NSW growers, please come along this event will be held in Young, for further details and to register your interest click the link below or scan the QR code. This event is proudly sponsored by BLOOM FRESH BLOOM FRESH™ is committed to revolutionizing cherries as we know them. BLOOM FRESH™ is breeding new low chill varieties adapted to climate change and expanding cherry production to more regions, offering very early varieties to reach the market first. We would love to see you there! https://lnkd.in/gipQhFT7 #nswworkshop #cherrygrowersaustralia #australiancherries #vigourmanagement

Please help NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development with the below 'BIRD DETERRENTS" for cherry orchards case study. Jessica Fearnley-Pattison is looking for anyone that has had experience with a deterrent that worked well or didn't work so well. Any feedback and information is welcomed. Please comment below or send us a direct message if you prefer with information.

The first official launch of the Tasmanian cherry season in Taiwan is taking place today in Taipei. 🍒 Importers and buyers of Tasmanian cherries will attend the official season launch to mark the countdown to Lunar New Year celebrations. The launch will bring together key representatives from the Tasmanian cherry industry, Fruit Growers Tasmania, Cherry Growers Australia and Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) - all working together to expand the presence of Australian fruit in the Taiwanese market. Read the full media release here - https://lnkd.in/gqifR9PH

🍒✨ Happy New Year from all of us at Cherry Growers Australia! ✨🍒 As have said goodbye to 2024 and welcome 2025, we want to send a HUGE thank you to everyone who made this cherry season so special; our growers, industry partners and of course, all the cherry lovers out there! Here’s to a year filled with sweet moments, fruitful opportunities and plenty of cherries on top of course 🍒🎉 We can’t wait to share more fresh cherry industry news and updates with you in 2025. Cheers to a bright and bountiful new year! 🥂✨ #HappyNewYear #Cherries #AustralianCherries #2025

Cherry season is in full swing and we are delighted to have partnered with Hort Innovation on the below campaign. Summer is always better with a cherry on top!