Depending on factors such as climate, weather, soil, growing conditions and the time of picking, the optimum fruit storage conditions vary—not only year by year, but also from one product to another and even from one variety to another.

Superficial scald (scald) is one of the major physiological disorders that occur during cold storage of apples and pears.

Nick Sanders, AgroFresh’s Commercial Regional Manager, says while the stonefruit season is in full swing, the apple and pear sector is focused on preparing for another season, and he is pleased to be involved in both sectors.

AgroFresh stresses the importance of actively managing total operations from harvest to consumer to deliver a superior fruit-eating experience and gain repeat business.

The upcoming apple season will be the 13th for the use of SmartFresh™ Technology in Australia.

Having worked through 13 apple harvests has been the key to the acceptance and use of the proprietary freshness keeping technology, SmartFresh™, according to AgroFresh’s Commercial Manager Nick Sanders.

Storage is critical in giving consumers crunchy Aussie apples year-round. Nick Sanders, Commercial Manager for AgroFresh, says it’s become an intense knowledge-based business.

Recent food recalls have reminded growers and consumers that pathogens have a major impact on the foods we consume.

AgroFresh Australia is undertaking further demonstration trials to present to growers on the management of superficial scald with SmartFresh.

The recent extremely hot weather reminds us at ACS of some important actions you can take to reduce the heat load on your CA equipment.

For the last 20 to 30 years packhouse managers have only had a small number of fungicides available for controlling storage rots.

As the harvest of new season apples and pears gets under way, Nick Sanders, commercial manager for AgroFresh, is stressing the importance of actively managing the entire process from harvest to consumer in order to deliver a superior fruit-eating experience and gain repeat business.