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Mature by 2020 Fully Mature An Australian business, Jemalong Citrus is a 217 hectare winter juicing citrus orchard based in Central West NSW. Currently consisting of 180,000 winter Valencia orange trees it produces 9,000 tonne of fruit per annum. In 2002 Twynam Agricultural Group commissioned a feasibility study to determine the best climate and soils for a high yielding citrus orchard. This study, conducted over a three year period involved over 7,000 trees and included trial variety blocks and orchard designs to develop the best and most efficient orchard practices. In 2005 the first commercial plantings commenced and the project was completed in early 2009. Over 60% of the orchard is fully matured with the remainder of the orchard reaching maturity in 2020. Jemalong Citrus is an innovative orchard using the latest in water, fertiliser and organic technologies including irrigation with ’proportional fertigation’. This combined with high density plantings, integrated pest management and mechanical harvesting provides an optimum balance of scale and yield at a competitive price. JEMALONG CITRUS Contact Ken McDougall | Citrus Manager Mobile 61 417 374 296 Office 61 2 68574265 Email [email protected] www.twynam.com/citrus Small and frequent applications of fertilisers, in exact amounts increase the efficiency of nutrient uptake and minimizes nutrient losses.

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Page 1: JEMALONG CITRUS - Twynam€¦ · Citrus Maturity Mature by 2020 Fully Mature An Australian business, Jemalong Citrus is a 217 hectare winter juicing citrus orchard based in Central

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An Australian business, Jemalong Citrus is a 217 hectare winter juicing citrus orchard based in Central West NSW. Currently consisting of 180,000 winter Valencia orange trees it produces 9,000 tonne of fruit per annum.

In 2002 Twynam Agricultural Group commissioned a feasibility study to determine the best climate and soils for a high yielding citrus orchard. This study, conducted over a three year period involved over 7,000 trees and included trial variety blocks and orchard designs to develop the best and most efficient orchard practices. In 2005 the first commercial plantings commenced and the project was completed in early 2009.Over 60% of the orchard is fully matured with the remainder of the orchard reaching maturity in 2020.

Jemalong Citrus is an innovative orchard using the latest in water, fertiliser and organic technologies including irrigation with ’proportional fertigation’. This combined with high density plantings, integrated pest management and mechanical harvesting provides an optimum balance of scale and yield at a competitive price.

JEMALONG CITRUS

Contact Ken McDougall | Citrus ManagerMobile 61 417 374 296 Office 61 2 68574265Email [email protected]/citrus

Small and frequent applications of fertilisers, in exact amounts increase the efficiency of nutrient uptake and minimizes nutrient losses.

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JEMALONG CITRUS

Jemalong Citrus is a part of Twynam Agricultural Group, based in Australia. The Twynam Agricultural Group operates a diversified range of farming properties with a total land area of approximately 50,000 hectares in Central NSW. The Groups rural enterprises include cattle and sheep, dryland and irrigated cropping and horticulture (citrus)

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Jemalong Citrus partners with Australian state of the art, juice processing companies to produce high quality, pure, Australian juice products using fruit from our farm.