Apple production in South Tyrol and the South Tyrolean Extension Service for FruitandWinegrowing

Apple production in South Tyrol and the South Tyrolean Extension Service for Fruitand Winegrowing Interpomatours 2014

South Tyrol…

South Tyrol is Italy´s northernmost province and forms together with Trentino the autonomous region Trentino-Südtirol.

-2-

South Tyrol…

• • • •

Area: 7,400 km² Population: 515,714 (2013) Capital: Bozen/Bolzano Official languages: – German (69%) – Italian (26.5%) – Ladin (4.5%)

-3-

South Tyrol…

• 64% over 1,500 m • Mt. Ortler 3,905 m • 50% covered by forest

-4-

Agriculture in South Tyrol

Urban areas Fruitgrowing Winegrowing Grassland/arable Submediterranean mountainside Alpine mountainside Mountain farming zones

-5-

South Tyrol…

• Latitude 46° N • Average precipitation 800 mm/year • Average temperature 11°C

-6-

Agriculture in South Tyrol • 5% of South Tyrolean working population is employed in the agricultural sector • Etschtal, Eisacktal and Vinschgau: mainly production of apples and wine • Pustertal and Wipptal: dairy industry -7-

Apple production in South Tyrol • About 18.400 ha apple production • Between 200 and 1.200 m above sea level • About 8.000 family owned farms • Average farm size 2,5-3 ha

-8-

Apple production in South Tyrol • Organisation in coops • Two „umbrella organisations“

16 membercoops with 5.200 growers

7 membercoops with 1.750 growers

• Auctioning (6%) -9-

94%

Apple production in South Tyrol Integrated pest management approach (IPM)

Organic pest management approach

-10-

Apple production in South Tyrol • Total production 2013: 1.1 mio. tons – IPM ~ 92 % – Organic ~ 6 % – Conventional ~2 %

• IPM production in South Tyrol – 50% of the Italian production – 10% of the total EU production

• Organic production in South Tyrol – 40% of the organic EU production -11-

Vorname Nachname

Cultivated area (ha) pomaceous 2013 Stayman Winesap Civni-Rubens 25 Elstar 12 other apple cultivars 134 Jonagold 187 400 pears 24 Pinova 208 Nicoter- Kanzi 287

Morgenduft 200

Total: 18.325,8 ha

Cripps Pink 782 Braeburn 1.196

Golden Delicious 6.700 Granny Smith 1.352

Fuji 1.385

Red Delicious 2.291 Gala 3.142 -12-

Source: „Agrar- und Forstbericht 2013“

Yield 2013

Production of 1st class fruits: 930.956 t processing; 15,7%

others; 2,7% Cripps Pink; 3,5% Golden Delicious; 36,7% Fuji ; 5,5%

Braeburn ; 6,2%

Elstar ; 0,04% Jonagold; 1,0% Idared ; 0,2% Red Delicious ; 9,1%

Gloster ; 0,01% Jonathan ; 0,002% Granny Smith; 5,2%

Gala ; 12,8% Morgenduft; 0,9%

Winesap; 0,5% -13-

Source: Chamber of Commerce Vorname Nachname

Main pests and diseases in apple growing Diseases

Pests

• • • • •

• • • • •

Apple scab Alternaria alternata Apple proliferation Powdery mildew Fireblight

-14-

Codling moth Leafrollers Rosy apple aphid Wooly apple aphid Spidermites

Business management: price and production costs

Euro Cent/kg

Price Production cost

-15-

Source: Obststatistik Raiffeisenverband S端dtirol

Business management: yield/ha 70

56,8 t/ha

60

47,0 t/ha

50

38,6 t/ha

40

32,6 t/ha 30 20

23,6 t/ha 19,4 t/ha

10 0

-16-

Source: Obststatistik Raiffeisenverband S端dtirol

The South Tyrolean Extension service for fruit and winegrowing

-17-

Who are we?

• Private extension service (non-profit) • Counsulting for apple-, grapevine-, apricotand cherry producers • Consulting for integrated and organic production • More than 50 years of experience

-18-

The Extension Service has existed for more than 50 years Inaugural meeting 20th December 1957

-19-

The beginnings • 1957: foundation17 apple- and winegrowers found the South Tyrolean Extension Service.

• The organisation aims at independent and neutral consulting for the farmers.

• Basic principles: Consulting has to be objective, up-to-date and neutral.

• 1958: Hermann Oberhofer first full-time fruit-growing consultant • 1960: consulting for winegrowing • 1998: consulting for apricot growers • 2000: consulting for organic growing • 2012: consulting for cherry growers -20-

Vorname Nachname

Target The Extension Service is a Non-ProfitOrganisation. The association has to collect and to evaluate the findings of scientific research and practical experience. Members are provided with practical solutions.

-21-

Vorname Nachname

Organisational chart of the association

-22-

Vorname Nachname

Organisational chart of the association: Elected leadership

-23-

Vorname Nachname

Membership trends from 1957 onward 7000

2014: 6,063 members

6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000

57

0 1957 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2005 2010 2014 -24-

The team of extension people

IP Team

21

6

Organic Team

3

1

-25-

Vorname Nachname

Membership: facts and data consultants

Members per consultant

ha per consultant

Apple growing

21

235

793

Organic apple growing

3

97

385

Winegrowing

6

460

602

Organic winegrowing

1

97

133

Apricot growing Cherry growing

1 3

99 24

51 19

-26-

Services: Individual Consulting • Interpretation of soil- and foliar analyses, elaboration of fertilization reccomendations • Analyses of sprayer calibrations • Planning of new orchards • In-field inspections

-27-

Services: Group Consulting • Group meetings combined with field inspections in more than 100 municipalities and towns • Organisation of conferences, workshops, seminars and study trips

-28-

Services: Written information • • • • •

Annual field guides Regular circulars Monthly magazine Brochures Scab and Fireblight warning service (E- Mail, answering machine, App)

-29-

Services: Webservices • • • •

Weatherdata of 130 meteorological stations Irrigation management program APP Pesticide database

-30-

Corresponding membership • Monthly Journal • + optionally other written publications – Circulars – Brochures – Field guide

• For information contact info@beratungsring.org

-31-

Cooperation in fruit- and wine industry

-32-

Südtiroler Beratungsring für Obst- und Weinbau Andreas-Hofer-Straße 9/1 I – 39011 Lana (BZ) Tel. 0473 553 455 Fax 0473 553 420 info@beratungsring.org