Tahune FieldsTahune Fields, a division of Oak Tasmania, is located at Lucaston in the Huon Valley in Southern Tasmania. Tahune Fields is a recognised and respected producer of high quality young pome and stone fruit trees for commercial orchardists in Tasmania and interstate. 
Tahune Fields is involved in the development and management of apple varieties including joint venture agreements with plant breeders, new variety owners and marketing groups internationally. Tahune Fields also produces pine apple bins and wooden pallets for the fruit and other local industries. 
In 2007, Tahune Fields won a Tasmanian Community Achievement Award in the category of Primary Industry and Agriculture. The Award recognised the success that Tahune Fields had achieved in the area of national and international export, and the difference the organisation had made to its’ local community and the state of Tasmania.
Tahune Fields has recently developed an innovative way of delivering young apple trees to its’ clients, saving on handling costs while improving the quality of the end product. Tahune Fields now delivers its’ young apple trees in apple bins with sawdust packed around the roots of the trees. The trees are delivered without any damage and refrigerated containers are no longer necessary for transport as the roots remain in a moist condition. Growers have commented favourably on the ease of unloading the trees and the savings in handling costs, as the stock does not need to be ‘bedded in’ while waiting to be planted.
Tahune Fields also has the capacity to obtain DNA of their apple varieties, which assists to confirm the variety, and prevent illegal growing of Tahune’s exclusive varieties. To remain competitive in the nursery market, Tahune Fields identified a need to access new varieties of rootstock and fruit trees. The subsequent purchase of a license to be a member of the Australian Nurserymen’s Fruit Improvement Company (ANFIC) has taken place, allowing Tahune Fields access to new varieties of pears, apples, rootstocks and a big variety of other fruits from around the world.
Tahune Fields services mainly Australian commercial orchardists in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Activities include growing in excess of 170,000 apple trees and stone fruit trees per year, and manufacturing apple bins for local and interstate growers. Four hectares of apple orchards have progressively been planted at the Lucaston property. Training in rural industry specific skills has been conducted since 1988, with employees undertaking training in rural and fruit growing Certificates at an entry level. Contact us: PO Box 62 |
