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Meet Our Team
Garth Swinburn is Managing Director of Scholefield Robinson Mildura Pty Ltd. He graduated in horticulture from Lincoln and Canterbury University and has post graduate qualifications in agricultural economics from the University of New England. Since 1982, he has worked in production horticulture in temperate crops, primary industry development and fresh produce marketing in New Zealand, Chile and Tasmania.
Garth joined Scholefield Robinson in 1998 and has built the capacity of the Mildura business in the warm irrigated horticultural regions of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. He provides technical support in property management, expert reports for legal cases and investment projects, economic viability analysis of horticultural industries, loss assessment and Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) registrations. His expertise are in wine, table and dried grapes plus tree crops such as citrus, stonefruit and almonds. Garth is a member of AIAST and AAAC. |
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Horticultural crop management and technology
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Industry analysis
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Economic analysis and loss assessment
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Due diligence and property appraisals
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Qualified Person (QP) for Plant Breeders Rights applications
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Member, Australian Association of Agricultural Consultants
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Member, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology CPAg status.
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Member, Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology
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| Range of Experience |
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Irrigated horticultural crop management, including grapevines and tree crops such as citrus, olives, almonds, summerfruit and avocados.
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Expert reports for investor documents for table grapes, wine grapes, citrus, olives and nut crops.
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Industry analysis projects addressing production and post-production issues.
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Business plans for horticultural developments and existing enterprises.
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Plant Breeders Rights applications for grapes, citrus and other crops.
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Legal cases and crop loss assessment for spray damaged crops, defective materials and injury due to adverse weather conditions.
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Measurement and monitoring of wine grape quality in vineyards.
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Market analysis of produce, supply and demands, prices and returns.
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Preparation and delivery of seminars, workshops, training courses in horticulture production and technical topics.
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