'Acted like butchers': Apple growers furious after orchard damaged by energy workers

'Acted like butchers': Apple growers furious after orchard damaged by energy workers

Adelaide Hills apple farmers are assessing the damage to their orchards after power line clearance work resulted in the unexpected trimming of apple trees just days before harvest. SA Power Networks acknowledged that communication with the orchard owners could have been improved, but maintained that the work was necessary to meet regulatory requirements.The incident occurred at the Lenswood orchard of Kym and Lachlan Green, who believed the trim…

The insidious case gives up puzzles - the damaged family has been cultivating the orchard for decades. What are the reasons?

Sliced apples: growers reeling over tree pruning - The Mt Barker Courier

Lenswood apple orchards have suffered “mutilation” right before harvest at the hands of an SA Power Networks (SAPN) contractor, with multiple rows of fruit-bearing trees slashed. Apple growers Kym and Lachlan Green, of Ellimatta and Hillview...