Cutting-edge Frost Defence: A Science-led approach to active frost protection by world-class experts.

Developing the best strategies to manage and mitigate frost damage to crops is at the heart of what we do. Since 2002 we have been assessing frost risk and delivering site-specific detailed reports to growers in Australia, New Zealand and parts of the United States of America.

We offer a range of services including Climate Data Analysis, advice on Frost Protection & frost fans Placement.

Most businesses analyse water, soil and nutrition but overlook the single biggest contributor to the success of a crop – the site climate.

Onsite Testing

Our team of experts investigates your site with precision, utilizing state-of-the-art technology to ensure accurate results.

Scientific Frost Protection Analysis

Our scientific approach ensures foolproof protection for your crops through Climate Data & Risk Analysis, Frost Risk Identification & mitigation assessment and precision frost fans placement.

Comprehensive Reports

Our detailed reports provide invaluable insights, helping you save both time and money.

OUR PHILPSOPHY

Decisions concerning frost protection should be and can be made scientifically with the right partners on your side. The expansion of orchards and vineyards into increasingly challenging environments places a greater emphasis on quantifying risk before developing and ensuring frost mitigation is going to work – in order to achieve reliable results.

Frost Mapping

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Inversion Strength Testing

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Frost Data & Risk Analysis

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Climate Data & Risk Analysis

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Frost Mitigation Assessment

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Frost Alarms

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Frost Mapping · Inversion Strength Testing · Frost Data & Risk Analysis · Climate Data & Risk Analysis · Frost Mitigation Assessment · Frost Alarms ·

ARTICLES FOR EXCELLENCE IN ACTIVE FROST PROTECTION

Notes from our journal

Wine Weather: What's been going on?
Wine Weather: What's been going on?

The rain-drenched areas of Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay should be in for some relief from the cloud and wet as El Niño should bring a different synoptic pattern to our weather in 2023.

Precision agriculture aids frost fan location
Precision agriculture aids frost fan location

FrostConsult™ provides expert analysis of temperature inversions, katabatic drift and near-surface frost profiling. Their site-specific approach allows orchard managers to make informed decisions on the type, extent and precision placement of frost mitigation.

"We advise clients of their frost risk, whether frost protection is required, how much is required"
"We advise clients of their frost risk, whether frost protection is required, how much is required"

The economic costs of frost to agriculture and horticulture can be significant. As winter and early spring frost in Australia and New Zealand is almost exclusively ‘radiative’ in nature, it forms predictable patterns as a function of surrounding topography and land use.

Disaster averted as wind machines kick in.
Disaster averted as wind machines kick in.

If frosts had struck, the cold would have stripped vines of their leaves, leaving bare canes unable to push sugar into grapes. That would have been a major disaster for the wine industry, Mr Powell said.