Not as bad as could be? Or a lot worse than expected?
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Not as bad as could be? Or a lot worse than expected?
Nobody will be going to ASM tomorrow after that announcement.
Add a loss making F23 year on and this chart looks really sad
The kiwifruit industry has never been in such good shape with regard to capital invested in new technologies, graders, coolstores etc. Everyone has been caught out firstly from the covid hangover followed by an extraordinary series of mother nature's furry.
Last week's hail events were just heart breaking.
The vines are in the ground and the numbers will be there once mother nature returns to some kind of normality.
If this happens next season then the post harvest operators cashflows will be very impressive.
In the meantime, may the sun shine for the next 6 weeks to enable an orderly harvest and efficient packing.