Originally Posted by
percy
First of all Joshuatree I hope you are well.
Remember an apple a day ........... !
The SCL annual report had some very interesting reading about land use in NZ;
pg 13 ,"Most of our land is set aside for agriculture production.""This land is used to generate more than $29 billion in Food and Beverage exports;representing 58% of all merchandise trade."
"But compared to our climate peers,our land is relatively unproductive.Small changes in productivity have scope to drive substantial increases in export revenues.
Scales.pg21.Orchard redevelopment and Apple Volumes;
"Over the past 7 years a SIGNIFCANT investment in orchard redevelopment has been made that,by 2018,is expected to result in Mr Apple growing and exporting a further 450,000+ TCEs of premium apples [or 43% increase on current premium volumes] WITHOUT any additional orchard investment.These varieties sold for prices that,on average,were 30% greater than traditional varieties in 2014."
Great stuff!!!!!
Disclosure.Thank you Noodles for bringing SCL and SEK to my attention.