AGRICULTURE NEWS - Despite improved producer prices, pineapple farmers are feeling the pinch of rising input costs.
Former Agricultural Writers South Africa’s farmer of the year Fred Visser, owner of Gwanzi Queen Pineapples near Hluhluwe in KwaZulu-Natal, told Farmer’s Weekly that the plastic covering for the plants and fertiliser prices were the biggest input concerns.
“Currently, our total input cost stands at between R140 000/ha and R150 000/ha,” he said.
In order to turn a profit, farmers needed to earn between R58/carton and R60/carton, Visser added.
Read the full article here on the Caxton publication, Farmer's Weekly
