AGRICULTURAL NEWS - The South African stone fruit industry is forecasting improved volumes for the 2019/2020 season compared with last year.
However, the industry emphasised that the continued effects of the drought in some production areas and adverse weather during pollination had affected the crop’s full potential.
Industry body Hortgro said it expected the total stone fruit crop for the 2019/2020 season would come in at just over 17 million cartons, slightly higher than last season’s yield of around 15 million cartons.
It was expected that nectarine production would amount to 4,7 million, 2,5kg cartons, for a 17% increase on last season’s crop.
