date:Mar 31, 2014
Kiwifruit growers have taken another step along the recovery pathway from the vine-killing disease Psa, with gold kiwifruit volumes forecast to rise in 2014 after two years of decline, Zespris Chief Executive Lain Jager says.
The 2014 harvest began in orchards in Gisborne, Hawkes Bay and Te Puke last week, with the first shipment of Zespri Kiwifruit due to leave the Port of Tauranga on the MV Lapponian Reefer for Japan on Sunday (30 March).
Mr Jager said it was forecast the industry would harv