date:May 06, 2014
New Zealand is heading for a bumper avocado crop this season, according to John Carroll, director of the country's biggest avocado marketing group, Avanza. The export crop volume should reach 5 million trays, around 30% more than any previous record harvests.
This is due mostly to great growing conditions, especially around fruit set time when there was a nice period of settled weather, explains Carroll. There have also been some new plantings adding to the increased volume.
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