date:Nov 15, 2019
posed that are likely to increase operating costs and may restrict land-use change rights over the whole country.
FAS/Wellington is forecasting 2019/2020 apple production at 598,000 metric tons (MT), 3.7 percent greater than 2018/2019. Primarily the increase is due to the expanded harvested area. However, production prospects are likely to be tempered by a few factors including: lower yields likely from the younger first harvest trees; an already anticipated harvest labor shortage; and the late