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Higher prices sought for apricots
8 Dec 2004
Apricot growers are cranky with cannery SPC Ardmona over the firms plan to pay $635 a tonne this season for canning apricots, down from $700 a tonne last year. SPC says the price this season, which is expected to be high yielding, is better than in other good years. SPC will pay growers $295 a tonne for non-canning apricots. The Northern Victorian Fruitgrowers Association said the price was insufficient to encourage orchadists to invest in future crops. The association said the cost of harvesting was $160 a tonne.
Country News, 08/12/04
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