Posted by kathryn in Shopping Basket and Fruit

Reports today on the ABC confirm that about 50% of Goulburn Valley’s fruit crops were destroyed in frosts on Sunday night, primarily apricots and pears. Cherries and stone fruit in the Warby Ranges have also been affected,

Steve Bracks, the Victorian Premier announced there will be $4.9 million for frost and drought affected farmers. And of course, it’s not just the farmers themselves affected, all the other workers and businesses that rely on the fruit harvest, have also been hit. These include fruit pickers and packers, transport business, and so on. A further $350,000 has been allocated to these people.

It is, of course, still unclear what affect this will have on fruit prices over the summer.

29 September, 2006