Cracking early almond harvest

ALMOND harvests are shortly wrapping up in Sunraysia, as many growers began collecting yields two to three weeks earlier than expected. Back in February, the Almond Board of Australia revised its 2025 crop estimate from 164,700 tonnes to 155,531 tonnes. ABA chief executive Tim Jackson said that while there were nasty frosts in various regions […]

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