Growers query Sunbeam price amid global dried fruit boom

A LOCAL growers’ union has questioned the limited price increase of local processor Sunbeam, which they claim do not reflect the market’s buoyant conditions. Merbein Dried Fruit Union’s Malcolm Bennett said despite record global prices for dried fruit, due to a 50,000 tonne shortfall of dried sultanas worldwide, Sunbeam only managed to increase dried fruit […]

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