New Zealand apple growers won’t receive payments from apple export giant Turners & Growers until the end of this month, following a tough season with difficult conditions in Northern Hemisphere markets.
The company usually pays growers at the start of October.
Jeff Wesley, head of Turners & Growers’ apple subsidiary Enza, said last season varieties like Braeburn and Jazz were the hardest hit.
A combination of tanking global economies and the stored remains of very large apple harvests in both Europe and the US combined to sour the export deal for New Zealand.
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