The hail-ravaged apple and pear industry will receive a $1.3 million lifeline after the State Government agreed to waive a growers co-operative debt.
Lenswood Cold Stores Co-operative Society chairman Iain Evans said the debt write-off was great news for Adelaide Hills growers, who had faced two years of poor seasons followed by crops being damaged in hailstorms in 2017 and 2018.
All of the industry in SA is facing financial stress, Mr Evans said.
Theyve got heavily damaged crops, which will attract a lower retail price so theyre in for another very difficult 12 months.
More fruit will be sold as second-grade fruit or for juice.
Growers at a recent industry meeting heard that in the Adelaide Hills, Novembers storm had impacted more than 60 pe…
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