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- We had a welcomed respite in our “tropical winter” conditions –
- Only 23.3 mm ( just less than 1 inch) of precipitation recorded
- Minimum air temperature declined to 21ºC (69.8ºF) – a couple of nights just below 20ºC (68ºF)
- Average air and soil temperatures rose slightly
- Relative humidity dropped to 82.7%
- Dry spell enabled farms to carry out all good husbandry practices on a scheduled basis
- Farms also implemented an increase in harvest age –
- 73.2% of our fruit harvested at 21 WAF
- Balance harvested at 20 WAF
- Small fruit sizes @ 15% of pack out, higher than our normal
- Quality, in general, is very good, water spotting due to high precipitation is dropping
- Covid infection rates at the lowest level in 9 months