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Mango growers produce bumper crop in Central Queensland despite tough season
A Central Queensland couple new to the mango industry has defied a national crash in the mango yield, increasing their production by 50 per cent.
Key points:
- The Ryes have packed 45,000 trays of Honey Gold mangoes — a 50 per cent increase on last season
- This is partly a combination of near-perfect growing conditions as well getting their timing right for picking
- The Ryes acted early to secure their staff, employing a full picking and packing crew
Daniel and Alice Rye, who bought their orchard five years ago and have just finished their fourth season, packed off a quarter of a million more mangoes than last year.
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