Costa may sell avocado farms
Australian grower Costa Group, is to sell some avocado farms and focus instead on berries, citrus fruits and exports to China as it attempts to recover from La Niña rain bombs that hammered farmers and destroyed crops last year.
Costa Group’s interim chief executive Harry Debney said the company was looking at “trimming” the avocado business, which has been unprofitable for
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