Skybury Farms Basic Supervisor Sweet MacLaughlin says there are “challenges” for farmers as each farmer in Far North Queensland has been impacted by the latest floods.
Skybury Farms is among the largest producers of pink papaya in Australia, situated simply outdoors Mareeba, close to Cairns.
Crops have been impacted by the file rain and a few farmers are struggling to get their produce out as roads stay reduce off.
It’s doubtless the price of fruit and greens will improve within the quick time period – particularly, mangoes, papaya, pineapples and limes.
“The problem for us nonetheless lies forward,” Ms MacLaughlin advised Sky Information Australia.
“We’re seeing adjustments to the vegetation’ circumstances each day.
“The soil remains to be closely waterlogged and that’s giving us our challenges.
“We nonetheless stay optimistic that we will have some degree of manufacturing, however we’re estimating 30 per cent losses in the meanwhile and it takes a very long time for papaya to stand up and operating once more – six months from the time we put it into the bottom till we’re harvesting.”
