Next season’s avocado crop has already been extensively damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle. Maungatapere avocado grower Mike Eagles said next year’s avocado harvest was “already hopeless” because of the damage the fruit and trees had sustained from rain and wind. His ten-hectare orchard was already “absolutely hammered” by Monday morning, with rain gauges overflowing a day before the worst of the cyclone was expected, Eagles said. That amount of fruit loss would have a significant impact on the income from the orchard, Eagles said. He expected even less fruit would be good for export after Cyclone Gabrielle.

Source: Stuff February 13, 2023 20:20 UTC