The Australian Mango Industry Association (AMIA) has released an updated forecast for volumes to market this season in Darwin.
Production has started earlier this year due to higher than normal temperatures throughout July bringing on flowering, which has meant small volumes of Kensington Pride (KP) and green eating varieties are already in the market.
Volume in the region is expected to steadily increase over the coming months for the KP variety, with the peak in early October expected to see 14 per cent of its total 1,990 million trays for the season. The R2E2 variety is forecast to hit the markets in around a fortnight, peaking towards the end of October, with Calypso expected to start in that same month.
Katherine and Mataranka are experiencing a strong flowering, with some pea to golf ball size fruit set. The region is expected to start dispatching to market in October. Forecast volumes are still to be collected, but similar volumes to last year are expected.
In Kununurra in Western Australia, production volume is expected to be better than previous years, after a strong start to flowering in this region. Growers are expected to start picking in September. It is a similar story in Carnarvon, which is also on track for higher volumes.
While in Queensland, flowering has been sporadic and inconsistent in the Bowen region as well as Central Queensland. But that has not been the case further north in Mareeba/Dimbulah, as well as Southern Queensland, with some early flowering expected.
Meanwhile, the AMIA has welcomed Samantha Frolov, who replaced Trevor Dunmall as Industry Development Manager. She joins the organisation after working in the role of Business Manager for domestic and export produce for Favco, as well as Category Manager for Mangoes and Avocados for OneHarvest.
One of her first chances to meet growers will be at the Pre-Season Roadshows, which begin next Tuesday, August 15, in Katherine and continues through the Mango growing regions over coming months.
For more information and details on the Roadshows:Australian Mango Industry Association