Because the covid-19 has pushed up air transport costs and caused serious damage to export markets, stone fruit growers in various parts of Australia have to make difficult decisions, including the possibility of removing some fruit trees. In addition, there is also a way to help growers save costs, that is, to use automatic fruit sorting machine to sort stone fruits, so as to reduce the input of labor costs.
By the time the epidemic first hit at the end of 2019 / 2020, growers had been severely affected, with export markets closed and Aviation Services Limited. "It means more fruit has to be sold to the [Australian] domestic market and there has been a very significant drop in the price of all products.
The latest US Department of agriculture (USDA) report on Australian stone fruit production forecasts that peach and nectarine exports will fall by 17% in 2020 / 2021. peach sizer and nectarine grading machine produced by First Industry are very popular in the market.
Although many growers are already changing their strategy to export more fruits by sea during this season, some varieties, such as white peach, can't afford to sail for several weeks at sea.
Stone fruits destined for the lucrative Chinese market usually need to arrive faster. "They are grown for export and have to be airlifted.
Stone fruits such as apricots, nectarines, plums and peaches (flat and round) all have one thing in common: they are extremely delicate, Therefore, it is better to choose the weight fruit classifier. The fruit weighing grading sorting machine has the least damage to fruits, and the sorting precision is very high.