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New harvester design gives growers control

What does the dried grape industry do when faced with a challenge?

Rises to it.

Season 2022 was a difficult one. Wet conditions meant limited windows to remove fruit, leaving many growers producing poorer quality fruit that cost more to dry and offered lower returns.

At the heart of the issue – with one of the industry’s key harvest contractors taking a step back – was a lack of available...