HOLY guacamole, the avocado industry is on target for a record production year and Barham Avocados is one of the producers looking at big numbers coming out of its Murray River orchards.

Production forecasts show a 139,000-tonne crop nationally for 2023-24 – up a whopping 20 per cent on the previous year and a record total.

The growth has been driven by more than 1500ha of extra plantings star...