High hopes for Skybury cropping trials

Updated September 22 2015 - 1:30pm, first published January 22 2015 - 4:00am
Presently, more than two million papaya are picked annually, while the coffee plantation produces an average of 60 tonnes per year.
Presently, more than two million papaya are picked annually, while the coffee plantation produces an average of 60 tonnes per year.

SKYBURY Tropical Plantation is set to increase production of its sweet red papaya and Arabica Coffee over the next 18 months if double cropping trials on the Mareeba-based farm prove successful.

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