Select Harvest profit hurt by drought costs, COVID-19 and price slide

Andrew Marshall
Updated December 4 2020 - 1:32pm, first published 11:30am
Select Harvests managing director Paul Thompson said the almond company notched up plenty of internal achievements despite external market and cost challenges.
Select Harvests managing director Paul Thompson said the almond company notched up plenty of internal achievements despite external market and cost challenges.

Harvest volumes were up significantly, but almond grower and processor Select Harvests has halved its profit in 2019-20, posting an after tax net profit of $25 million, down from $53m.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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