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Avocado glut leaves Australian farmers crushed as prices hit guac bottom
PEATS RIDGE, Australia – On a recent morning, Tim Kemp slid open the door of the refrigerated storeroom on his family farm near Sydney and removed nine tons of avocados. A few years ago, the giant bins of green fruit would have been worth almost $40,000.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. Today, Kemp expects a fifth as much. “We are basically selling avocados for less than the cost of production,” he said. Welcome to the
