Zespri releases new payout forecast
He says growers of green kiwifruit are earning over $40,000 per hectare, the best return in 10 years.
Mr Jager says the price for gold kiwifruit is also very strong at $12.60 per tray, but it is on reduced volumes because of the vine-killing disease PSA.
He says the 2014 crop, which will shortly start being harvested, is looking good and gold kiwifruit numbers are beginning to recover.
Mr Jager says last year 2 million trays of the new variety of gold kiwifruit were harvested and this year it will be about 9.5 million trays.
He says that's as those vines have come into production as they have been grafted across from the Hort16A variety of gold kiwifruit which was decimated by PSA.
Source: radionz.co.nz