The avocado drought has been broken

FOR months we’ve been punished with high price tags on avocados but the good news is — it could soon be raining avocados.

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IT’S been a sad state of affairs in Australia in recent times.

Our pockets have been emptied in supermarkets and we’ve been denied our favourite cafe eat all because of an avocado shortage.

People were cursing the weather which led to poor growing conditions when they saw the price of avocados skyrocket in fresh food sections and farmers of the fruit were struggling to keep up with the demand.

But there’s finally some good news, the avocado drought is officially broken.

In the coming months it will be raining avocados, with 68,000 tonnes expected to flow into supermarkets in the coming months.

Our favourite breakfast is back. Source: Supplied

Avolution chief executive Antony Allen said Australia’s love of avocados kicked into overdrive in recent years.

“The avocado shortage earlier this year sparked a higher price in the market due to simple supply and demand economics,” he said.

“Despite the rise in cost, the public’s buying behaviour remained unchanged as droves of Aussies sought to get their avocado fix.”

Mr Allen said over the past two decades, avocado production increased from 18,000 tonnes a year to 68,500 tonnes in 2015.

Australians love avocados, they are healthy and delicious — especially when paired with feta and a slice of sourdough — so it’s easy to understand why the country had a meltdown when they were not as accessible as they once were.

Comparing avocados to cash in Sydney. Picture: Twitter/Maria Lewis

One Sydney cafe even had to explicitly say it did not leave avocados on the premises.

There was an avocado conspiracy theory in January, which suggested farmers threw all their stock onto shelves in the lead up to Christmas to help them deal with the slow January period.

But Western Australia Avocado Growers Association chairman Wayne Franceschi said there were not enough avocados to keep up with the growing demand.

Cooler conditions and also bushfires made things more difficult and the hot weather was also another detriment for growers.

Aussie growers are now expecting ideal growing conditions as it moves further into autumn and a mammoth crop will be rolled out from now until November.

Originally published as The avocado drought has been broken