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Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking, Seeka’s grower and stakeholder update. There is a lot of work going on in the...

Welcome to this week’s edition to Frankly Speaking, Seeka’s grower and stakeholder update. There has been a lot going on to report...

Welcome to this week’s Seeka grower and stakeholder update on the latest Seeka and Industry news. Monday 21 June signalled the winter solstice,...

Welcome to this week’s Seeka grower and stakeholder update. With under 500k trays remaining to pick and the canopies empty we need fine weather...

Welcome to this week’s Seeka grower and stakeholder update. Please arrange a fine spell of weather so we can draw the 2021 harvest to a close....

Welcome to this week’s Seeka grower and stakeholder update. Please arrange a fine spell of weather so we can draw the 2021 harvest to a close....

Welcome to this week’s Seeka grower and stakeholder update. We are pleased to report that the SunGold harvest is well completed with 17.47m...

Welcome to this week’s Seeka grower and stakeholder update. Thankfully, the last of the remaining SunGold fruit is now scheduled and will be in...

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Please accept this “Stop Press” update to Seeka’s Growers and stakeholders. The Period 1 procurement for plan for Hayward...

Seeka Limited (“Seeka”) and Opotiki Packing and Cool Storage Limited (“OPAC”) are to join via amalgamation. This transaction...

Please accept this “Stop Press” update to Seeka’s Growers and stakeholders. The Period 1 procurement for plan for SunGold...

Please accept this “Stop Press” update to Seeka’s growers and stakeholders. Zespri, concerned about the shortage of fruit have...

Welcome to our grower and stakeholder update, updating you on the changes to the SunGold conventional Period 1 procurement. A decision has been made...

Welcome to our grower and stakeholder update. Kiwifruit harvest 2021 is underway for SunGold in New Zealand and for Hayward in Australia. Locally we...

Welcome to our grower and stakeholder update, at the first weekly cut off for SunGold. Fruit packed up until midnight last night has earned an...

Welcome to our grower and stakeholder update, updating you on the change to the SunGold conventional period 1 procurement. Due to slower submit than...

Welcome to our grower and stakeholder update. Kiwifruit harvest 2021 is underway for SunGold in New Zealand and for Hayward in Australia. Locally we...

Week ended Sunday 28 February 2021 Welcome to our Week 8 Frankly Speaking update – this update brings our growers and stakeholders up to date...

Welcome to this week’s update to our growers and stakeholders. Here we go people. We are a few weeks out from New Zealand kiwifruit harvest...

Welcome to 2021. It’s our pleasure to wish you all every success, wealth, health and happiness for the year ahead. And we hope you have all had...

Please accept this latest update to our Growers and Stakeholders – bringing you up to speed with the latest Seeka and...

Week ended Sunday 18 October 2020 Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking – our grower and stakeholder update bringing you...

Week ended Sunday 20 September 2020 Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking – our grower and...

Week ended Sunday 13 September 2020 Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking – our grower and stakeholder update bringing...

Week ended Sunday 6 September 2020 Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking – our grower and...

Week ended Sunday 30 August 2020 Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking, Seeka’s update to growers and...

Grower and stakeholder update Please accept this Seeka grower and stakeholder update. It is a sad day for the Seeka...

Week ending Sunday 16 August 2020 Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking – our grower and stakeholder update bringing you...

Week ending Sunday 2 August 2020 Welcome to this edition of Frankly Speaking – Seeka’s stakeholder update. There is a lot of activity...

Week ending Sunday 12 July 2020 Welcome to this edition of Frankly Speaking – Seeka’s stakeholder update. In our kiwifruit business,...

Week ending Sunday 21 June 2020 Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking, updating our growers and stakeholders on the latest...

Week ending Sunday 7 June 2020 Welcome to our latest grower and stakeholder update - bringing you up to date with Seeka’s latest...

Week ending Sunday 31 May 2020 Welcome to our latest grower and stakeholder update – bringing you up to date with Seeka’s latest...

Week ending Sunday 24 May 2020 Welcome to this Seeka grower and stakeholder update bringing you up to date as we head...

Week ending Sunday 17 May 2020 Welcome to this week’s edition of Seeka’s update to its growers and stakeholders, bringing you the latest...

Week ending Sunday 10 May 2020 Welcome to our week 19 update, bringing our Seeka growers and stakeholders the latest harvest and Industry...

Week ending Sunday 3 May 2020 Welcome to Seeka’s latest grower and stakeholder update. The SunGold harvest is in the...

Welcome to this update of Frankly Speaking, our blog that keeps the growers and stakeholders up to date with what’s happening at Seeka and the...

Week ending Sunday 26 April 2020 Welcome to this Week 17 Seeka grower and stakeholder update. Seeka has now packed 15.744m...

Welcome to this update of Frankly Speaking, our blog that keeps the growers and suppliers up to date with what’s happening at Seeka and the...

Welcome to this week’s Seeka grower and stakeholder update. Seeka had set itself a target of packing 3m trays in week 16 to be on track to...

Welcome to this Seeka grower and stakeholder update – updating you on the latest at Seeka. In spite of a continuing labour shortage we have...

Welcome to this Seeka grower and stakeholder update until the end of week 15. Seeka has now commissioned all machines, and will bring Oakside 1...

Welcome to this edition of Frankly Speaking – bringing our growers and stakeholders up to date with the latest at Seeka. Operations continue...

Welcome to Frankly Speaking, our grower and stakeholder update for the week ended midnight Sunday 5 April. It was a remarkable week given the...

Welcome to this daily update to the growers and stakeholders of Seeka. This is a quick update to let you know what we are planning and how we are...

Welcome to this daily update to the growers and stakeholders of Seeka. In the last 24 hours, the schedulers and harvest crews have had to be nimble...

Welcome to today’s Seeka grower and stakeholder update. The team is continuing to settle the operations and the process of sampling, clearing,...

Week ending Sunday 29 March 2020 Please accept our grower and stakeholder update for the week ended midnight last...

Good morning Seeka growers and stakeholders. It’s a wonderful day outside. I hope this update finds you all safe and well. We have continued...

Good afternoon isolated growers and stakeholders of Seeka. We hope this update finds you safe and well. Firstly we have until...

This update outlines the approach taken by Seeka to coordinate maturity clearances with its supplying growers. Our teams are...

Please accept this update to our growers and stakeholders. I wanted to take stock and let you know the things we have done, where...

Welcome to this afternoons Frankly Speaking Update. In this update, I will explain to you how we are going to organise the next phase of the harvest,...

I apologise for clogging up your email with yet another Frankly Speaking Grower Alert but it is challenging and dynamic times as we...

Please accept my second alert for the day. With the withdraw of the maturity testing services by Eurofins, there has been a meeting held to rethink...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) level 4 update for growers This is a special update to our growers and stakeholders following the announcement from the...

Welcome to this week’s update to our growers and stakeholders. Well hasn’t the world changed in a week! Firstly, I would note that in...

MPI response to kiwifruit industry Growers and stakeholders of Seeka. This evening MPI held a call across all essential...

Gold3 update As a result of the continued issues with receiving maturity clearance the Week 12/13 cut-off has been...

Visiting processing packhouses We are sure that you have all been keeping abreast of the developments with the global pandemic – COVID-19...

Week ending Sunday 15 March 2020 Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking, our update to growers and suppliers of Seeka bringing...

Maturity sampling changes The continued delays in maturity testing results from Eurofins has meant a number of operational changes are being...

Maturity sampling and results issues The issues with the delays in the maturity testing results from Eurofins are continuing. As at 9am...

Maturity sampling and results issues Many growers will be aware of and experienced significant delays in the maturity testing over the last...

Week ending Sunday 8 March 2020 Welcome to this week’s update to Seeka’s growers and stakeholders. The New Zealand 2020 kiwifruit...

Week ending Sunday 1 March 2020 Welcome to this week’s update to our growers and stakeholders. Firstly, to the...

Week ending Sunday 26 January Welcome to 2020. In commencing our grower updates for the year, we wish you a safe and optimal harvest and every...

Welcome to this edition of Frankly Speaking – Seeka’s update to growers, outlining the latest Industry, grower and corporate . We are...

Welcome to our latest grower update – bringing you up to speed with the latest Seeka and Industry . Our remarkable kiwifruit year continues....

Welcome to our latest update for 2019. Thank you to all who attended the Seeka Growers Annual Grower meeting last week, your attendance and support...

Welcome to this Frankly Speaking update where we bring you up to speed with the latest Seeka and Industry . Last week saw us farewell Annmarie Lee...

Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking – bringing you up to date with the latest Industry and Seeka . The big for Seeka...

Welcome to our latest grower update, bringing you industry and Seeka . It’s been a relatively quiet two weeks as the teams concentrate on...

Week ending Sunday 25 August Welcome to our latest grower update – updating you on the latest Seeka and...

Welcome to our latest edition of our grower update – updating you on the latest Seeka and Industry . Your grower council met this week to...

Welcome to our latest edition of our grower update – updating you on the latest Seeka and Industry . Consistent weekly shipping since the...

Welcome to our latest edition of our grower update – updating you on the latest Seeka and Industry . Thank you to all of you who attended our...

Week ending Sunday 7 July Welcome to this week’s edition of our grower update. The after 5’s start this week all growers are...

Week ending Sunday 30 June Welcome to this week’s edition of our grower update – bringing you the latest grower and industry . The...

Please accept our latest Industry and grower update. The New Zealand kiwifruit harvest is now nearing completion with the significant feature being...

Welcome to this week’s grower update – bringing you up to date with the latest Industry and harvest at Seeka. We are in the final days...

Welcome to our week 22 update. Despite the disruption to harvest last week due to the weather Seeka processed 2.4m trays of class 1 Hayward...

Welcome to our week 21 update. With the SunGold harvest complete, our attention is on the Hayward harvest. The Hayward organic harvest is 62%...

Welcome to our week 20 update. We have now completed the SunGold harvest for 2019. Our harvest ran for 10 weeks, our client relationship managers and...

Please accept this edition of Frankly Speaking updating our growers and stakeholders on the state of play in harvest 2019. It’s all systems go...

Please accept this update briefing you on our 2019 kiwifruit harvest and industry matters to the end of 16 April. There are lots of tired crews at...

Welcome to our week 15 update. We have largely completed the frantic kiwistart part of the season and are heading to mainpack. The cold nights have...

Hayward first-past-the-post closed at midnight last night, only the Hayward Organic supply cap remains open. Seeka packed some 2.58m trays of...

The complicated start to the season has continued, and weather has started to play its hand. Warm nights have delayed the Hayward harvest, while we...

Welcome to this edition of our grower update. It’s raining, and the forecast is for more rain and unsettled weather after a long hot dry...

â€‹Zespri has advised the SunGold conventional (GA1CK) supply cap will close at midnight Thursday 21 March 2019. After the cap has closed there...

Thank you to all of you who attended our After 5 sessions. They have been well attended and the team have enjoyed catching up prior to harvest. We...

Welcome to this special edition midweek week 11 update. Growers supplying Seeka have achieved early maturity clearances in SunGold. As at the time of...

Welcome to this weeks update. The forecast rain really didn’t eventuate and our dry late summer continues. Cold weather is forecast to...

Please accept our latest update to our growers and stakeholders on fruit performance and Industry and issues. We are now fully loaded out of all...

Please accept this edition of Frankly Speaking up to the end of week 45 [last Sunday night]. The year has seemingly flown by and pollination is well...

Welcome to this update to our growers focussing on fruit performance and topical industry issues of the moment. The majority of the Hayward organic...

Please accept our latest weekly update to our Growers and Stakeholders on the latest fruit and Industry . We have now completed our SunGold programme...

Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking – where we update our growers on the latest industry and fruit performance. This...

We are pleased to provide you with this edition of our blog updating growers on our fruit performance and Industry issues up to the end of week...

Please accept this update to our growers updating fruit performance and Industry issues. Both green and gold fruit continues to perform very well in...

Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking – where we update our growers on the latest industry and fruit performance. Fruit...

Please accept this report updating our growers on fruit performance and industry issues up to midnight 16 September. Seeka is in the process of...

We are pleased to provide you with this grower update to Sunday September 2nd. As anticipated Zespri have announced their decision to remove 1m trays...

Avocado Despite the weather the teams have continued to pick, pack and ship over the past week, with the rain providing challenges to the harvest...

Please accept our grower update to the end of last week, and thank you for the feedback you have given thanking us for the clear reporting on our...

Welcome to this week’s grower update. Loadouts continue to be slower than forecast as Zespri contends with softer markets and re-balances in...

Welcome to our week 29 Update. Lots has been happening in the world of kiwifruit. The latest is that the Crown have issued a notice of appeal to the...

Thank you to our growers who attended the “After 5” sessions across the Bay of Plenty where we updated our growers on the season to date,...

The recent fine weather has enabled winter pruning crews to get busy in the orchard. The winter activities have also added a whole new risk and...

Welcome to our week 21 update. Despite the disruption to harvest last week due to the weather the SunGold harvest has completed, and the Hayward...

Welcome to our week 20 update. The weather continues to be patchy. We are attending to the harvest of the last of the Zespri SunGold which have...

Welcome to our week 18 update. The weather cleared at the beginning of last week with the harvest teams getting back into the orchards mid week and...

Welcome to our week 17 update. The weather over the weekend has been terrible with torrential rain and flooding. Growers are invited to check their...

Welcome to our week 16 update. Gold3 maturity is well into mainpack. Submit volumes are growing and we have good volumes ahead of us. All machines...

Seeka has today announced the purchase of the Northland post-harvest assets and orchards owned by T&G as a going concern. The acquisition is an...

Hayward Organic Supply Cap Closure HW1OB Zespri has advised the Hayward Organic supply cap will close at midnight Wednesday 18 April 2018. As...

Welcome to our week 15 update. The first-past-the-post period has now closed for Hayward conventional. We appreciate the work that all our pickers,...

Hayward Conventional Supply Cap Closure HW1CK Zespri has advised the Hayward Conventional supply cap will close at midnight...

Seeka is well into its early Hayward programme. The first-past-the-post period is likely to close in the next few days. Early Hayward maturities have...

Welcome to our Easter weekend update. Sheds have been operating throughout the weekend running where we have had fruit to pack. The fruit flow is...

Changes to the Gold3 Kiwistart Rates The industry has made the decision to change the Gold Kiwistart rates. With the Gold Kiwistart rates...

Seeka has achieved a successful and safe first week of packing. Thank you to all of our growers, contractors and staff who combined to get harvest...

Welcome to this weeks update. Our first kiwifruit orchards have cleared the maturity hurdles for harvest 2018 and our growers are picking today. The...

Welcome to this weeks update. The kiwiberry harvest is well under way with approximately 40% of the crop now packed. Sales in market have been going...

FRANKLY SPEAKING - WEEK 7 Welcome to this weeks update. The big during the week has been that boat loads of used cars have been intercepted at the...

FRANKLY SPEAKING - WEEK 6 Our team is busily fine-tuning our kiwifruit capacity plans as the New Zealand kiwifruit harvest approaches. Recent warm...

FRANKLY SPEAKING - WEEK 5 Welcome to our first 2018 update In commencing the weekly blog, we would start by wishing you every success this year,...

Welcome to our update to 5 November. Kiwifruit continues to perform brilliantly in 2017. We are down to the last 214k trays of Hayward in store with...

Welcome to our blog up to Sunday 29 October. The kiwifruit programme for this year is nearing completion. Our fruit is fully...

The remarkable fruit keeping year continues. Hayward fruit loss at Seeka of 0.72% [less than 1...

Thanks to all of you who attended the Seeka Growers Annual Meeting last week; there...

Please accept this update to the end of week 35 or Sunday 3 September. Fruit is travelling remarkably well and all sites are reporting low fruit loss...

Welcome to our week 34 update. Our teams have been through a heavy loadout week last...

Welcome to our week 32 update. The Seeka Growers council have met and approved the Tuesday 15 August 2017 kiwifruit...

Welcome to our week 30 update. Thanks to our Bay of Plenty Growers who turned out in...

Welcome to our Week 27 update Thanks to our Northland Kiwifruit and Avocado Growers who took the time to...

Welcome to our week 26 update Our Post-Harvest effort is focussed on managing the fruit instore to ensure that we...

Seeka has now completed the 2017 harvest with the last Hayward organic orchards in and packed at Huka Pak today. It’s been a complicated...

Over the past week the majority of the crop has been harvested with some regions having now completed their mainpack packing programme. There...

The mainly fine week ensured supply to the sheds with fruit at optimal maturity. Fruit firmness remains closely watched and is generally ok...

The unsettled weather pattern has continued with several frosts at the beginning of the week and then rain back again at the end of the week. ...

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Frankly Speaking Week 12 Update (Friday 24th March 2017) Welcome to our first update in the 2017 New Zealand kiwifruit harvest. The first...

Frankly Speaking Week 9 Update [Sunday 26 February 2017] Over the past week, there have been reports of the first SunGold clearance....

Frankly Speaking Week 7 Update [Sunday 19 February 2017] The 2017 New Zealand kiwifruit season is on the horizon, our plans are well set and our...

Frankly Speaking Week 5 Update [Sunday 29 January 2017] Heading to week five – avocado packing is continuing at Huka Pak, and there is a...

Frankly Speaking Week 4 Update [Sunday 22 January 2017] Welcome to 2017, and the first of our stakeholder updates. As we head into the year, we...

Frankly Speaking Week 50 Update [Sunday 18 December] On behalf of the Seeka Team please accept our best wishes for the season and thanks for your...

Frankly Speaking Week 49 Update [Sunday 11 December] Please accept this update to our growers and stakeholders to the end of Week 49. Thank you...

Frankly Speaking Week 47 Update [Sunday 27 November] Please accept this update to our growers and stakeholders to the end of Week 47. Seeka has...

Frankly Speaking Week 46 Update [Sunday 20 November] Please accept this update to our growers and stakeholders to the end of Week 46. We...

Frankly Speaking Week 45 Update [Sunday 13 November] Please accept this update to our growers and stakeholders up to Week...

Frankly Speaking Week 44 Update [Sunday 6 November] Please accept this update to our growers and stakeholders up to Week 44. The...

Frankly Speaking Week 43 Update [Sunday 30 October] Please accept this update to our growers and stakeholders up to week 43. Our 2016...

Frankly Speaking Week 42 Update [Sunday 23 October] Please accept this update to our growers and stakeholders up to Week 42. Our 2016...

Frankly Speaking Week 41 Update [Week ended 16/10/2016] Welcome to our week 41 update. The ladies event was held over the weekend to...

Frankly Speaking Week 40 Update [Week ended 09/10/2016] Welcome to our week 40 update. The Industry loaded the last European vessel late...

Frankly Speaking Week 39 Update [Sunday 2 October] Welcome to the Week 39 Update. Our SunGold shipping programme is all but complete....

Frankly Speaking Week 38 Update [Sunday 25 September] Welcome to the week 38 update. Please see the commentary below about taste and some...

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Frankly Speaking Week 36 Update [Sunday 11 September] Welcome to the Week 36 Update. The Industry is on the home straight with SunGold...

Frankly Speaking Week 35 Update [Sunday 4 September] Welcome to the Week 35 Update. We are now in the final stage of the Gold 3...

Frankly Speaking Week 34 Update [Sunday 28 August ] Welcome to the Week 34 Update. Sales reporting is showing a trend of a divergence in returns...

Frankly Speaking Week 33 Update [Sunday 21 August ] Welcome to the Week 33 Frankly Speaking Update. It is positively warmer, and our orchard...

FRANKLY SPEAKING WEEK 32 UPDATE [SUNDAY 14 AUGUST] Shipping to China has resumed however, product requires significant checking and in...

FRANKLY SPEAKING WEEK 31 [SUNDAY AUGUST 7] Our instore inventory continues to perform well, particularly in the case of SunGold...

FRANKLY SPEAKING WEEK 30 [SUNDAY JULY 31] Welcome to the week 30 update. Inventory continues to perform well. Fruit loss remains low and our...

FRANKLY SPEAKING - WEEK 29 UPDATE [SUNDAY JULY 24] Over the past week, 500K te of class 1 fruit was loaded out, with another 600K te scheduled...

Frankly Speaking Week 28 Update [Sunday July 17] In spite of main-pack completion, there remains a lot of...

Frankly Speaking Week 27 Update [Sunday July 10] Thank you to all of you who attended the Seeka after 5pm Roadshows last week celebrating the end...

Frankly Speaking Week 26 [Sunday July 3] Welcome to our week 26 update. The weather, at long last, has turned colder. I must admit it was strange...

Frankly Speaking Week 25 Update [Sunday June 26] Stores are starting to empty as we head into heavy loadout weeks. Impressively Seeka loaded 1.3m...

Frankly Speaking Week 24 Update [Sunday June 19] We are done - all bar the shouting, with 200 to 300 bins due in today and then we are...

Frankly Speaking Week 23 Update [Sunday June 12] After a wet end to last week, we are back into fine weather and should be able to finish...

Frankly Speaking Week 22 Update [Sunday June 5] Thank you to those of you who arranged the fine spell of weather. We have gone from famine to...

Frankly Speaking Week 21 Update [Sunday May 29] The rain interrupting harvest continues and we are looking forward to forecast finer weather...

Frankly Speaking Week 20 Update [Sunday May 22] To those with more influence in these matters than me, can someone please sort the weather out?...

Frankly Speaking Week 19 Update [Sunday May 15] The tragic of the fatality of an AgFirst sampler on Friday at Athenree is a stark...

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Frankly Speaking The commencing of picking Gold 3 last week signalled the start of the 2016 kiwifruit...

Stop Press – MPI is calling for submissions to changes to the Kiwifruit Regulations Please be advised that the Ministry of Primary Industries...

Frankly Speaking Week 7 The El Nino weather pattern is in full effect. The expected long dry periods have in reality...

Welcome to 2016 We are back. 2016 is here. Our team is completing a very successful avocado program, the kiwiberry harvest is a few...

Frankly Speaking - Fruit Loss, Pool Payments and Insurance Please accept this update on the insurance process, fruit loss and pool...

Important Update – Seeka Hayward Fruit Loss and Insurance Claim Seeka this week updated the Seeka Growers Council on the Hayward...

Frankly Speaking - Week 30 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 30 [Sunday 26 July]. Zespri reported good sales rates for...

Frankly Speaking - Week 28 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 28 [Sunday 12 July]. Zespri reported good sales...

Frankly Speaking - Week 26 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 26 [Sunday 28 June]. The season of inventory...

Frankly Speaking - Week 24 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 24 [Sunday 14 June]. For the record, main...

Frankly Speaking - Week 24 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 24 [Sunday 14 June]. For the record, main...

Frankly Speaking – Week 23 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 23 [Sunday 7 June]. Weather severely...

Frankly Speaking – Week 22 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 22 [Sunday 31 May]. Another good week of packing...

Frankly Speaking – Week 21 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 21 [Sunday 24 May]. Another good week of packing...

Frankly Speaking – Week 20 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 20 [Sunday 17 May]. The weather interrupted our harvest...

Frankly Speaking – Week 19 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 19 [Sunday 10 May]. The harvest developed good momentum...

Frankly Speaking – Week 18 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 18 [Sunday 3 May]. Settled weather late in the week has...

Frankly Speaking - Week 17 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 17 [Sunday 26 April]. The weather is continuing to...

Frankly Speaking – Week 16 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 16 [Sunday 19 April]. The weather has played its part...

Frankly Speaking - Week 15 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 15 [Sunday 12 April]. The first past the post caps for...

Good Morning A summary of the industry statistics for Gold 3 and Hayward up to midnight last night [7 April] from our supply team. Gold...

Frankly Speaking – Week 14 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 14 [Sunday 5 April Easter Sunday]. I have included...

Frankly Speaking - Week 12 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 12 [Sunday 22 March]. Introduction Welcome...

HAIL !, Some of our catchment has experienced hail over the last few days. Orchards in the Welcome Bay road/Kairua Road region have...

Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 43 [Sunday 26 October]. We are in the home straight. At the end of last week we were down to...

Seeka’s approach to The Kiwifruit Claim This week a group of kiwifruit growers announced a proposal to take a class action against the...

Frankly Speaking – Week 39 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 39 [Sunday 28 September]. The kiwifruit season is in...

Special Blog – G9 Compensation The Seeka Growers Council met today and as part of their agenda considered the current proposals to...

Frankly Speaking – Week 31 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 31 [Sunday 3 August]. Green fruit load-outs...

Frankly Speaking – Week 30 Update Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 30 [Sunday 27 July]. Currently Bryan Grafas and...

Frankly Speaking – Week 25 Update Please accept this report to the end of week 25 [Sunday 22 June]. I apologise for the delay in...

Please accept this report to the end of week 22 [Sunday 1 June]. We are in the home straight! Our teams should finish harvesting tomorrow and...

Please accept this report to the end of week 21 [Sunday 25 May]. We are now into the home straight of mainpack and slightly ahead of our...

Please accept this report to the end of week 20 [Sunday 18 May]. We are in mainpack and full fruit flow. Last week we packed just under 400k...

Please accept this report to the end of week 19 [Sunday 11 May]. I omitted the G9 [Charm] in by first go – apologies now included –...

Frankly Speaking – Week 17 Update Please accept this report to the end of week 17 [Sunday 27 April]. The green conventional...

THANK YOU Please accept our thanks for the extraordinary efforts of our people, contractors and growers right across the Seeka company. This first...

Frankly Speaking – Week 12 Update Our 2014 harvest has commenced. First Hayward clearances were achieved at the end of week 11 and...

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