Frankly Speaking

Frankly Speaking - Week 48
3 December 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 45
13 November 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 43
30 October 2018
Welcome to this update to our growers focussing on fruit performance and topical industry issues of the moment. The majority of the Hayward organic...
Frankly Speaking - Week 42
24 October 2018
Please accept our latest weekly update to our Growers and Stakeholders on the latest fruit and Industry . We have now completed our SunGold programme...
Frankly Speaking - Week 41
16 October 2018
Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking – where we update our growers on the latest industry and fruit performance. This...
Frankly Speaking - Week 40
8 October 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 39
2 October 2018
Please accept this update to our growers updating fruit performance and Industry issues. Both green and gold fruit continues to perform very well in...
Frankly Speaking - Week 38
26 September 2018
Welcome to this week’s edition of Frankly Speaking – where we update our growers on the latest industry and fruit performance. Fruit...
Frankly Speaking - Week 37
17 September 2018
Please accept this report updating our growers on fruit performance and industry issues up to midnight 16 September. Seeka is in the process of...
Frankly Speaking - Week 36
4 September 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 35
29 August 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 32
20 August 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 31
14 August 2018
Welcome to this week’s grower update. Loadouts continue to be slower than forecast as Zespri contends with softer markets and re-balances in...
Frankly Speaking - Week 29
25 July 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 28
18 July 2018
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,...
Frankly Speaking - Week 26
4 July 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 21
28 May 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 20
23 May 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 18
8 May 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 17
1 May 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 16
24 April 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Stop Press 20 April
20 April 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Stop Press 17 April
17 April 2018
Hayward Organic Supply Cap Closure HW1OB Zespri has advised the Hayward Organic supply cap will close at midnight Wednesday 18 April 2018. As...
Frankly Speaking - Week 15
16 April 2018
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,...
Frankly Speaking - Stop Press 12 April
12 April 2018
Hayward Conventional Supply Cap Closure   HW1CK Zespri has advised the Hayward Conventional supply cap will close at midnight...
Frankly Speaking - Week 14
9 April 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 13
2 April 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Stop Press
28 March 2018
Changes to the Gold3 Kiwistart Rates The industry has made the decision to change the Gold Kiwistart rates. With the Gold Kiwistart rates...
Frankly Speaking - Week 12
26 March 2018
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...
Frankly Speaking - Week 11
15 March 2018
Welcome to this weeks update. Our first kiwifruit orchards have cleared the maturity hurdles for harvest 2018 and our growers are picking today. The...
Frankly Speaking - Week 8
28 February 2018
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
21 February 2018
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
14 February 2018
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
6 February 2018
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,...

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