Welcome to our latest grower and stakeholder update - bringing you up to date with Seeka’s latest grower and industry . It’s a wrap - Seeka has now completed the 2020 kiwifruit harvest. It has been a remarkable season and without the support from the Seeka community we would not have completed the harvest in good time. Our thanks and appreciation to all the contractors, workers, service providers and people who contributed to this season.
The industry submit is at a record 159m trays and there is 20m more trays of SunGold than Hayward for Zespri to market and sell this year. The drought has impacted on the crop especially in the Coromandel and Katikati regions. The average size for Hayward conventional this year is 33.54 compared to 32.63 last year and the Hayward organic this year is an average size of 37.21 compared to 35.72 last year. In the case of organics, Zespri are reporting market challenges with the smaller than anticipated size profile.
Shipping continues to plan. Seeka has shipped 17.1m trays (55%), this leaves 14m trays in inventory. The latest forecast is for the Gold shipping to complete in week 43 and the Hayward in week 47. Fruit quality continues to tracking well with no issues to note.
Final 2019 Loyalty Payment
The loyalty payment, the last payment for the 2019 harvested crop is being processed and will be signed off by the Seeka Grower Council tomorrow and paid to Growers on Monday. Zespri will be meeting with the council to update them on how the markets are performing to date. Any Seeka Grower can attend the council meeting, your CRM can advise you of the timing of these each month.
Seeka Growers Economic Update – 1 July
Seeka has the Governor of the Reserve Bank providing our growers and stakeholders with an update on monetary policy and the economy. You should have received your invitation for this event and we ask that you RSVP and indicate whether you will attend via zoom or attend in person at one of our sites.
You will have the opportunity to ask questions, but all questions will need to be asked prior to the meeting and we will coordinate the questions through to Adrian, your CRM can coordinate this for you.
We need your RSVP if you are planning to attend. Click here to RSVP.
Thank you again to our contractors, pickers, transport operators and truckers and our growers for the 2020 kiwifruit harvest. Your support of Seeka is appreciated.
Kind regards
Michael
Seeka Key
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