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 so we can draw the 2021 harvest to a close. We are extremely grateful to our crews and contractors who are helping us to complete the harvest. You are more than appreciated.
Operationally Seeka has shipped 60% of our SunGold inventory and 46% of the Hayward inventory. In the organic category 60% of the SunGold inventory and 40% of the Hayward inventory have also been shipped. It’s remarkable noting the disruption caused by the Port closing due to weather events and the ongoing container shipping issues. The reefer vessel shipping programme which Zespri has now extended means that there is dedicated shipping for the NZ kiwifruit programme to the main markets of Europe, Japan, China and Korea. In the absence of comprehensive sales reporting, we can only hope that the fruit is selling.
The supply of kiwifruit to China continues to be an issue which is getting some focus by the industry groups. There is the likelihood of a premium being paid to growers for fruit that has market access, which is OK china – and it could be as much as $1.00 per tray. In order to supply China, we really need fruit that is scale free and being scale free provides the advantage to Seeka having some flexibility in where we can ship your fruit, when.
As you all know at the end of last year there was a hail event in the Nelson region. This event has resulted in a review of your hail policy and the cover provided by the National pool. In July the KGI forum will be asked to consider making this policy apply to this year’s crop. The council is not in support of this change being applied retrospectively, but has acknowledged the challenges for those growers who were impacted by hail this year and in prior years.
Finally, “supplierland” seem to be the only ones focussed on completing the harvest, everyone else in the Industry is focussed on talking about the Producer Vote. Good luck and happy voting.
To the numbers:
Seeka OPAC
| SunGold Conventional | |
|---|---|
| Industry Submit: 99,851,091 trays | Industry average size: 27.72 |
| Seeka OPAC Submit: 5,486,709 trays | Seeka OPAC average size: 28.66 |
| Shipped or on order: 3,904,375 trays | In store: 1,582,334 |
| Hayward Conventional | |
|---|---|
| Industry Submit: 70,249,148 trays | Industry average size: 32.50 |
| Seeka OPAC Submit: 2,377,643 trays | Seeka OPAC average size: 33.22 |
| Shipped or on order: 930,266 trays | In store: 1,447,377 |
| Sweet Green | |
|---|---|
| Industry Submit: 261,467 trays | Industry average size: 37.07 |
| Seeka OPAC Submit: 28,275 trays | Seeka OPAC average size: 37.42 |
| Shipped or on order: 28,275 trays | In store: nil trays |
Seeka
| SunGold Conventional | |
|---|---|
| Industry Submit: 99,851,091 trays | Industry average size: 27.72 |
| Seeka Submit: 17,460,056 trays | Seeka average size: 27.38 |
| Shipped or on order: 11,547,474 trays | In store: 5,912,582 |
| SunGold Organic | |
|---|---|
| Industry Submit: 2,527,823 trays | Industry average size: 28.05 |
| Seeka Submit: 424,161 trays | Seeka average size: 29.12 |
| Shipped or on order: 298,317 trays | In store: 125,844 |
| Hayward Conventional | |
|---|---|
| Industry Submit: 70,249,148 trays | Industry average size: 32.50 |
| Seeka Submit: 16,025,615 trays | Seeka average size: 32.44 |
| Shipped or on order: 8,403,846 trays | In store: 7,621,769 trays |
| Hayward Organic | |
|---|---|
| Industry Submit: 3,013,110 trays | Industry average size: 34.85 |
| Seeka Submit: 929,583 trays | Seeka average size: 35.08 |
| Shipped or on order: 504,463 trays | In store: 425,120 trays |
| Sweet Green | |
|---|---|
| Industry Submit: 261,467 trays | Industry average size: 37.07 |
| Seeka Submit: 58,278 trays | Seeka average size: 37.59 |
| Shipped or on order: 57,336 trays | In store: 926 trays |
Happy and safe harvesting.
Kind regards
Michael
Seeka Key
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