Please accept this Grower Update to the end of week 24 [Sunday 14 June].
For the record, main pack was completed yesterday [Monday]. We are not complaining but the teams ended with some tremendous Hayward yields over 17,000 trays per hectare. It just took a little longer to get to the end of than had been expected. Fruit quality continued to be very good and brix’s manageable. As a result we are full and we have handled record crop volumes.
It’s been a very good campaign. While there are always things that can be improved upon there is a lot to admire in the efforts of our growers, our harvest crews and contractors and throughout the Post-Harvest process. Of course we will focus on the things to be improved and we have a natural tendency to focus on things that didn’t perhaps work as well as they might, but we have to also acknowledge the positive. It’s been challenging and its gone well.
There have been two serious harm accidents recorded in the season and a couple of near misses or significant incidents. While these last ones didn’t meet the criteria of serious harm, they did result in injury. Both of the serious harm incidents were avoidable. In one case a bin-tip operator tore his finger when it caught between a full bin and the tipper, and in the other case a tractor driver who crashed his tractor when he had both hands on the gear level changing gear. In this case his hand got crushed between the tractor and the tree he hit. Both of these incidents required surgery. In a separate significant incident a quality controller got clipped by a forklift spraining her ankle. This incident resulted in a complete overhaul of the Post-Harvest safety zones and what equipment can be used where. In this particular incident – we were very lucky and it was a particular event that made us all stop, review and take action.
My blog will from next week focus more on inventory performance. The statistics as at midnight Sunday 14 June 2015:
Hayward
Seeka packed/loaded: 20,659,649 trays Industry packed: 83,222,721 trays [24.8%]
Seeka average size: 32.53 Industry average size: 32.41
Shipped: 8,321,745 trays In-store: 12,337,904 trays
On order for week 25 493,664 trays
On order for week 26 492,269 trays
Total Hayward numbers are expected to complete at 20.8m a record for the company.
Hayward organic
Seeka packed: 1,049,482 trays Industry packed: 3,935,801 trays [26.7%]
Seeka average size: 34.87 Industry average size: 34.48
Shipped: 364,182 trays In-store: 685,300 trays
On order for week 25: 78,510 trays
On order for week 26: 59,306 trays
Record organic volumes for Seeka.
G14
Seeka packed: 165,181 trays Industry packed: 1,365,529 [12.2%]
Seeka average size: 36.74 Industry average size: 35.92
Shipped: 165,095 trays In-store: 85 trays
That is us done. The last 85 trays are on order to the local market no doubt.
G3 [Sungold]
Seeka packed: 3,880,765 trays Industry packed: 27,774,065 [14.0%]
Seeka average size: 30.41 Industry average size: 30.57
Shipped: 2,680,560 trays In store: 1,106,547 trays
On order for week 25: 186,144 trays
On order for week 26: 102,574 trays
Will be down to the last 1m trays after this week.
G3 Organic
Seeka packed: 49,730 trays Industry packed: 473,415 [10.5%]
Seeka average size: 28.95 Industry average size: 30.95
Shipped: 30,571 trays In store: 19,159 trays
On order for week 25 7,270 trays
On order for week 26 2,203 trays
Slowly heading to the home straight.
Hort 16a
Seeka packed: 404,485 trays Industry packed: 4,393,086 trays [9.2%]
Seeka average size: 31.41 Industry average size: 31.64
Shipped: 323,929 trays In store: 80,535 trays
On order week 25: 10,240 trays
On order week 26: zero trays
Calling orders. Calling orders?
G9 [Charm]
Seeka packed: 87,232 trays Industry packed: 760,127 trays [11.4%]
Seeka average size: 36.43 Industry average size: 34.29
Shipped: 54,444 trays In store: 32,786 trays
On order week 25: zero trays
Fruit quality has been excellent – looking for orders.
And even more statistics
Yes a startling and exceptional Hayward yield. Yields of 11,720 trays per hectare and 7,852 trays per hectare are up 26% and 29% respectively. The numbers in the table are slightly different from above as they are as at now compared to midnight Sunday night.
Seeka Growers Conducting Planning Process
As one of the outcomes from last weeks Seeka Growers Meeting, the Council is considering its purpose, and thinking about how it most efficiently achieves that purpose. The important roles including the governance over grower money, transparency in reporting, setting grower pools and separation from the corporate are all important aspects of Seeka Growers. Along with only signing one contract, limiting any risk to the pool, and having no assets or liabilities at the end of each season. The Council is also considering its role in matters of pricing, performance monitoring and advocacy. If you have a view then I would encourage you to talk to one of the Council Members.
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Thank you for your efforts through the Main pack portion of 2015. All efforts have been appreciated.
Michael
Seeka Key
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