Friday, 24 June 2016 12:55

Seeka handles record volumes

Written by 
Seeka Kiwifruit has handled record volumes in the packing season. Seeka Kiwifruit has handled record volumes in the packing season.

Seeka Kiwifruit has handled record volumes in the packing season, with more than 30 million trays handled in New Zealand for the first time.

This compares to about 26,400 million last year.

It has now completed kiwifruit packing operations in Australia and New Zealand for the 2016 season.

Seeka now heads into the storage and inventory management portion of the season in New Zealand, while at the same time it completes its kiwifruit sales program in Australia. The Australian pear selling season is anticipated to complete in October.

New Zealand volumes handled by Seeka were up by 16.6% at 30.8 million trays. This figure includes approximately 700k trays that will be removed from the inventory or at time of packing, through crop management. All volumes have been handled within the company's infrastructure, and Seeka now moves to managing more than 16 million trays in store.

Australian kiwifruit volumes at 580k trays were behind expectation by about 109k trays, but have sold well in the market. Nashi pears are continuing to be packed out and the selling program expected to be completed in October.

The company is expected to report on its first six months earnings and provide commentary on trading on or around August 25, 2016.

More like this

Featured

LIC Space folds for good

Farmer co-operative LIC has closed its satellite-backed pasture measurement platform – Space.

Editorial: Time for common sense

OPINION: The case of four Canterbury high country stations facing costly and complex consent hearing processes highlights the dilemma facing the farming sector as the country transitions into a replacement for the Resource Management Act (RMA).

National

Machinery & Products

Calf feeding boost

Advantage Plastics says it is revolutionising calf meal storage and handling, making farm life easier, safer, and more efficient this…

JD's precision essentials

Farmers across New Zealand are renowned for their productivity and efficiency, always wanting to do more with less, while getting…

» Latest Print Issues Online

The Hound

Are they serious?

OPINION: The Greens aren’t serious people when it comes to the economy, so let’s not spend too much on their…

A hurry up!

OPINION: PM Chris Luxon is getting pinged lately for rolling out the old 'we're still a new government' line when…

» Connect with Rural News

» eNewsletter

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter