Kiwifruit harvest good as gold – and green 良好数据反馈 猕猴桃收成好 销售价格创新高
Bumper outlook in even better shape as crop estimates are revised.
▲NZKGI CEO Colin Bond, left, and chair Mark Mayston welcome what is proving to be a high volume, high quality harvest of kiwifruit this season, backed by good prices
A bumper kiwifruit season has just stepped up another notch with Zespri revising its crop volume estimate to 205 million trays, up from the original 200 million.
随着Zespri将其产量估计从最初的2亿盘上调至2.05亿盘，猕猴桃丰收季节又迈上了一个新台阶。
The revised estimate was accompanied by forecast per-tray payments that look on track to deliver growers another strong year of revenue, also boosted by the higher crop volumes.
修订后的估计伴随着对每托盘付款的预测，预计这将为种植者带来又一个强劲的收入年份，这也受到作物产量增加的推动。
▲Golden kiwifruit harvest
In its orchard gate return price guidance, Zespri is indicating a $8.00 to $9.50 a tray price range for Green in the latest harvest compared to $8.10 a tray payment forecast for last season’s crop.
在其果园门退货价格指导中，Zespri表示，在最近一次收获中，Green的托盘价格范围为8.00至9.50美元，而上一季作物的托盘付款预测为8.10美元。
SunGold is expected to deliver a return between $11 and $12.50 a tray, compared to last season’s forecast final value of $11.59.
SunGold预计每个托盘的回报在11美元至12.50美元之间，而上一季度的预测最终价值为11.59美元。
▲Golden kiwifruit harvest
Newly commercialised RubyRed is also holding its value around the $14.50- to $16.50-a-tray range.新商业化的RubyRed也将其价值保持在每股14.50至16.50美元左右。
“Our industry has packed more fruit at this time of the season than ever before and our first charter vessels have departed successfully,” said Zespri CEO Jason Te Brake.
Zespri首席执行官Jason Te Brake表示：“在这个季节，我们的行业比以往任何时候都收获了更多的水果，我们的第一艘包机已经成功出发。”。
A near ideal season that has delivered timely rainfall for non-irrigated orchards and relatively calm, warm weather conditions has ensured a smooth run of fruit for post-harvest processing.
一个近乎理想的季节，为非灌溉果园提供了及时的降雨，相对平静、温暖的天气条件确保了水果收获后加工的顺利进行。
▲Golden kiwifruit harvest
New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI) CEO Colin Bond said growers are enjoying both good volumes and good fruit size this year, helping boost the higher fruit tray volume forecast.
新西兰Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated（NZKGI）首席执行官科林·邦德（Colin Bond）表示，今年种植者的产量和水果尺寸都很好，这有助于提高水果托盘产量的预测。
“Nationwide the only area that has been affected by weather are growers in Motueka who were affected by a hailstorm on New Year’s Eve and one or two in Whakatane.”
“在全国范围内，唯一受到天气影响的地区是莫图埃卡的种植者，他们在除夕受到冰雹的影响，在华卡塔尼也受到一两次冰雹的影响。”
▲Sungolen kiwifruit harvest
Estimates are harvest is now about 8% complete.
Jason Te Brake said initial price guidance anticipates improvements in fruit size and foreign exchange positions this season.
据估计，目前收获已完成约8%。
Jason Te Brake表示，初步的价格指导预计本季水果大小和外汇头寸将有所改善。
“The feedback we have received from customers across Europe, China and North America over recent weeks is that there is strong demand for Zespri kiwifruit, and our teams are looking forward to selling this season’s fruit as more arrives in market in the coming weeks.”
“最近几周，我们从欧洲、中国和北美的客户那里收到的反馈是，对Zespri猕猴桃的需求强劲，我们的团队期待着在未来几周内随着更多猕猴桃进入市场，销售本季的水果。”
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Focus has been on the newly commercialised RubyRed variety, with 3 million trays of the early harvested fruit now packed.
焦点一直放在新商业化的RubyRed品种上，现在已经包装了300万盘早期收获的水果。
NZKGI chair Mark Mayston said there remains some gap between high- and low-yielding RubyRed crops as growers get a handle on growing the fruit, with yields increasing from more mature vines.
NZKGI主席Mark Mayston表示，随着种植者掌握了种植这种水果的方法，随着更成熟的葡萄藤产量的增加，高产和低产的RubyRed作物之间仍存在一些差距。
▲RubyRed kiwifruit harvest
Efforts to boost its volume will be aided by first time plantings in Italy to support the 12-month supply strategy and is covered by Zespri’s existing approval to plant up to 1000 hectares of new variety offshore, approved by growers in 2019.
Bond said the labour issues that blighted the sector two years ago are now well in the rear-view mirror.
首次在意大利种植将有助于提高产量，以支持12个月的供应战略，Zespri目前已批准在2019年批准在海外种植多达1000公顷的新品种。
邦德表示，两年前困扰该行业的劳工问题现在已成为过去。
▲kiwifruit orchard
“One of the big drivers for our labour problems back in 2022 was that a quarter of our seasonal workforce were backpackers. Coming at the end of covid, we did not have those people in the country.
“Now we have more RSE workers coming in, and more New Zealanders.
“2022年我们劳动力问题的主要驱动因素之一是，我们四分之一的季节性劳动力是背包客。新冠肺炎疫情结束时，我们国内没有这些人。
“现在我们有更多的RSE工人和更多的新西兰人加入。
▲Sungolen kiwifruit harvest
“On the demand side, with more automation in packhouses there is less need for people in the post-harvest sector and roles we do need are higher skilled. Every time you don’t need someone in post-harvest you are still putting more hectares in the ground.”
The harvest season will continue through to June.
“在需求方面，随着包装厂自动化程度的提高，对收获后行业人员的需求减少，我们确实需要更高技能的职位。每次你不需要收获后的人，你仍然会在地上种植更多的土地。”
收获季节将持续到六月。
▲Sungolen kiwifruit harvest
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