HARVEST 2018 Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Agenda Morning Tea Guest Speaker: Rob Carter Zespri Technical Projects Manager Crop Estimate & Maturity (Phil) Harvest, Audit & Picking Bonus (Christine) Hygiene & Food Safety (Yvonne) Health & Safety (Katharina) NIR Grading (John) Packing Rates (Stephen) Closing Remarks (James)
CROP ESTIMATE & MATURITY
2018 Crop Estimate Fruit Group 2018 Fruit 2017 Actual Percent increase G3CK 6,315,287 4,984,653 +27% G3OB 326,628 288,134 +13% G14CK 156,971 177,180-11% HWCK 7,781,418 6,173,289 +26% HWOB 351,567 316,957 +11% TOTAL 14,931,871 11,940,213 +25% 25% increase from last year (3.0 million trays)
Hayward CK KiwiStart Volumes Week(s) Procurement TasteBands Residue Requirements Trays 13 15 FPP Y, T, M OK for CN or JP, or Z3 9,000,000 16 Allocation Y, T, M N/A 493,705 17 Allocation Y, T, M N/A 197,482 18 Allocation Y, T, M N/A 197,482
Hayward OB KiwiStart Volumes Week(s) Procurement TasteBands Residue Requirements Trays 14 18 FPP Y, T, M OK for JP and US, and Z3 750,000
Green14 Early Harvest Volumes Week(s) Procurement TasteBands Residue Requirements Trays 12 16 FPP Y, T, M OK for JP or Z3 1,000,000
Gold3 KiwiStart Volumes Conventional Week(s) Procurement TasteBands Residue Requirements Trays 16/3-5/4 FPP Y, T, M OK for CN or JP, or Z3 12,000,000 6/4-12/4 Allocation Y, T, M - 494,269 Organic Week(s) Procurement TasteBands Residue Requirements Trays 26/3-12/4 FPP Y, T, M OK for JP and US, and Z3 100,000
Gold3 Protocol Reporting
Gold3 dry matter reporting
Independent Lab Reports - Brix
Independent Lab Reports - Colour
Independent Lab Reports Dry Matter
Independent Lab Reports Pressure
Maturity Progress Based on monitoring results in the last week Variety Size Brix Colour DM Hayward 106 (112) 4.3 (4.6) 14.3 (15.0) Gold 3 128 (131) 4.7 (5.1) 112.4 (110.1) 15.7 (15.8) Green 14 112 (110) 5.4 (5.2) 115.0 (114.4) 17.4 (16.9)
Hayward Main Harvest Brix Test We want to get at least 3 Brix monitors from each maturity area in the month leading up to harvest This has been much better in the last couple of seasons thank you.
HARVEST
Harvest Contractors Trevelyan s Preferred Contractor You will be invoiced by Trevelyan s for harvesting; not by the contractor. Please keep a copy of the Trevelyan s CAV and GRASP certificate in your GAP folder. Own Contractor If you are arranging your own harvester, you must hold your contractors CAV/GRASP Certificate, before picking commences.
Picking Rates and Bonus Green (Full Contract Labour & Machinery) 2017 - $31.20 per bin + bonus of $3.00 per bin 2018 - $32.90 per bin + bonus of $3.00 per bin
Picking Rates and Bonus Gold (Machinery & Labour separately) 2017 hourly charge was $24.45 per hour 2018 Labour: $25.70 per hour Forklift + Driver: $1.75 per bin + $25.70 per hour Tractor and Trailer + Driver: $125 (full day)/$80 (half day) + $25.70 per hour Bonus of $4 per bin
Transport Charges Te Puke Area (Matapihi to Otamarakau) - $5.60 per bin Te Puke (No. 1 Rd) - $5.10 per bin Other areas as charged
Harvest Preparation Discuss any hygiene requirements with your contractor No picking without Clearance to Pick (CTP) Any problems? Contact Us: Your grower rep Christine Broad 027 539 5644
Bin Cards Contractor Copy Bin Receipt Copy: 23 5 1 BROD
Bin Cards Don t Forget Use a permanent marker or stamp. Order more bin cards asap if needed. Enter the correct pick block Staple the card in the top right hand corner of the bin 3-4 Staples Don t stick!
Picking Bonus GA & HE: $4.00 per bin $2.00 bonus possible in orchard $2.00 bonus possible in pack house HW: $3.00 per bin $1.50 bonus possible in orchard $1.50 bonus possible in pack house
Picking Bonus Packhouse Sampling at Bin Tip HE fail threshold >3.5% dry cuts and punctures. GA & HW fail thresholds >0.6% for dry cuts and punctures >3% for stalks Orchard No change to field audit standards.
Picking Bonus Instant Loss Failing more than three criteria in a single audit. Failing the same criteria over two audits in the same day.
Please remember Spray Diaries: Please do a test audit prior to requesting a Eurofins clearance test. Your spray diary must be submitted and cleared before a CTP can be issued. Please do not leave this to the last minute. No Eurofins testing on day of picking
Orchard Hygiene & Food Safety
On Orchard Food Safety Requirements Food safety controls required during growing and harvesting of kiwifruit. These requirements relate to: Water Soil Worker Health and Hygiene Control of Animals Record Keeping
Minimum Requirements for Toilet Facilities: Be adequate for the number of workers - 1 toilet for every 20 workers is a good guide Within easy access (5 minutes walk) for all workers Have a defined cleaning programme and suitable cleaning equipment for this activity. Maintain cleaning records. Sound construction that is hygienic and easy to clean
Minimum Requirements for Hand Washing Facilities: Potable water Liquid or foaming soap If potable water is not available, make hand sanitizer available for use after hand washing Single use towels (paper towels) A rubbish bin for used towels Prominently display pictorial signs on correct hand washing procedures Hand washing must be monitored from time to time by managers/supervisors. Maintain records.
Health and Safety Katharina Schmidt H & S Manager Shima Grice Sharp Tudhope Lawyers
Orchard Health and Safety
Orchard maps
NIR Grading
NIR Grading Minimum Dry Matter Requirement The Minimum Dry Matter Requirement for NIR Graded Fruit is 0.2% Higher than the Orchard Sample Spec. Threshold For Kiwifruit NIR graded within three days of harvest: o Gold3 Kiwistart dry matter threshold of 17.1% dry matter for each count size (70% of fruit must be above this threshold) o Gold3 Modified Kiwistart dry matter threshold of 16.6% dry matter for each count size (70% of fruit must be above this threshold) o Gold3 Mainpack dry matter threshold of 16.3% dry matter for each count size (70% of fruit must be above this threshold)
NIR Grading Process All Fruit Passes Under NIR Heads & D.M. Measured Pass ( MTS): Fruit Packed into Tray 90 Fruit Sample D.M. Tested to Verify it Meets the Standard Fail (<MTS): Fruit Removed from Inventory Pass ( MTS): Fruit Submitted into Inventory Fail (<MTS): A further 90 fruit DM Test conducted Pass ( MTS): Fruit Submitted into Inventory Zespri Audit: 7% of Packed Product Fail (<MTS): Fruit allocated to Reject Bin
Zespri Audit Process (7% of Packed Product) 90 Fruit DM Audit from Pallet of Packed Fruit Pass: No Further Action Fail: A further 90 fruit DM Audit conducted from packed Fruit Pass: No Further Action Fail: All NIR Fruit for Size Audited to be Removed from Inventory
Zespri Audit Process (Rolling 5 Scoring System) 7% base sampling rate of MA/sizes Each audit achieves a Pass, Marginal or Fail + corresponding weighting. Fail audit results get confirmed through a 2nd audit sample Marginal treated as a pass for inventory Audit classification (based on Mainpack DM Threshold requirement):
Zespri Audit Process (NIR Grading Hold System) Rolling 5 tally of audit results based on last 5 audit results. Base sampling rate of 7% increasing to 14% based on the rolling tally score. Once a NIR grading hold is issued (Rolling 5 Score >6), all NIR graded fruit in inventory may be placed on export hold and Hold can only be lifted by a Zespri representative. Grading hold is only lifted once Zespri is satisfied that appropriate corrective actions have been taken and the supplying facility is able to deliver fruit that meets the minimum dry matter.
NIR 2017 Recovery Percentages Sizes Passed Average Percentage Recovery 25 61.00% 27 43.48% 30 29.01% 33 24.26% 36 22.80% 39 18.70% 42 8.30% Total: 29.65%
2018 Packing Charges
2018 Packing Rates Packing Rates 2018 HW HW OB G3 G14 Base Rate 2017 $1.20 $1.22 $1.87 $1.95 Base Rate 2018 @ 0% rejects $1.28 $1.30 $1.98 $2.06 Reject Surcharges 2018 All varieties 0% to 5% $0.01 cents per % rejects 5.1% to 10% $0.02 cents per % rejects 10% + $0.03 cents per % rejects
2018 Packing Rates There is no reject surcharge for Class 2 Green or Gold rejects. Low dry matter gold charged as a reject. If not NIR graded then reject percentage reduced by 50% for the low dry matter fruit.
2018 Packing Rates NIR Grading 5 cents/tray per Class 1 tray in the packrun Low dry matter fruit reject surcharge