Results for Just Avocados’ export ‘Pool 1’ for the 2021-22 season have been announced. With an average orchard gate return across premium sizes of $10.10 per tray.
Jacob Darling, General Manager of Sales and Marketing says that the season has been a challenging one with noticeable value decline in all markets. Australia has been a continued challenge. Values have remained low for the duration of the season. Although we are seeing a slight lift in the final weeks of the season, especially on small fruit, this is only a slight increase when considering the trading environment to date. The silver lining for this season is that we have hit most of our growth aspirations and should finish the season with 370,000 trays being sent to Asia. 30,000 short of the total industries volume in the 2020-21 season.
“Our challenges came both from a grower perspective and a packing and marketing perspective. We appreciate the support that Just Avocados growers have shown as we have collectively navigated our way through the season.”
Looking ahead the Just Avocados packhouse is undertaking a major refit in early 2022. This will include Darling Group acquiring a new packing machine in time for the 22-23 Season. The new machine should see our teams further develop our harvest and processing capacity in line with market requirements. This will be key in delivering on our capacity plan which is critical when delivering the market plan.
As we start planning for next season, we are reviewing the crop that has currently been set. Our collective observations are that the total production on an average mature orchard will likely be down 15 % to 20 % vs. this season, except for significant production coming on for young orchards.
Early market signs suggest a more prosperous season for 2022/23, and we look forward to discussing our wider orchard harvest and marketing plan as we get closer to the commencement of the season.
If you’d like to speak to anyone from the Just Avocados team, get in touch with us at info@justavocados.co.nz