Vision & Strategy

Vision

Consistently (every year):
1. exceed the industry benchmark for productivity – yield > 12t/Ha and IBI < 30% 2. generate an operating profit

Strategy

Manage the following elements that impact yield and profitability

Suppliers

Products

Fertiliser – Farmlands
Trees – Lynwood Nurseries
Irrigation – Water Force, Steve Miller Rural Services
Injections – Aongatete Coolstores
IoT Devices – TagIT

Services

Lime Spreading – Wealleans
Bees – McQuillian Apiaries
Soil & Leaf Analysis – Hills Laboratories
Accounting – Dorrie Jones
Monitoring – Crop Check
Spraying – AvoGrow Limited
Pruning – AvoGro
Picking – AvoGro
Chipping – Viacado
Stump Grinding – Katikati Stump Grinding
Earthworks – Advanced Earthworks
Shelter Trimming –
Fertilisation Plans – Colin Partridge

NUTRITION


Fertiliser Choice
Soil & Leaf Testing
Soil Type*		 IRRIGATION


Sprinkler System
Tensiometers
Drainage
Mulch
Soil Type*		 PEST/DISEASE CONTROL

AvoGreen Monitoring
Chemical Choice
Application Method

LIGHT MANAGEMENT


Tree Spacing
Thinning
Pruning
Tree Architecture

PHYTOPHTHORA MANAGEMENT

Injections
Mulch
Soil Type*

 FRUITSET


Pollination
Foliar Applications
Pollinisers
Flower Thinning		 ORCHARD MANAGEMENT

Site Location*
Aspect*
Soil Type*
Climate*
Shelter
Weed Control

 SALE

Packhouse/Exporter choice

Customers

Apata Group