We’re Here to Help You Grow

Tanya Houghton Farmlands Chief Executive

Farmlands is committed to being the go-to for everyone connected to our land, including you as our important horticulture customers. We understand that growers have been dealing with difficult times, with plenty of uncertainty still to face in 2023.

We know it’s super-important to do our very best to support the productivity and profitability of our farmers and growers right now. We must be easy for you to do business with.

With this in mind, we’re busy growing our already strong base of technical expertise and support teams, to ensure we have the right resources and people available to you when you need them. Our new Chief Sales Officer Blair Robinson, is joining us in late January and he will be focused on driving this important work. Our Technical Advisors will always be there to listen to you, understand your needs and support your business. They will continue to work collaboratively with the broader Farmlands business on a daily basis to source and deliver the products, solutions and advice that support the best horticultural outcomes for you.

Our Technical Advisors are also supported by Technical Leaders in the fields of viticulture, subtropicals, pip, stonefruit and organics. We are committed to maintaining and growing real depth of knowledge that you can rely on.

In the previous Growing Success, we showcased our Bay of Plenty Technical Advisors and in this edition, we’ll be introducing you to our Tasman/Marlborough team.

We also discuss a selection of advanced solutions for growers, including Botector for botrytis, Belanty®, a new generation demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicide, Advance Gold®, an alternative bud breaker for Gold 3 Kiwifruit and the importance of post-harvest nutrition. As well as other products such as Fylloton, with its impressive results.

Farmlands wishes you every success in the year ahead.

Graeme Lee Team Leader – Horticulture

Growers across all crop types have certainly been facing some adverse circumstances. The wild weather in January following a frost event that hit the wider North Island in October, has meant that orchardists have been experiencing some challenging conditions. For Kiwifruit growers in particular, it’s led to some anxiety about the impacts on their cashflows and crops.

As always, the Farmlands team has been on hand to listen, understand and act. Using the combined long-term experience of the whole team, we took to orchards and helped formulate a strategy to aid the quickest recovery to the best levels we could find.

The feedback from the industry highlights to us just how valuable our team can be and how critical good relationships are. In the coming months, we’ll continue to show how committed we are to horticulture and our growers.