Hearty tomato crops are on their way to market. This harvester was pictured in paddocks in the Bruce Road area at Ormond this morning. Picture by Paul Rickard
Cedenco Foods NZ have started their annual tomato harvest and expect to get into swing of it from now on.
“We started for three days last week, stopped, started again yesterday, and we expect continuous processing from now on,” said general manager Carla McCulloch.
“The hot weather and lack of
moisture has put some pressure on the plants and expected yields would be around budget at this stage. There's good brix in the fruit, but the colour has not been as good in the early crops so far. We are looking to see that improve as we get into the season.”
