Gisborne maize harvest in full swing before heavy Thursday rain
Grain maize producers in the district have had a strong start to the harvest season, with good weather up until heavy rain on Thursday. Corson Grain has been harvesting in Gisborne, Wairoa, and Tolaga Bay, expecting above-average yields and quality. Despite the rain, procurement manager Richard Hyland anticipates a recovery in the next week. The season runs until June.
The district’s grain maize producers have embraced the good weather up to the heavy rain on Thursday in a good start to the harvesting season.
Corson Grain began its harvest last week and procurement manager Richard Hyland said they had been “in full swing” before the downpours.
They are harvesting across Gisborne, Wairoa and Tolaga Bay.
“Our yields appear to be above average, along with the quality of maize we’ve been harvesting, although it’s early days in the season,” Hyland said.
Corson Grain will process about 20,000 tonnes of maize this year, all of it used in New Zealand’s breakfast cereal and snack food industries.
“Harvest conditions had been exceptional up until the heavy rain and the rain will slow it down a bit,” Hyland said.
“But we would expect things to come right again with the harvest in the next week.”
The grain maize season runs into June.
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Source : NZ Herald
