DMS Progrowers - Direct Management Services - kiwifruit and avocado post-harvest operations, orchard management & employment, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

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DMS results speak for themselves...

Gold Kiwifruit – 2011 - Read More

  • DMS fruit loss 0.29% versus industry average of 2.72%
  • DMS net fruit storage earnings for mainpack growers $2.74 per TE versus industry average $1.69 per TE

Green Kiwifruit – 2011 - Read More

  • DMS fruitloss 1.8% versus industry average 4.9%
  • DMS fruit storage earnings for mainpack $1.00 per TE versus industry average $0.76 per TE

Avocados - Read More

Average export payout, NZAML per tray $21.86 net of all costs (2010)

Welcome to Direct Management Services LTD

DMS is a significant Bay of Plenty postharvest operator processing more than 5 million trays in 2010.

DMS is also a major orchardist, growing kiwifruit and avocados. Through orchard ownership, management and leasing DMS grows crop on more than 450 hectares of orchards.

DMS leases and manages orchards on a long-term basis and has innovative lease arrangements established, which offer owners lower risks through leasing their orchards.

The DMS statement of “Increasing Grower Profit” – something we strive to achieve across all areas of our orchard packhouse and coolstore operations.

The results for DMS Growers in 2009 and again in 2010 are outstanding – at the end of the day it comes down to dollars and percents.

Kiwifruit

Kiwifuit Operations More info

Avocado

Avocado Operations More info

DMS Calendar May 2012

New Varieties

  • Remove Strings
  • Tie Down New Canopy

 

Kiwifruit

  • Review orchard hygiene and monitoring practices
  • Harvest
  • Frost Protection
  • Post Harvest Foliar Feed

Avocado

  • Structural Pruning