Horticulture specialists Skeltons now in BOP

Horticulture specialists Skeltons now in BOP

Farmlands Trading Society Limited’s horticultural specialist company, Skeltons is now providing its complimentary technical advisory service to Bay of Plenty growers.

Dean Gower and Dwayne Farrington, who previously worked as Farmlands horticulture specialists in the region, are now part of the Skeltons team and backed by the 15-strong technical team based around the North Island, with access to the research and collective expertise built up over many years.

“The Skeltons team of advisors is hugely experienced in the growing industry,” says Ian Gold, Skeltons General Manager. “All of our advisors have had extensive practical experience, many of them on their own horticultural properties, and most have industry tertiary qualifications.

Our pool of knowledge, networks, and access to research and other experts is unrivalled.”

During 2008 Farmlands purchased Skeltons, a leading Hawke’s Bay based horticultural advisory and supplies company, with the intention of using the Skeltons model and expertise as a platform to grow its horticulture service into other areas.

The appointment of two local Bay of Plenty Skeltons advisors, coupled with the comprehensive and competitively priced range of horticulture products available in the Te Puna, Te Puke, Tauranga, Whakatane and Opotiki Farmlands stores, showed the Cooperative’s increased commitment to helping its horticulture shareholders grow their profitability,” says Farmlands Chief Executive Officer, Peter Ellis.

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