{"id":549003,"date":"2026-07-29T04:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/549003\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T04:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:59:09","slug":"hawkes-bay-growers-withdraw-bid-for-hastings-mccain-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/549003\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawke\u2019s Bay growers withdraw bid for Hastings McCain plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

However, grower spokesperson Hew Dalrymple said the equipment was no longer available.<\/p>\n

The plant was scheduled to cease operations on January 31, 2027, after a final processing and packing season.<\/p>\n

Dalrymple said the group explored the opportunity thoroughly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an incredibly disappointing outcome for us all, but on learning the processing equipment is no longer available, that fundamentally changed the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dalrymple said despite the outcome, the group was dedicated to finding a future for vegetable growing and production in Hawke\u2019s Bay.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur growers remain committed to exploring what opportunities may still exist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schollum said it was a discouraging outcome. .<\/p>\n

\u201cVegetable growing and processing are vital to local jobs, our regional economy and the country\u2019s food security.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we want New Zealand to keep producing and processing more of its own food, we need practical action to support this sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foley said although the pathway had closed, their work didn\u2019t stop. <\/p>\n

Both councils said they would continue working with growers, the industry and Government to determine the future of the region\u2019s vegetable growing and processing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"However, grower spokesperson Hew Dalrymple said the equipment was no longer available. The plant was scheduled to cease…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1561,1040,138,6789,2082,23361,5194,1976,183707,111,139,69,4885,70675,162538,269626,21980,62265],"class_list":["post-549003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-bay","tag-bid","tag-business","tag-closing","tag-for","tag-growers","tag-hastings","tag-hawkes","tag-mccain","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-plant","tag-processing","tag-purchasing","tag-unfeasible","tag-vegetable","tag-withdraw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}