Horticulture

HLM complete specialist soil mapping and land use capability assessments for horticultural developments, due diligence and to identify production challenges throughout New Zealand.

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Land Use Diversification

HLM works with many different landowners to help identify their land use options as part of land use diversification and due diligence when purchasing land.  When considering a new primary production enterprise such as horticulture it is essential to understand the capability of the land you will be utilising and whether it can support the specific crop types you are intending to grow.  Having detailed soil mapping completed before investing significant time and financial resources is common sense.  HLM have completed detailed soil mapping for many landowners and Māori Trusts looking to expand their land use productivity through product diversification.  

 

Due Diligence

HLM carries out detailed soil mapping for landowners and businesses looking at purchasing land for new horticultural enterprises.  One landowner who was looking at investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in a land purchase for a specific primary production enterprise engaged HLM to compete prepurchase soil mapping as part of his due diligence.  His feedback upon receiving the HLM Site Report was, “I’m so glad I got you to do that it just saved me making the worst financial decision of my life”.

 

Soil Based Production Problems

When crops are not producing well or are struggling to survive the answer can often be found in the soil.  HLM have helped horticulturalists to identify problems originating in the soil that have caused poor growth, vine death and poor production in horticulture crops.  From small site surveys using handheld equipment to larger scale surveys using diggers and borers HLM have the expertise and experience to help.