The Hortgro Skills Accelerator Project (HSAP), in partnership with the Jobs Fund, is designed to enhance the capacity of the agricultural sector through three key components: capacity building/business coaching, interns/graduate placement, and business development support. This project addresses the limited…
The South African stone fruit industry is preparing for the 2025/2026 export season with optimism, thanks to favourable weather conditions during winter and blossoming, which led to good fruit set and fruit quality across most production regions. Overall export volumes…
Ouplaas is an exceptional farm in the Witzenberg Valley. More impressive is that many of the inhabitants are runners. No, not running away, but running to be better at what they do. Breaking records in all sorts of events. Maybe…
Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp Johan Strydom is dalk klein van postuur, maar hy laat reuse spore in die Suid-Afrikaanse sagtevrugtebedryf na. Vir meer as vyf dekades was hy aan die voorpunt van logistieke innovasie, verpakking en koelkettingontwikkeling. Sy nalatenskap lê nie…
By Lucille Botha Trees laden with clusters of glossy red cherries, gleaming like jewels in the sunlight, signal the start of the 2025 cherry season in Ceres. Thanks to near-perfect growing conditions this spring, producers expect a 5–7% larger crop…
Roleen la Grange, Regulatory Manager at CropLife South Africa, recently responded to questions regarding the contentious Agricultural Remedies Act 36 of 1947 at the Agbiz Media Day held at Elsenburg. She was part of a panel discussing Realities, Regulations, and…
Three, two, one…Launch! Hortgro hereby invites industry stakeholders to nominate suitable and interested individuals to apply for participation in the two-year Industry Launchpad – The Next-Generation Leadership Programme. The Industry Launchpad programme aims to give the next generation of industry…
Climate change is everyone’s problem. As activism grows, the necessity for sustainable and ethical agri-production practices is more critical than ever. Find the Confronting Climate Change deciduous fruit benchmark reports for the period 2023 to 2025, here: 2025 Pome Fruit…
Press release: 15 October 2025 SA Stone Fruit on its way to Chinese consumers Hortgro, the governing body of the South African Deciduous Fruit Industry, is pleased to announce that market access has been granted for five types of South…
The information shared here is based on official documents regarding maturity and quality standards for stone fruit, downloaded from the National Department of Agriculture’s website. [3 October 2025] Apricot Export Standards: apricots_reg2022 apricots-part3_reg2022 apricots-tab_reg2022 apricots-part3_tab2022 Plum Export Standards: plums_reg2022_ plums-tab-2022…
Fruit fly infestations remain one of the biggest threats to South Africa’s deciduous fruit industry. While ground-based baiting has long been a practice, a new cost analysis report highlights why aerial baiting – whether by helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft, or…
Stellenbosch – Die finale van Agri’s Got Talent 2025 het Vrydagaand die Boland laat weergalm van trots en emosie, toe tien landbouwerkers van regoor Suid-Afrika hul talente op die verhoog gewys het. Hierdie unieke sangkompetisie, die enigste van sy soort…