Een van Suid Afrika se bekende vrugte- en wingerdplae navorsers, dr. André de Klerk, is op Donderdag 12 Januarie 2023 op 81-jarige ouderdom oorlede. De Klerk begin sy loopbaan as navorsingstegnikus by Nietvoorbij en konsentreer op twee belangrike ondergrondse plae…
Dit was so ampertjies of Frikkie Jacobs was vir landbou verlore. ‘n Loopbaan in die polisie het gewink, totdat die plaaseienaar by wie sy ouers op Leeufontein in die Warm-Bokkeveld gewerk het, voorgestel het dat Frikkie Elsenburg-Landboukollege oorweeg. Teks: Elise-Marie…
Belangrike skuiwe is op pad vir Bernheim, met die fokus om bestaande infrastruktuur, kundigheid en bedryfsbates meer doelgerig vir die Suid-Afrikaanse sagtevrugtebedryf te benut. Na verskeie pogings om ’n kommersiële vennoot vir die Weefselkultuurfasiliteit (Tissue Culture Facility – TCF) op…
Compiled by Store-it Group for HORTGRO Science | December 2024 – Version 3 | Edited by J Strydom and M Jooste (Please note that this information is for guidance and not regulation.) Summer Pears are grouped for their specific characteristics…
Teks deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp en foto’s Colin Stephenson 2024 is die jaar wat Dean Barnard altyd sal onthou. Nie net is hy die Wes-Kaap se Jongboer van die Jaar nie, maar hy pluk ook die wêreld se grootste pruim. ’n…
By Engela Duvenage For the past 18 years, researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) have studied a selection of nematodes found naturally in South African soils. In the process, they have identified quite a few such roundworm species that could be…
A young chef from University College Birmingham takes first prize at the South African Young Chef of the Year 2018 competition. 22-year-old Chace Wagenhauser has won the opportunity to train in one of South Africa’s top restaurants, where she’ll learn…
The Pro-Hort programme is a collaborative effort between Provar, a private company specialising in new fruit cultivars and rootstock evaluation and Hortgro, the fruit industry management entity. The programme was launched in 2018 and Hortgro funded the development of eleven…
Elke jaar, wanneer produsente ‘n versoek van Hortgro ontvang om hul inligting vir die boomsensus te deel, is daar dié wat mor. Min besef egter hoe krities hierdie inligting werklik vir die ekonomiese voortbestaan van die bedryf is. Elise-Marie Steenkamp…
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR NEW LEADERS By Elise-Marie Steenkamp Twelve fruit farm production managers recently completed a year-long leadership programme aimed at developing human capital on-farms. The twelve graduated recently and received their diplomas at a ceremony in Tulbagh. In 2019…
South Africa is rapidly establishing itself as the leading and preferred source of Pink Lady apples from the Southern Hemisphere. According to Kantar data, Pink Lady sales in the United Kingdom (UK) have risen by 13% over the past year,…