Kersie aanplantings het die afgelope vyf jaar met 54% toegeneem. Dit ten spyt, bly Suid-Afrikaners swak kersie eters, met die gemiddelde persoon wat slegs 18 gram kersies per jaar eet. Hierdie en ander interessante feite, is verlede week by die…
The deciduous fruit industry is one of the largest export sectors within the agricultural sector. It employs on average 63,145 permanent equivalent farm workers per annum with an estimated 252 579 dependents. The National Minimum Wage Commission recommended to the…
Communication is a golden thread that runs through all the departments at Hortgro, and we all have the same goal: to inform and provide growers with quality information, stimulate knowledge in order to increase profit and build transformational bridges. Here…
After a prolonged and intensive process of negotiations between Hortgro and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), the Hortgro Pome and Stone Fruit Boards have made a decision that the industry should dis-engage itself from the ARC breeding programme with immediate…
To help alleviate some of the human suffering caused by the recent KwaZulu-Natal floods, Hortgro has donated R15 000 to FoodForward SA and a further R15 000 to Gift of the Givers. According to government estimates, more than 40,000 people have been…
All South Africans are affected and impacted by loadshedding in one way or another, and the current crisis has quite a history, said Mariette Kotzé, Hortgro’s Operational Manager during the welcoming of producers and other stakeholders at an industry webinar…
Members of Hortgro Science’s entomological team visited the Langkloof area in April to follow up on damage to pears possibly caused by sucking insects. Matthew Addison, Crop Protection Programme Manager, and Dr Minette Karsten, a researcher in applied entomology, met…
The future of the South African deciduous fruit industry depends on how we respond to today and tomorrow’s environmental challenges. The Hortgro Footprint Award 2026 celebrates producers, exporters, packhouses, and industry partners leading the way in sustainability, innovation, and responsible…
Persverklaring: 4 Februarie 2020 SAGTEVRUGTE GAAN WOORDFEES TOE! As jy gedink het Eva het vir Adam met ‘n appel verlei, of dat Granny Smith jou oumagrootjie se kleinniggie is, wag daar ‘n groot verrassing op jou. Die Suid-Afrikaanse sagtevrugtebedryf is…
For any operation, the quality of its management team’s leadership skills is crucial, and there is a direct positive correlation between business performance and effective leadership behaviour. To assist our member’s leaders to become more self-aware and cultivate their management…
This year HORTGRO is contributing R3,7 million in bursaries and training at higher education institutions nationwide, including Stellenbosch University, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Elsenburg, and the universities of Limpopo, Pretoria and Free State.
