Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp SOMERSET-WES – Meer as 500 afgevaardigdes het onlangs by die Lord Charles Hotel saamgetrek vir twee toonaangewende landbougeleenthede: die Hortgro Research Showcase en die Hortgro Naoes-simposium. Dié byeenkomste, wat elke tweede jaar aangebied word, het vanjaar ook…
Dit is moeilik om die Hortgro Paarl-kantoor voor te stel sonder Louis van Zyl. Het jou paaie met die sagtevrugtebedryf gekruis, sou jy hom leer ken, want vir etlike dekades was Louis nie net Hortgro se Braaimeester nie, maar ook…
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…
We are moving into peak stone fruit season and growers and agri-workers might need to refresh their strategies regarding stone fruit production. Download Hortgro Stone’s November Timely Hints here:timely-hints-november-2018 Laai Hortgro Stone se Tydige Wenke vir November hier af: tydige-wenke-november-2018
Hortgro has submitted a summary of main concerns to the portfolio committee of the department of agriculture, land reform, and rural development regarding the Agricultural Produce Agents Amendment Bill (B33 – 2020). The Agricultural Produce Agents Act 12 of 1992…
The 24th Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa (ESSA), held from July 8 to 11, 2025, at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, brought together leading researchers, academics, and students to share breakthroughs in insect science. …
Hortgro is currently conducting a study on how best it can expand its facilitation role in skills development in the deciduous fruit industry. In this task, we are assisted by Joy van Biljon and Johann Engelbrecht. Hortgro wishes to appeal to…
By Kara van der Berg The Hortgro Technical Symposium returned to entertain and inform participants about the present and future possibilities and challenges for the deciduous fruit industry with the theme “Future Thinking Today”. “I believe in the current business…
Over the past two decades, Hortgro has been playing a pivotal role in the transformation of the stone and pome fruit industry. In 2007, the association along with the Western Cape Department of Agriculture initiated the tree (or “boompie”) project…
For new entrants to South Africa’s deciduous fruit industry, attending the Hortgro Technical Symposium 2026 is not just beneficial — it is essential. The Symposium is the industry’s premier technical gathering, bringing together leading researchers, technical specialists, industry bodies and…
The Hortgro Transformation Award recognises any person(s) or group(s) that made an impact in the transformation sphere of the deciduous fruit industry value chain and demonstrated exceptional performance and commitment. Motivation: Peter Dall Tonight, we honour Peter Dall for his…
In 2001, the South African deciduous fruit industry launched goals in the transformation sphere to address economic and socio-economic development in the fruit industry to integrate new entrants into mainstream economics as soon as possible and to become part of…