Marius van der Westhuizen se naam is sinoniem met leierskap, volgehoue diens en onwrikbare toewyding aan die Suid-Afrikaanse vrugtebedryf. Met ’n loopbaan wat oor drie dekades strek, het hy hom onderskei as boer, bestuurder, bedryfsverteenwoordiger, gemeenskapsleier en vriend. Dit is…
Met albei bene (en hart) op die grond Woorde deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp Prof. Leopoldt van Huyssteen, Uitvoerende Bedryfshoof van die Universiteit Stellenbosch, is vanjaar die Sagtevrugtebedryf se wenner van die O.S.H. Reinecke Leierskapstoekenning. Die toekenning gaan jaarliks aan iemand wat…
OneFarm Impact NPC is a purpose-built funding vehicle and impact-driven initiative that facilitates collaboration and partnership opportunities to drive transformation within South Africa’s agriculture sector. More than 27% of South Africans live in households where poverty prevents adequate nutrition, yet…
WATEROORDRAGTE SAAK – WAT IS DIE ONMIDDELLIKE IMPLIKASIES VAN DIE UITSPRAAK VAN DIE APPéLHOF? Deur: Janse Rabie, Agri SA Hoof: Natuurlike Hulpbronne. Die appélle tot die Hoogste Hof van Appél in Bloemfontein in die Lötter, Wiid en SAAFWUA-sake wat te…
Die legendariese hortoloog Koos Lötter se boek: Die beginsels van wondgenesing en oorwerk van vrugtebome is Dinsdagaand tydens die Hortgro Toekennings 2023 bekend gestel. “Oom Koos” soos hy algemeen bekend was, is op 29 Oktober 2019 op die ouderdom van…
The Koue Bokkeveld is one of the biggest and most important deciduous fruit-growing areas in South Africa. Going up the Gydo Pass you find Op-die-Berg, the heartbeat of this industry at the top of the Skurweberg. Gerrit Rautenbach gave them…
Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp Opleiding werk! Met hierdie twee woorde, vat Joy van Biljon haar nalatenskap by die Koue Bokkeveld Opleidingsentrum (Kbos) saam. Joy wat vir baie sinoniem met Kbos is, het vanjaar as hoof uitgetree. “Ek glo ons het deur…
Despite frost heavily affecting early cherry varieties, cherry growers remain positive about the overall quality of this season’s harvest and the promising opportunities available in both local and international markets. “While there may be less fruit on the trees this…
Press release 19 February 2018 Hortgro reacts to Oriental Fruit Fly interception in Grabouw area Over the past decade Hortgro has been pro-actively preparing for the possibility of the occurrence of Bactrocera dorsalis or Oriental Fruit Fly (OFF) in the…
Grant Smuts, a stone fruit producer and owner of Smuts Bros. Robertson, has served on the deciduous fruit industry’s Research Council since 1998, later as chairman of the Hortgro Science Advisory Board. Today, he continues to provide valuable input on…
Achtervlei Farm on Piket-Bo-Berg is home to Kobus Eigelaar – a pome and stone fruit producer of stature and selfless giver of his time and guidance to his community and to the industry. Kobus has served on various industry boards…
