Compiled by Elise-Marie Steenkamp FATAL ATTRACTION: BEEKEEPERS AND DECIDUOUS FRUIT GROWERS The deciduous fruit industry is almost totally dependent on a healthy honeybee population and a viable beekeeping industry. The relationship between beekeepers and deciduous fruit growers will more often…
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp Matthew Addison, Crop Protection Manager at Hortgro Science, explains the nitty-gritty of the cover crop research project with trial sites in the Warm and the Koue Bokkeveld. TRIAL LAYOUT The layout of the trial consists of four…
Experts shared their latest research results with growers at Hortgro seminars in Grabouw and Ceres. By Anna Mouton Growers face the risk of apple replant disease every time they establish an orchard on a site previously planted to apples. Many…
Key role-players from the various alternative crops industries supported by HORTGRO, recently gathered with members of the Western Cape department of agriculture for a fund report back meeting. Alan Winde, Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities, who was also in…
By Kara van der Berg According to Stephen Rabe, chairperson of HORTGRO Science Advisory Council, who recently returned from a three week trip to Europe to look at new apple varieties, the world is slowly but surely adapting to life…
Growers are positive about the crop for the 2024/2025 export season. Early indications are that overall volumes will increase compared to last year. This comes after a challenging 2023/2024 season that included extreme weather events (storms, fog, strong winds in…
A normal pome fruit season is anticipated for the 2020 season. With good 2019 winter rain, many of the growers are able to prepare a good crop. In general, colour development and pack-outs look promising at this stage. Only on…
Text: Lucille Botha André Kritzinger (28), owner and general manager of Tulpieskraal Boerdery in the Langkloof, has been named the Eastern Cape Young Farmer of the Year for 2025. For Kritzinger, the recognition is a significant milestone. “I’ve always looked…
Press release: 13 January 2020 Petersen new Hortgro director The deciduous fruit industry body, Hortgro, is proud to announce the appointment of Angelo Petersen as a new board director. Petersen who has more than 25 years’ experience as a…
The word transformation means different things to different people. There are many opportunists out there to coin as much as they can, often at the cost of others. It is not so easily definable, but to me transformation must bring…
Hortgro Uitvoerende Direkteur, Anton Rabe, was onlangs die ateljeegas op RSG se Die Kwik Styg. Die programaanbieder is Lizma van Zyl. Anton het gepraat oor klimaatsverandering en hoe dit die sagtevrugtebedryf raak. Luister gerus. Meer oor die program: ‘n Nuwe…
An industry APAC Workgroup was tasked with engaging with APAC on different trading scenarios of export agents; grower exporters; packhouses, etc. A document was presented to APAC and the feedback indicated that the test to determine who should register as…