Download an updated press release here: Hortgro_pressrelease_SevereStormDamage_15May2026 Die afgelope paar dae se oorverdowerende geruis van stortreën en rivierwater het vandag plek gemaak vir die gezoem van kettingsae. Dit terwyl landbouers en gemeenskappe in die Wes-Kaap verslae is na die verwoesting…
Die deregulering van die vrugtebedryf op 1 Oktober 1997 sal in die geskiedenisboeke opgeteken staan as die mees ingrypende beleidsbesluit wat hierdie sektor in sy ganse bestaan getref het. Dit was ’n U-draai wat vrugteboere feitlik oornag die onseker wêreld…
Sainsbury’s named ‘South African Stone Fruit Retailer of the Year’ Sainsbury’s were presented with the Stone Fruit Retailer of the Year award after a strong 2018/19 season and continued support for the South African category. South African growers’ association Hortgro presents…
By Charles Hughes It is with sincere regret that we hear of the sad passing of Evan Meirion Williams on Saturday April 24. Meirion had a long career joining Elgin Fruit Juices in the 1980s from Coleman Foods, a division…
Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp In Mei vanjaar het die hele span van Hortgro Science (Hugh Campbell, Wiehann Steyn, Matthew Addison en Marno van der Westhuizen) afgesak Langkloof toe. Tradisioneel besoek die span die Langkloof gewoonlik in Desember elke jaar wanneer die…
All stops are being pulled out, to make logistics of fruit exports run as smoothly as possible, this season. Jacques du Preez, Hortgro’s General Manager: Trade and Markets, said that weekly meetings between Transnet and the various port stakeholders (the…
Text: E Steenkamp South Africa’s pome and stone fruit industries are a cornerstone of the country’s agricultural economy. Roughly 1,150 producers cultivate more than 54,000 hectares, mostly in the Western and Eastern Cape, harvesting about 2.13 million tonnes of fruit…
The Plant Disease Clinic at Stellenbosch University – by Anna Mouton We are all familiar with specialists in human medicine — everything from neurologists to urologists. But did you know of the specialists that offer diagnostics for your sick plants?…
Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp Bekroonde kernvrugboer van Villiersdorp, Sewis van der Horst, is aangestel as nuwe direkteur op die Culdevco-direksie. Van der Horst, wat in 2019 die Toyota Nuwe Toetreder kompetisie vir jong boere gewen het, dien ook op die raad…
The USA has always been a global market and trade leader but in 2017, Asia[1] surpassed the USA in terms of GDP growth. Over a 15-year period (2002-2015) the Asian GDP grew with over 231% from $6.8 trillion US to…
SHAFFE recently shared a report regarding the outcome of the exchange of Produce Coalition with the World Shipping Council to discuss current cost hikes and supply chain disruptions as well as potential solutions. Key messages from this exchange: The World Shipping…
