Smart Agri flyers on farm workers and heat waves
Agri workers are in the orchards every day, sunshine, rain, and snow. Please find below posters on easy steps to take when working in heatwave conditions, as part of our climate change awareness campaign and preparation for the upcoming summer…
Smarter, Safer and Sustainable | New Precision Crop Protection Workgroup
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp The agricultural sector is undergoing a transformative shift toward sustainability, and the launch of the Hortgro Science Precision Crop Protection Workgroup (PCPW) signals a step in this direction. Earlier this year, a diverse group of scientists, industry stakeholders,…
Snuitkewernavorser help eie “genetiese biblioteek” vir Suid-Afrikaanse spesies skep
Deur Engela Duvenage Kleintyd het ‘n boek in Benoni se biblioteek die eerste keer dr. Steffan Hansen se belangstelling in snuitkewers (ook bekend as kalanders) geprikkel. Oor die jare het sy belangstelling in insekte sodanig gegroei dat dié 25-jarige onlangs…
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE AN AGRI OBSESSION
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp and Carmé Naudé Successful partnerships between commercial farmers and emerging black farmers were the focus of the recent Landbouweekblad-Witzenberg-PALS (Partners in Agri Land Solutions) land symposium that brought farmers from across South Africa together in the Koue…
Solar on the water, a dam good idea
To counter the problem of load shedding and to encourage sustainability, farmers are going solar, which is good. But solar on the water is even better, Gerrit Rautenbach discovered. On the one hand, SA’s national electricity supplier is primarily using…
Solid pome fruit export growth in Far East
The South African 2020 apple export season has started amidst some uncertainty as to how the COVID-19 outbreak will influence international trade. What is certain though, is that there has been a strong West-East trade shift over the past two…
SOLVING INDUSTRY PROBLEMS
THE NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE FACILITY AT STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY AIMS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS NEVER ANSWERED BEFORE Grethe Bestbier Hortgro Pome recently invested R2.5 million in a pristine world-class controlled atmosphere (CA) research facility at Stellenbosch University (SU). Those involved, are…
South Africa looking forward to much improved stone fruit export season
By Jacques du Preez After a very disappointing 2021/22 season, which despite a good crop turned out to be a disaster on farm level given trade and logistical issues, stone fruit growers and exporters are looking forward to a much-improved…
South Africa Welcomes Cherry Season: Inside This Year’s Fresh, Fun & Flavour-Packed Campaign
By Wilechia van der Westhuizen Cherry season has officially begun in South Africa — bringing one of the most colourful, tastiest marketing campaigns of the year. With cherries available for only a brief period, the industry is going all out…
South African apple exports to UK increase
Shipments of South African apples to the UK market have risen by 20 percent during the 2018 season, says Hortgro, the organisation representing growers in South Africa. Cumulative volumes of the fruit to the week ending July 1st, 2018, showed…