Dit was so ampertjies of Frikkie Jacobs was vir landbou verlore. ‘n Loopbaan in die polisie het gewink, totdat die plaaseienaar by wie sy ouers op Leeufontein in die Warm-Bokkeveld gewerk het, voorgestel het dat Frikkie Elsenburg-Landboukollege oorweeg. Teks: Elise-Marie…
Oor die Bokveld se stories, streke en karakters kan mens sekerlik ‘n dik boek skryf. Net in een familie kom mens Piet Kalifornië, Piet van Die Bos, en Piet Parlement teë. En nou ook, hoewel aangetroud, Pierre du Toit. Of…
One of the greatest sources of high fruit fly populations is from year-round infestation in town gardens which serve as a source of infestation of adjacent farms. All fruit trees as well as other trees/shrubs which bear fleshy berries/fruitlets can…
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…
NEXT GENERATION SERIES Making a success of something in life is all about momentum. Progression. Growth. But to be able to do it well, you need to feed the stream. Gerrit Rautenbach looks at how the custodians of the farm…
Deciduous fruit growers from Grabouw and Elgin will donate between 7.5 and 10 million cubic meters of water to the City of Cape Town. The growers opened their hearts and sluices to “give their share” and help the Cape Metro…
Pictured left to right: Jacques du Preez, General Manager Trade & Markets, Hortgro; James Bradshaw, Technical Manager – UK Produce, Tesco; and Tom Emmett, stone fruit buyer, Tesco. Tesco has been named as the South African fruit industry’s Stone Fruit Retailer…
Press release: 16 February 2018 Hortgro Welcomes New SA President President Ramaphosa during a visit last year to the PALS project in Ceres. The South African deciduous fruit industry organisation, Hortgro, said in a statement today that it welcomes the…
Tienie du Preez, Deciduous Fruit Innovator of the Year 2015, and well-known consultant passed away, yesterday. HORTGRO salutes Tienie and acknowledges the substantial contribution he made to our industry over the years. We share a story about Tienie’s involvement with…
The Department of Labour says the new minimum wages for employees in the farm and forestry sectors are set to increase by 5.6%. The new minimum wages will come into effect from 1 March 2018. The minimum wage will increase…
Press release January 2018 Drought challenges fruit industry Western Cape fruit farmers and rural communities are under tremendous socio-economic pressure due to the crippling drought, according to the deciduous fruit industry organisation, Hortgro. Hortgro is concerned about the unfounded and…
Joy Van Biljon is one of the founder members of the Koue Bokkeveld Training Centre in the small village of Op-die-Berg in the Koue Bokkeveld Region. Since 2000 this training centre has been the cornerstone of skills development and training…