Na ’n wankelrige begin het die afgelope steenvrugseisoen bedryfskenners aangenaam verras. Anna Mouton het met die steenvrugkenners gepraat. Lentetoestande bepaal grootliks die verwagting vir die komende seisoen so die trietsige 2024 lente het kommer by steenvrugprodusente gewek. Buiten onsekerheid oor…
Hortgro spoke to her about her new role and to learn what the SmartAgri Plan offers to the deciduous fruit industry. By Anna Mouton Whatever their views on climate change, most people in the pome-and stone-fruit industries can agree about…
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp Steven Versfeld, a pome producer from Achtertuin Farm, outside Ceres, became the first South African producer ever to receive platinum status without any non-compliances from the Sustainability Initiative of South Africa (SIZA). His third-party ethical audit was…
The information shared here is based on official documents regarding maturity and quality standards for stone fruit, downloaded from the National Department of Agriculture’s website. [3 October 2025] Apricot Export Standards: apricots_reg2022 apricots-part3_reg2022 apricots-tab_reg2022 apricots-part3_tab2022 Plum Export Standards: plums_reg2022_ plums-tab-2022…
The South African stone fruit industry remains committed to supplying consumers with good quality and great tasting products as the country’s drought continues in production areas. Hortgro, the organisation which represents South Africa’s stone and top fruit industries, has been…
What have we learnt from rootstock trials and how should growers apply this information? By Anna Mouton. Rootstocks can make or break a commercial orchard, according to Chad van Wyk, a stone-fruit rootstock evaluator at Provar. Van Wyk was addressing…
By Gerrit Rautenbach It might be so that growing and nurturing fruit until those beauties are harvested is the essence, the stress and the risk of farming fruit. But not the essence, the stress and the risk of the actual…
Victor Fredericks is ’n man wat boer met ’n lied in sy hart. Want hy het ’n storie om te vertel. Inderwaarheid vele stories, kontreistories … Soveel so, hy het onlangs sy eerste bundel kortverhale die lig laat sien. Gerrit…
PROMINENT INTERNATIONAL AND SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESSES JOIN PROGRAMME TO ADDRESS FORCED LABOUR IN THE FRUIT AND WINE PRODUCING INDUSTRIES IN SOUTH AFRICA. Recent estimates suggest that around 24.9 million people are in situations of forced labour globally[i]. However, due to…
The workshops are free of charge. Contact Caroline Poole (caroline@wieta.org.za) to register for a workshop and download the workshop schedule here:workshops-booked-to-date_23022018
Hortologie as studieveld het die afgelope twintig jaar aansienklik aantrekliker geword vir studente, sê prof. Wiehann Steyn, algemene bestuurder by Hortgro Science. “In 2004, byvoorbeeld, was daar net ses studente wat Hortologie 434 as vak aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch…
A recent study by Link Supply Chain Management, owned by several of the Western Cape’s leading fruit exporting companies, demonstrates the significant advantages achieved through port privatisation across Africa. The findings underscore the urgent need to privatise the port of…