Produsente in die Langkloof gaan gebuk onder ’n hewige droogte. Daarom het 80 van dié produsente op 19 September vir die Hortgro Science Besproeiingsseminaar by die Kliphotel op Misgund opgedaag. Verskeie onderwerpe wat handel oor besproeiing tydens droogtetye is gedek…
As the drought afflicting the Western Cape, and parts of the Eastern Cape, shows no sign of abating, deciduous fruit farmers are considering contingency plans for the coming season. Growing fruit trees is a long term investment with orchards bearing…
HORTGRO Science recently held an Irrigation Seminar at Allée Bleue in Groot Drakenstein. The seminar was held to address the current drought conditions in the Western Cape, and to provide producers with coping strategies. To view all the complete presentations,…
The agricultural industry’s foremost talent competition delivered above par musical talent this year. Agri’s got Talent, a singing competition and skills development project for farm workers in the fruit and wine industries, sourced great raw talent from across the Western…
By Jorisna Bonthuys Runaway veld fires move through landscapes – destroying property, natural habitat and sometimes even lives. These risks were highlighted once again last summer when large, uncontrolled veld fires swept through parts of the Boland, causing major and…
Subsequent to DAFF’s notification of Prokon being assigned to conduct quality inspections on the local market, the fruit industries, while not opposed to inspections in principle, objected, on the basis of lack of consultation, and the scale and costs of…
Produsente van Naboomspruit, Mpumalanga en selfs Lesotho het hierdie jaar se Vrystaatse Appelsimposium bygewoon. ’n Totaal van 83 bywoners het die dag sessies bygewoon. Die simposium is deur Hortgro en Inteligro geborg. Die sprekers was Nelius Kapp, Anton Muller, Bekker Wessels,…
Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp In ’n poging om meer in voeling te wees met produsente op grondvlak, het HORTGRO die afgelope klompie maande die stigting van die Langkloof Vrugteprodusente-vereniging (LVV) gefasiliteer. Meer as 20 Langkloofprodusente het op Dinsdag 8 Augustus 2017…
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp The atmosphere in Grabouw was thick with emotion last week when 58 deciduous fruit workers received title deeds for their homes. Mr Temba Nolutshungu from the Free Market Foundation (FMF) said that the Natives Land Act of…
By Maggie Mouton Thanks to an initiative by Hortgro and the Fruit Workers’ Development Trust (FWDT), social workers are currently boosting agricultural workers morale on 25 Western Cape farms registered with the Trust. “The morale boosting one-day course fits in…
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) said in a statement to the fresh produce industry that it was disappointed with the results of Project Rebirth at several national fresh produce markets. Project Rebirth, consisting of producers, market agents,…
After closely following and monitoring the FCM pest status for many years it now has unfortunately become a regulated pest in the European Union (including the United Kingdom). A lot of work has been going on behind the scenes to…