By Gerrit Rautenbach It’s early morning in early autumn. The slow wind swirls some reddened leaves on the slate floor of the weather-beaten stoep of the main house on the farm Erfdeel. Didi Smith-de Kock and I are sharing some…
Next Generation Series: Some prophets of doom believe farming is on its way out (because farmers are a threatened species, they say). Finding a farming concern going stronger than ever after six generations cast a different light. Gerrit Rautenbach visited…
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…
The first Strydom settled in Krakeel River in the Langkloof in 1770. He had 10 sons and divided his piece of land into 10 sections – one for each son. Today, there are quite a lot of Strydom’s in Krakeel…
By Kandas Cloete & Tracy Davids While the combined turnover value of the pome and stone fruit industries remained stable at R19.7 bn year-on-year, and, business confidence improved, several producers are yet to recover from the losses accumulated over the…
Deciduous Fruit Industry recently decided to award excellence for transformation efforts. Transformation Awards 2022 took place on 31 March at the Technopark Protea Hotel, Stellenbosch. Here is the speech by Hortgro Chairperson, Nicholas Dicey: HORTGRO, the national umbrella industry service…
Nigel Klaasen, a junior production manager on the farm Fruitways Glen Elgin in Elgin, was announced as the 2022 Western Cape Prestige Agri-Awards winner at the annual gala dinner held on Saturday, 5 November 2022, at the Grandwest Complex in…
An agricultural worker in the citrus industry from KMI Farming in Nelspruit, Nonkululeko Sambo, walked away with the Agri’s Got Talent (AGT) 2019 crown in what was described as the toughest competition yet. Magdaleen Philander from Nonna Estate in Worcester…
Challenging Stone Fruit Season For Growers By Elise-Marie Steenkamp More than half-way through the stone fruit season most producers and technical advisors agree that the 2018/19 season is one they would like to forget. The guilty party for the lower…
Deur Kara van der Berg Die droogte wat die Klein-Karoo in 2016 getref het, is vir baie sagtevrugteprodusente van die streek langs die R62 nog nie verby nie. Montagu, Barrydale, Ladismith, Calitzdorp, Oudtshoorn en De Rust tel onder dorpe wat…
Prof. Karen Theron en dr. Ilse Trautmann is bekendes in die sagtevrugtebedryf. Trautmann en Theron het vroeër vanjaar by die Hortgro Science adviesraad aangesluit. Maar beide se loopbane het hulle amper in ander rigtings geneem. Deur Anna Mouton. Prof. Karen Theron…
Die gesogte O.S.H. Reinecke Bedryfsleier Toekenning gaan vanjaar aan Pieter du Toit, van die Dutoit Groep. Pieter word allerweë as ’n visionêre en strategiese denker beskou. Iemand wie in staat is om groot besighede suksesvol en winsgewend te ontwikkel. Een…