Deur Kara van der Berg Die 2021/2022 pruim seisoen was die slegste wat die Suid-Afrikaanse steenvrugmark in jare beleef het. Om hierdie aan te spreek en die pad vorentoe uit te lê, het Hortgro in Augustus vanjaar ’n pruim-en-nektarien-indaba by…
The International Prune Association (IPA) recently planted a young prune tree on the grounds of a farm school, Botha’s Halte Primary School, in the Breede River Valley, a couple of kilometres from where the most successful South African prune variety was first discovered in the 1960s.
By Jacques Dommisse In the last decade, duplicated gatekeeping systems under the auspices of the globally embraced and accelerating concepts of environmental sustainability, fair labour practice and the buzzword of climate change by international compliance institutions based in primarily First…
From fairytales to great works of art, the perfect red apple is a placeholder for a wide range of human emotions. With its recent improvements, the Fuji variety is set to continue its rise. Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest exporter…
In the last few decades, there has been a call to move away from traditional, highly toxic agricultural inputs to safer, less toxic products. As such, there has been a greater emphasis on research into and development of biological products…
The Jobs Fund Project on track: The technical advisor took one look at the sad trees in front of him. “Remove the old wood from the trees,” he commanded. Ricardo du Preez did not question him. He realised that to…
Dr Ilse Trautmann, Deputy Director General: Agricultural Research and Regulatory Services, Western Cape Department of Agriculture, delivered a keynote address at a CropLife Information Day held in December last year. Here is a summary of Dr Trautmann’s speech. In an…
The South African stone fruit industry continues to demonstrate that strong export performance and responsible production go hand in hand. As the 2025/26 stone fruit season unfolds, early compliance data indicate a sector that not only meets international social and…
Released by CropLife South Africa: 24 January 2025 The new regulations relating to agricultural remedies were published on 23 August 2023 under the Fertilizer, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act (Act No. 36 of 1947), which defined a…
Focus on women in agriculture: Words: Carmé Naudé The saying goes, behind every man, there is a strong woman, and within agriculture, there are multiple strong forces to be reckoned with. One such force is Retha Louw the CEO of…
Ricard Myburgh, a 27-year old apple and pear farmer from Vyeboom in the Western Cape, received the Young Entrepreneur Award from the Jobs Fund last week. Myburgh, who has been farming on the family farm, Cortina Farms, for the past…
