We are moving into peak stone fruit season and growers and agri-workers might need to refresh their strategies regarding stone fruit production. Download Hortgro Stone’s November Timely Hints here:timely-hints-november-2018 Laai Hortgro Stone se Tydige Wenke vir November hier af: tydige-wenke-november-2018
About 150 guests, politicians, dignitaries, and industry representatives attended the Deciduous Fruit Development Chamber’s Summit Launch in White River last week. Pressing issues such as how to transform the deciduous fruit value chain and how to ensure economic inclusiveness were…
Mariette Kotze, Hortfin’s interim manager, spoke to Smile904FM on The Honest Truth about the Hortfin project. Listen to Mariette here: Watch a short video about Hortfin here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjIi_oCi6xM Pictured above the Hortfin Board: Willem Bestbier, Rico Basson, Beverly Farmer, Sunil Kooverjee,…
One of the key economic drivers and objectives of the South African fruit and wine industries is to transform the agri-landscape in a sustainable manner by focussing on primary agriculture as well as the entire value chain – upstream and…
“Agriculture holds the key to the future of this country. It has the potential to resolve and unlock many of our most pressing problems, such as land reform, food security, job creation, and how to manage climate change, to name but a few. “
Western Cape agriculture lost R5.6-billion and 30 000 jobs because of the recent drought. The sector employs 340 000 people and contributes 10% to the provincial GDP. Earlier this month industry groupings called on the government to reveal how much…
In an effort to inform interested growers, researchers, and other industry stakeholders of the scope, context, and content of Hortgro Science’s research offering, a Showcase was held in Stellenbosch last week. Despite buckets of rain and plummeting temperatures the three-day…
The USA has always been a global market and trade leader but in 2017, Asia[1] surpassed the USA in terms of GDP growth. Over a 15-year period (2002-2015) the Asian GDP grew with over 231% from $6.8 trillion US to…
Text: Carmé Naudé The FWDT (Fruit Workers’ Development Trust) aims at improving the quality of the lives of the workers on fruit farms. Vredelust Farm, one of the Trust’s beneficiaries is situated in Villiersdorp and was purchased in 2013. With…
Jan le Roux van die Le Roux-Groep, het vanjaar die O.S.H. Reinecke-trofee as Bedryfsleier van die Jaar ontvang vir sy leierskaprol in die sagtevrugtebedryf wat oor ’n tydperk van 30 jaar strek. In dié tyd het hy op verskeie komitees…
Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp Elvis Pieters van Rietfontein in die Koue-Bokkeveld het die Gevorderde Landbouwerker van die Jaar-merietetoekenning ontvang vir sy uitsonderlike werksvernuf, sterk persoonlikheid en goeie leierskap. Pieters, wat op Rietfontein gebore is, het in 2002 daar begin werk nadat…
Sivuyile Panya from Kromfontein in the Koue Bokkeveld received the merit award for General Agricultural Worker of the Year for his exceptional work ethic and orchard skills. The 31-year old Panya, originally from the Eastern Cape, started as a general…