Strict water restrictions for Cape Town and surrounding areas will remain in place as there is not sufficient justification to reduce the water restrictions at this stage. This decision came after a high-level meeting by the Department of Water and…
By Matthew Addison PSHB is a top priority at Hortgro, and with respect to the progress made on the PSHB programme the following points are relevant: The PSHB workgroup met, and several priorities were listed. The proposed research group has…
FRESH NOTES 222: Update of Restricted Agricultural Remedies and Implementation of Pest Control Operators (PCOs) Hortgro acknowledges the concerns of fruit producers regarding the recent implementation of the Regulations relating to Agricultural Remedies and Pest Control Operator (PCO) regulations. These…
9 November 2021: As the flowering, fruit set, and thinning process on stone fruit progress a clearer picture is starting to form for the 2021/22 South African stone fruit season. The plum estimate for fruit packed for the export market has…
Press release: 16 May 2019 Urgent action needed to curb farm attacks The deciduous fruit industry body, Hortgro, has called on the Government to immediately put actions in place to protect farmers and rural communities from the spate of violent…
Important notice for primary agriculture and agribusinesses, as published in the Government Gazette of 17 January 2020: All water users that undertake commercial irrigation and who do not belong to a water user association or irrigation board required to install…
Text and photographs: Carmé Naudé The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in partnership with California farm organizations and research institutions traveled to the Western Cape during August to build international collaborations with South African partners and share best…
In February 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 6–3 against the Trump Administration’s reciprocal tariffs imposed under IEEPA, effectively ending those measures. However, the relief proved short-lived. On the same day, the Administration introduced a temporary import…
Lox, stock and barrel Loxtonia cider of Ceres’ story by Gerrit Rautenbach. “The fact that we started making cider is because we’ve got sun in South Africa. An abundance of sun. Resulting in a high percentage of sunburn and related…
Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp Lae koue-behoefte appelkultivars, andersoortige windbrekers, innoverende meganisasie, hoë nektarienbome, en krokodille in besproeiingsdamme is maar van die interessante ervarings wat die Hortgro Science-span in Junie vanjaar op besoek aan die Limpopo gehad het. Op boordbesoek reg langs…
Vier bekendes in die bedryf gesels oor verandering – wat leer die afgelope dertig jaar ons oor die toekoms? Deur Anna Mouton. “Ek kan onthou in my eerste jaar by Fruitways – 1997 – was ek by ’n oes-af funksie…
Deur Anna Mouton Marius Ras is vir die afgelope vier dekades betrokke in die navorsing en ontwikkeling van tegnologie vir bespuiting. Hy het as jong meganiese ingenieur sy loopbaan by die Departement Landbou in Stellenbosch begin. Sy werk daar het…