When one thinks of climate change and research, one involuntarily thinks of Dr Stephanie Midgley, a specialist researcher from the Western Cape Department of Agriculture and professor extraordinaire at the University of Stellenbosch’s Department of Horticulture. Over the past 33…
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…
Nadat hy sy graad in sosiale wetenskappe aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch verwerf het, werk Johan in Stellenbosch se landbougemeenskappe, onder andere as personeelbestuurder op verskeie primêre plase en daarna as Groepbestuurder Menslike Hulpbronne by Unifruco (nou Capespan). In 2001 stig…
Francois Williams van die Kaapse dagblad, Die Burger se sake-redaksie, het die media toekenning gekry vir sy beriggewing die afgelope jaar oor die krisis by die Kaapstad-hawe, asook ander logistieke probleme wat die sagtevrugtebedryf geraak het. Francois se beriggewing was…
Die gesogte Hortgro-toekennings ter ere van uitskieters en staatmakers in die sagtevrugtebedryf is vanjaar op 31 Mei by die Lord Charles-hotel, in Somerset-Wes, gehou. Dit is die tweede keer dat Hortgro die toekenningsfunksie in ’n nuwe formaat, met die fokus…
Their Cripps Red block has surpassed a cumulative yield of 300 tonnes per hectare in its fourth leaf. Written by Anna Mouton. A Cripps Red block at Elgin Orchards wowed participants at the Hortgro Technical Symposium pome-fruit field day in…
Logistieke uitdagings het weereens vir produsente en bemarkers slapelose nagte besorg. “Dit was seker een van die moeilikste seisoene wat ons nog beleef het,” het Jacques du Preez, Hortgro se algemene bestuurder van handel en markte, by die onlangse afsluiting…
Soil health is central to Boschendal Estate’s holistic approach to farming. Written by Anna Mouton. Boschendal is perhaps best known for its wines — the Estate was founded in 1685 and has been making wine for more than three centuries…
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By Wilechia van der Westhuizen The market development campaign expanded during the 2023/2024 stone fruit season, running in six regions globally: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and India. Middle East and locally within South Africa. The first-year campaign…
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp Five years ago, there was a shortage of difficult-to-root rootstocks and a need to improve the quality and health status of trees in the pome and stone fruit industries. Tissue culture (TC) provided a solution to addressing…
On 1 April 2024, Hortgro welcomed another passionate member to its team, to fill the role of Resource Management & Sustainability Manager. Nitasha Baijnath-Pillay is an Environmental Specialist who has served the Western Cape and the National Environmental Departments over…
