By Grethe Bestbier QUICK FACTS: Good results despite difficult circumstances Faced with a challenging environment and difficult climate conditions, the team on Bestuis Farm in Klapmuts had their work cut out for them. Despite difficult circumstances such as limited water…
By Grethe Bestbier While the perception that drip irrigation is not the best option for pome fruit is a common one, a beautiful orchard of Abate Fetel pears on Weltevrede farm tells a different story. Despite the rocky nature of…
Een van Suid Afrika se bekende vrugte- en wingerdplae navorsers, dr. André de Klerk, is op Donderdag 12 Januarie 2023 op 81-jarige ouderdom oorlede. De Klerk begin sy loopbaan as navorsingstegnikus by Nietvoorbij en konsentreer op twee belangrike ondergrondse plae…
Western Cape beekeepers are meeting the challenge of rapid agricultural growth in the province by introducing new measures to improve and professionalize their pollination services. With food farming soaring, and the introduction of many new crops, beekeepers are coming under…
Dit was so ampertjies of Frikkie Jacobs was vir landbou verlore. ‘n Loopbaan in die polisie het gewink, totdat die plaaseienaar by wie sy ouers op Leeufontein in die Warm-Bokkeveld gewerk het, voorgestel het dat Frikkie Elsenburg-Landboukollege oorweeg. Teks: Elise-Marie…
By Kara van der Berg Walk onto Bergendal farm and transformation efforts are immediately visible everywhere. This farm on the Paleisheuwel road near Citrusdal cultivates deciduous fruit, citrus, rooibos, wine grapes and livestock. They boast a packhouse, as well as…
Belangrike skuiwe is op pad vir Bernheim, met die fokus om bestaande infrastruktuur, kundigheid en bedryfsbates meer doelgerig vir die Suid-Afrikaanse sagtevrugtebedryf te benut. Na verskeie pogings om ’n kommersiële vennoot vir die Weefselkultuurfasiliteit (Tissue Culture Facility – TCF) op…
Compiled by Store-it Group for HORTGRO Science | December 2024 – Version 3 | Edited by J Strydom and M Jooste (Please note that this information is for guidance and not regulation.) Summer Pears are grouped for their specific characteristics…
Teks deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp en foto’s Colin Stephenson 2024 is die jaar wat Dean Barnard altyd sal onthou. Nie net is hy die Wes-Kaap se Jongboer van die Jaar nie, maar hy pluk ook die wêreld se grootste pruim. ’n…
Grethe Bestbier Emerging growers as a group is vital for the agricultural industry’s transformation and sustainability goals. That is why InnoFruitSA is all about the development of small farmers. This BEE company can rightly be described as a small business…
By Engela Duvenage For the past 18 years, researchers at Stellenbosch University (SU) have studied a selection of nematodes found naturally in South African soils. In the process, they have identified quite a few such roundworm species that could be…
A young chef from University College Birmingham takes first prize at the South African Young Chef of the Year 2018 competition. 22-year-old Chace Wagenhauser has won the opportunity to train in one of South Africa’s top restaurants, where she’ll learn…