Deur Jacques Dommisse Die sogenaamde en alombekende derdegenerasie-vloek – ’n fenomeen wêreldwyd dat sommige familiesake dan inplof – is in die 130ste bestaansjaar van die grootliks Ceres-gebaseerde en leidende Dutoit Groep-familieboerdery in die oortreffende trap en met vindingrykheid gesystap. Hennie…
Jasmine Bones, an orchardist from Witzenberg Properties, Ceres, dreamed of touching people’s lives and hearts with music. Last night at the Agri’s Got Talent grand finale, held at Goudini, she managed to achieve just that when she became the ninth…
Tien jaar gelede was Anton Rabe, Hortgro se uitvoerende direkteur, op pad erens heen, toe die gedagte hom skielik tref…daar is Idols, America’s Got Talent…hoekom nie ook Agri’s Got Talent nie? “Ons landbouwerkers het soveel meer om te gee as…
South Africa is rapidly establishing itself as the leading and preferred source of Pink Lady apples from the Southern Hemisphere. According to Kantar data, Pink Lady sales in the United Kingdom (UK) have risen by 13% over the past year,…
By Lucille Botha Trees laden with clusters of glossy red cherries, gleaming like jewels in the sunlight, signal the start of the 2025 cherry season in Ceres. Thanks to near-perfect growing conditions this spring, producers expect a 5–7% larger crop…
The technical production story of the recent pome fruit season concluded with a fairly happy ending given plot twists such as extreme weather events, “reliable” cultivars underperforming, and a global pandemic that almost single-handedly disrupted the fruit value chain. Despite…
This is the New Roots column, where we find out more about our peers in the deciduous fruit industry. What makes them tick? Next up is Liza Ambraal, shareholder and packhouse manager at Dwarsberg in Witzenberg near Ceres. Liza Ambraal…
Bedryfsbekendes deel hulle teleurstelling oor die afgelope kernvrugseisoen. Deur Anna Mouton. Niemand kla oor die appel- en peeroeste van 2022 nie. Tonne pere per hektaar was omtrent 15% hoër in Ceres en 20%–30% hoër in Wolseley-Tulbagh en die Langkloof as…
By Kara van der Berg Christynn and Nigel Jacobs bring a literal meaning to the saying “money for jam” with their jam business that started in their kitchen four years ago. The company has since grown out of its home…
Wydverspreide hael het beduidende verliese veroorsaak maar goeie reëns en koue bring gunstige vooruitsigte vir die komende seisoen. Deur Anna Mouton. Op 3 November 2022 is die Witzenbergvallei deur strawwe hael getref wat ernstige skade aan appel- en peerboorde berokken…
Prepared by Brian Berkman, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing The South African 2023 picking season of FLASH GALA ™, the fruit from the Bigbucks tree that has greater than 80% colour, has come to an end. Anthony Rawbone-Viljoen, a veteran grower at…
By Kyra-Kay Rensburg Lona Odendaal has managed to secure 27 internships within the fruit industry, and more than half have gone on to complete graduate programmes and secure work within the industry. What is Odendaal’s recipe for success? She is…