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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…

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The fab four that pack a punch

By Gerrit Rautenbach The A&B Williams fruit packaging and transport business in Elgin is owned and operated by four people. The two Williams brothers, Anges and Bevin, and their wives, Natalie and Danielle. The business has been active in the…

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The Pro-Hort Ecophysiology Platform

A new Hortgro-funded initiative will extract more value from existing research investment. By Anna Mouton. South Africa has been called a world in one country partly thanks to our diverse natural environment. This might be great for tourists but poses…

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Packhouses help growers out

Elgin packhouses empowered growers to irrigate their orchards during load-shedding. By Anna Mouton Two Elgin packhouses — Fruitways and Kromco — assisted growers this past season by providing two generators to the Groenland Water User Association (GWUA). To understand how…

Swak Boordsanitasie

PRODUSENTE GEMAAN OOR BOORDSANITASIE

FruitFly Africa (FFA) het onlangs aangedui dat boordsanitasie in sommige vrugte- en wynproduksiegebiede, aandag kort. Die gebiede sluit in: Hexriviervallei, Olifantsriviervallei, Benede-Oranjerivier, Elgin/Grabouw, Langkloof, Ceres, Wolseley en Tulbagh. FFA het begrip vir die legio uitdagings en ekonomiese druk wat tans…

Cath Boome In The Nursery

Fine dining in apple shed

NEW SERIES: AGRITOURISM AND BUSINESS INNOVATION IN THE DECIDUOUS FRUIT INDUSTRY Farming is ceaselessly evolving. At first, it was all about food for survival for the farmer and his family. Today, farming is big business. Scientifically and economically speaking. Yet,…

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To transform is to renew

There is more than one type of transformation in this world. The most important one for the father and two daughters team of Protea farm was to farm for themselves. But then getting new life into old orchards was the…

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The Future Is Education

More than 60 years ago Dr Paul Clüver’s mother, Gertrude, established a farm school on De Rust, the family farm in the Elgin Valley. With only 23 learners. A small first step is key to a great journey, Gerrit Rautenbach…

Holding Apple

Adrian Kuiper’s second innings

After an incredibly memorable career as a national and international cricket idol, Adrian swapped the red ball for a red apple. And golden ones. Some pink ladies … Gerrit Rautenbach visited him in Elgin. This is his story. Ever since…

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