Hortgro Science hosted its annual Thank You Breakfast on Friday, 28 November 2025, at STIAS in Stellenbosch, bringing together researchers, students, partners, and industry leaders to reflect on the year’s achievements and celebrate outstanding academic contributions. Guests were welcomed with…
How Hortgro Science Prioritises and Manages Industry-Funded Research Projects, by Anna Mouton. On the first Tuesday in June 2025, more than 300 members of the deciduous-fruit industry gathered at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West for the opening of…
Hortgro Science se navorsingsimplementeringsbestuurder het sy roeping in landbou gevind. Anna Mouton het hom nader leer ken. Marno van der Westhuizen het in die Strand grootgeword en aanvanklik beplan om ingenieurswese by Universiteit Stellenbosch te studeer. Hy vertel egter dat…
After 44 years in the deciduous fruit industry, Hugh Campbell retires as Hortgro Technical General Manager to begin a new career phase. He spoke to Anna Mouton. On a Sunday afternoon in 1976, a young Hugh Campbell lined up with…
Hortgro Science, the South African deciduous fruit industry research engine, recently held its annual Thank-You Breakfast in Stellenbosch. Prof. Wiehann Steyn, Hortgro Science General Manager, said that the event was a celebration and expression of gratitude to everyone who participated…
To present years of work in five minutes is a big challenge for anyone. Yet, that is precisely what Hortgro Science asked researchers to do at this year’s Research Showcase. This was only the second time that the Showcase was…
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…
She steps down in December but her contributions to dormancy research will continue to help pome- and stone-fruit growers negotiate climate change for many years to come. By Anna Mouton. Western Cape winters are getting warmer and the application of…
Hortologie as studieveld het die afgelope twintig jaar aansienklik aantrekliker geword vir studente, sê prof. Wiehann Steyn, algemene bestuurder by Hortgro Science. “In 2004, byvoorbeeld, was daar net ses studente wat Hortologie 434 as vak aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch…
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…
Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp In Mei vanjaar het die hele span van Hortgro Science (Hugh Campbell, Wiehann Steyn, Matthew Addison en Marno van der Westhuizen) afgesak Langkloof toe. Tradisioneel besoek die span die Langkloof gewoonlik in Desember elke jaar wanneer die…
Research on soil health and orchard floor ecology is an emerging theme in agriculture as it is an important component of sustainability. Hortgro Science Crop Protection Manager, Matthew Addison along with Hendrik Pohl, had the vision to initiate a cover…