Dit is met groot waardering, dankbaarheid en respek dat ons die Hortgro Voorsitterstoekenning aan Louis van Zyl gee. Louis se loopbaan in die Suid-Afrikaanse kern- en steenvrugtebedryf strek oor meer as ’n kwarteeu en word gekenmerk deur visie, rentmeesterskap en ’n…
Text: Lucille Botha André Kritzinger (28), owner and general manager of Tulpieskraal Boerdery in the Langkloof, has been named the Eastern Cape Young Farmer of the Year for 2025. For Kritzinger, the recognition is a significant milestone. “I’ve always looked…
Text: Elise-Marie Steenkamp and Alisa Farr. Pictures: Alisa Farr The R62 Growth Initiative Strategy (R62G) project, with five weather stations donated by Hortgro, illustrates how the agricultural sector utilises microclimate weather data to understand and mitigate climate change in the…
A recent study by Link Supply Chain Management, owned by several of the Western Cape’s leading fruit exporting companies, demonstrates the significant advantages achieved through port privatisation across Africa. The findings underscore the urgent need to privatise the port of…
Over the past two decades, Hortgro has played a central role in the robust economic growth of South Africa’s deciduous fruit industry, transforming it into a key agricultural powerhouse. It represents 1128 pome and stone fruit producers, and a total…
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…
Hugh Campbell, Hortgro technical and plant improvement manager shares some of the most pertinent questions about plant improvement and its necessity for sustainable growth. What is plant improvement? Plant improvement is a continuous process that aims to produce better fruit…
Yvonne Erwee gesels oor haar ervarings in boerderybestuur. Deur Anna Mouton Hortgro het die bedryfsleierskapprogram in 2022 geloods om jong mense as toekomstige bedryfsleiers in die sagtevrugtebedryf te help toerus deur hulle aan bedryfstrukture en -programme bloot te stel. Yvonne…
A group of high-ranking government officials from the Free State government and a team from the Remmoho Group, visited Hortgro early in August to explore possible collaboration and get a better understanding of the deciduous fruit industry in South Africa…
Introducing the four farming musketeers. And Plan B. Plan A at Doornkloof started in 2008 when a group of beneficiaries, Pepsico and Christof Cloete (the mentor) from Rietvlei Boerdery came together. The mission was to establish Doornkloof as a BEE transformation…
Om te verseker dat Suid-Afrikaanse produsente hulle vrugte oorsee kan bemark is ’n voltydse werk. Deur Anna Mouton. Lindi Benić is die gesamentlike marktoegangbestuurder vir Hortgro en SATI. Marktoegang behels veel meer as net toegang werf tot nuwe markte. “Mense…
To help alleviate some of the human suffering caused by the recent KwaZulu-Natal floods, Hortgro has donated R15 000 to FoodForward SA and a further R15 000 to Gift of the Givers. According to government estimates, more than 40,000 people have been…