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…
Anna Mouton het met ‘n paar tegniese bedryfskenners gepraat oor die afgelope kernvrugseisoen. Dit lyk asof produsente se vertroue groei na aanleiding van goeie vrugvolumes en -kwaliteit tesame met sterk markaanvraag. “Ek dink met ’n gemiddelde appelboer gaan dit nou…
Maréze Smit is a great example of how Hortgro invests in human capital to ensure a better future for deciduous fruit in South Africa. But making it happen is also about being in the right place at the right time…
By Kyra-Kay Rensburg Stellenbosch. – The Hortgro phytosanitary laboratory, PHYLA, officially launched on 27 January 2023. The event was held at the new facility on Stellenbosch University’s Welgevallen Experimental Farm in Stellenbosch. The facility is managed by Dr Renate Smit,…
Dr. Elke Crouch neem vanaf 1 Februarie 2023 oor by dr. Esmé Louw, wat na ’n drie-jaar termyn terugstaan om op haar sagtevrugtenavorsing te fokus. Dr. Elke Crouch het in 1999 haar BScAgric vanaf die Universiteit van Pretoria behaal. Daarna…
But due to industry demands, she is busier than ever! By Anna Mouton A respected scientist and academic Prof. Karen Theron recently retired from the Department of Horticultural Science at Stellenbosch University, where she held the Hortgro Chair in Applied…
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp In a career that spanned more than five decades, horticulturist Buks Nel, wondered about many things in life…and more specifically about apple trees. He has solved many plant riddles, made new discoveries (including his now-famous Bigbucks apple…
This is the fourth interview in the series about the Hortgro Science post-grad students. By Thomas Davidson. Dian Craven is a 24-year old student at Stellenbosch University doing his M.Sc in horticulture. He recently finished with data collection and is…