Suid-Afrikaanse appels en pere het die Indiese mark soos die Springbokke se ‘bomb squad’ getref. In so ‘n mate dat daar kommer oor interne mededinging is. Suid-Afrikaanse soet peer variëteite het ander pere van regoor die wêreld uitgestof en vervang…
By Jacques du Preez Although we believe we have reached a turning point, specifically in the Port of Cape Town, regarding the logistical crisis, we foresee another challenging season from a logistical point of view. Therefore, growers, exporters, and logistical…
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…
Sixteen years after Thailand banned the import of South African deciduous fruit, due to an administrative error, negotiations are progressing in the right direction. At the time of the imposition of the ban on the exportation of South African fresh…
By Jacques du Preez Despite all the meetings from the operational level to Minister Pravin Gordhan and the National Logistics Crisis Committee under the auspices of the President we are finding ourselves in a dire situation with all the ports…
Legio terugslae vir steenvrugprodusente, enkele pluspunte – Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp Uitdagings by die Kaapse hawe bly ‘n klip in die skoen van menige steenvrugprodusent- en uitvoerder, met verskepingsprobleme, onguur weer, onklaar toerusting en vertragings deur die logistieke ketting wat die…
Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp Die onlangse haelstorm in die Langkloof het ongeveer 1500 ha appel-en peerboorde geraak en infrastruktuur op verskeie plase vernietig. Die totale verlies aan uitvoervolumes is in die orde van 1,2 miljoen kartonne. Dit verteenwoordig tussen 20% tot…
By Jacques du Preez The 2023 harvest is in full swing, and growers are anticipating an export crop that is slightly lower than the previous season. The lower export volumes are a result of hail experienced during November and December…
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,…
By Jacques du Preez After a very disappointing 2021/22 season, which despite a good crop turned out to be a disaster on farm level given trade and logistical issues, stone fruit growers and exporters are looking forward to a much-improved…
Hortgro Dried Tree Fruit (DTF) het op 1 September ’n bedryfsinligtingsdag op Robertson gehou om aan produsente en verwerkers terugvoer te gee oor “waar die bedryf staan en waarheen dit gaan” in afwagting op die komende seisoen. Deur Kara van…
Deur Kara van der Berg Die 2021/2022 pruim seisoen was die slegste wat die Suid-Afrikaanse steenvrugmark in jare beleef het. Om hierdie aan te spreek en die pad vorentoe uit te lê, het Hortgro in Augustus vanjaar ’n pruim-en-nektarien-indaba by…