Currently, the industry is in a very precarious position with the current operational status of the Cape Town (CT) port. The industry, and country, is losing millions of Rands on a daily basis due to inefficiencies resulting in berthing delays…
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…
By Kara van der Berg A new phytosanitary facility dedicated to deciduous fruit will help improve access to new markets and maintain current ones for the industry. Hortgro approved and funded the building of a new phytosanitary research laboratory that…
Despite the challenge of the drought, South Africa can fulfil its commitments to the market for the 2017/2018 season. There has been very little relief from the drought that has been plaguing the Western Cape for the majority of 2017…