GLOBAL OVERVIEW MANDARINS
Globally, smaller sizes of mandarins are under pressure on both import and export markets, as good growing conditions early in the season have lead to an abundance of these sizes in production countries such as [...]
SOUTH AFRICAN GRAPEFRUIT GROWERS FLATTEN THE CURVE THROUGH AN EARLY START
There will be enough grapefruit for all markets during the six-month period that South Africa is the lone grapefruit supplier, and the internal quality conforms to market requirements, says Piet Smit, CEO of the Letsitele-based [...]
ZEST FRUIT GERRIE BERNER TENNIS TOURNAMENT 2021
For the 3rd year in a row Paul Roos Gymnasium was crowned the winners of the very prestigious Zest Fruit Gerrie Berner Tennis Festival that was played in the Winelands in Stellenbosch over the [...]
SOUTH AFRICA CITRUS INDUSTRY TO BREAK RECORDS
The South Africa citrus industry will likely break all export season records with an estimated 158.7 million cartons in 2021, the Citrus Growers Association of Southern Africa (CGA) reported recently. If the estimate is reached, [...]
RAMAPHOSA SINGLES OUT AGRI ACHIEVEMENTS DURING SONA
The remarkable work of the agriculture sector amidst the economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was acknowledged during this year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). President Cyril Ramaphosa praised the South Africa citrus [...]
GOOD NEWS FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN CITRUS INDUSTRY
At the beginning of 2020, the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service citrus annual report predicted that the South African citrus industry would continue to grow strongly in the production and export of soft citrus, lemons, and [...]
HOW SOUTH AFRICA’S AGRICULTURAL EXPORTERS AVERTED A COVID-19 DISASTER
As a net exporter of many agricultural products, South Africa’s agricultural industry would have been in dire straits had it failed to adapt to the difficulties presented by Covid-19. But quick thinking and rapid adjustments [...]
SA takes proactive approach to FCM
For the first time since 2018 when the South African citrus industry introduced its False Codling Moth Management System, the citrus industry has had to intervene in its normal functioning to manage false codling moth. [...]
Tapping into the health benefits of blood oranges
One of Australia's leading blood orange producers has launched a new campaign in 2020 focused on promoting the health benefits and nutritional values of the fruit. Redbelly Citrus is in the peak of its season, [...]