SOFT CITRUS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
As the curtain comes down on the 2021 season for South Africa’s fastest growing citrus category, it is clear that growth in soft citrus is not over yet. Over the past ten years, soft citrus [...]
SOUTH AFRICA EXPORTS RECORD VOLUMES OF ORANGES
According to Justin Chadwick of the Citrus Growers’ Association, South Africa has exported record volumes of navel oranges, The association’s CEO said that 27.2 million cartons had been achieved, just ahead of the 26.7 million [...]
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 [...]