by Carien Daffue | Nov 28, 2022 | fruit industry, Spraying
The future prospects of glyphosate herbicide for the management of weeds in subtropical fruit orchards Charlie Reinhardt PROFESSOR IN AGRONOMY, NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY Subtrop Journal While crop production is beset with several daunting challenges, herbicides have made...
by Carien Daffue | Nov 28, 2022 | fruit industry
Stephan Schoeman1 and Regina Cronje2 1SOETKALMOES CONSULTATION 2ARC-TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL CROPS Fruit abscission is a normal physiological process to produce a good crop with quality fruit. External factors can lead to excessive fruit drop and production loss. With...
by Carien Daffue | Oct 5, 2022 | Orchards
Jan Greyling CONTRIBUTOR A recent citrus production and market outlook by the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) confirms firm foundations for concern about the medium to long-term global challenges faced by the South African citrus industry. The study has...
by Carien Daffue | Oct 5, 2022 | Orchards
Jan Greyling CONTRIBUTOR Around 50 million cartons had still to be packed and shipped in the northern production area. South Africa is way more than halfway through the 2022 citrus season. However, packing is lagging previous years and by the end of July stood at 62...
