Tag: Harvest
First crop estimate for 2024 suggests good outlook
South African wine grape producers expect a good and somewhat larger 2024 wine grape crop compared to the relatively small harvest of 2023. This is according to the first of four...
NAMPO 2023 – Agriculture Innovated
A showcase of the newest trends and technology innovations is NAMPO’s promise to visitors at the 55th presentation of the Harvest Day from 16-19 May 2023.
SINCE its inception, the NAMPO Harvest...
Smaller harvest, top quality expected in 2023
In the run-up to the 2023 wine grape harvest, January to April, the fourth estimate by viticulturists and producer cellars indicates a smaller crop than in 2022, and smaller than the...
Another bullish crop outlook despite a marginal hike in planting area amid favourable prices...
Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business:
The new crop season for South Africa begins at the time when the Northern Hemispheres season tails off and harvest estimates starts...
SA wine industry ready to grow
South Africa’s wine and brandy industry is on a sustainable growth path, with a repositioned strategy and renewed focus.
“The South African wine and brandy industry is continuing on its road to...
SA wine grape harvest passes halfway mark; promising wines underway
AFTER a slow start, harvest time is well underway as more than half of South Africa's 2022 wine grape crop has already been taken in at cellars. The crop is still...
SA expects smaller wine grape crop as harvest commences
With the 2022 harvest season on the horizon, South African wine grape producers expect a smaller wine grape crop, mainly due to a decrease in vineyards, high disease pressure and heatwaves...
Nestlé’s meat-free Harvest Gourmet range launches to restaurants
Nestlé Professional has launched its new meat alternatives product range Harvest Gourmet to the restaurant trade.
Currently available at Buns Out restaurants in Johannesburg, the Harvest Gourmet range comprises a burger, a...
Kaap Agri ploughs up profits
AGRICULTURAL services conglomerate Kaap Agri - which owns the well-known Agrimark retail brand - has reaped a bountiful interim profit harvest.
In the half year to end March, Kaap Agri increased revenue...
Record grain harvest will bolster economic recovery
WESTERN Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, accompanied by Executive Mayor Sakkie Franken of the Overberg District Municipality and Mayor Paul Swart of the Cape Agulhas Municipality recently visited grain...