News Archive: 2023

What’s better than a juicy fruit?🍇 - Grapa Newsletter | 15 January 2023

This week we focus on Chile, where the growers are busy picking and packing. Then, as the season in South Africa is advancing, we bring you a wrap-up of the overall successful harvest to date.  

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New apple season-opener is “extremely interesting” - FreshPlaza

The first semi-commercial blocks of Sassy™ apples were established in Western Cape last year, with more to follow in 2024   Read more  

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TopFruit Newsletter | February 2023

Sometimes in agriculture, as in life, change is forced upon us. Such as the adaptations and preparations for load-shedding or the deregistration of a crop protection active ingredient. In these cases, we do not have a choice, we have to adapt and make changes to how we operate daily.  Change is inevitable whether we like it or not.

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TopFruit Newsflash | Eden Gold™ Pear | February 2023

This week we hosted a well-attended TP 15-41/Eden Gold™ pear field day at both Speanvlei Farm in Wolseley and Bronaar Farm in Op die Berg.   Read more...

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The ARRA™ Red Factor Continues - Grapa Newsletter | 16 April 2023

Hard to believe it is already mid-April which means the South African table grape season is sealed. Therefore we thought it would be a great opportunity to start the flashing red spotlight episode with the Southern African season overview of ARRA Passion Fire™ (ARRA 29), the second in the ARRA Red Factor series. Read more

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