Tru News

Tru-Cape company director, grower and former Farmer of the Year Rossouw Cillié will be featured on Landbou Weekly, the television programme broadcast on Tuesdays at 19h30 on VIA channel 147 on DSTV. Tune in to learn about Laastedrif Farm, its

The first local television cooking programme to focus on Grade 11 school learners with the opportunity to win professional culinary tuition after school has finished. Skole Kook, (Schools Cook in Afrikaans) broadcast on VIA Channel 147 on DSTV, South Africa’s satellite

Ceres Fruit Growers, the preferred employer in the verdant fruit producing valley, owns half of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing which sells fruit from Ceres and Two-a-Day in Grabouw. Pieter Graaff, one of the largest single apple and pear growers in South Africa

South Africa’s favourite apple and pear brand, Tru-Cape, hosts a presentation in Afrikaans about the history of apples and the latest new varieties at the Toyota US Woordfees with industry colleagues Hortgro and Agri-Expo. The presentation will be held in Die

At Grabouw’s Two-a-Day, one of the land’s largest apple and pear sorting, packing and storing businesses, its focus on staff wellness and wellbeing is renowned and evidenced by a dedicated programme of activities. Under the eye of Nursing Sister Cheryl Bozman,

February 2020 is when shipments of the full-coloured FLASH GALA ™ are expected to reach the Far East ahead of a much anticipated reception. With over a million trees already planted, Bigbucks, the improved Corder Gala apple strain, is now the

Want to know which is the most favoured apple or pear variety or how many hectares of apple and pear trees are planted in South Africa and where? Hortgro, the grower support agency, does invaluable research about South Africa and

New year’s resolutions often include drastic intentions which, as often, come to nothing as they demand too big a change. An easy and effective way is to commit to eating more fresh fruit and vegetables and, especially those that help

Did you know that eating just one apple per day may deliver as many as 100 million bacteria most of which are contributing to gut stability and overall health? More interesting still is that research, conducted last year by a leading

At a gala event held in Stellenbosch on Friday evening the Agricultural Writers SA announced the winners of the 2018 National Farmer, New Entrant into Commercial Agriculture and Agriculturist of the Year. The main sponsors of the event is Bayer,