Drought-driven fruit scarcity leads to educational campaign to support growers.
South Africa’s apple and pear production is down by more than 20% year-on-year as a result of drought conditions which will impact the amount of Tru-Cape fruit available on supermarket shelves. For Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest exporter of South African
Even growers in need help others less fortunate.
Getting one of the Ceres growers who donated feed to help Merweville farmers near Koup in the Tankwa Karoo, towards Sutherland, to take credit for it is even more rare than rain in this arid and mountainous area. As annual
Hail and sunburn impact the exportable 2018 South African crop.
Hail damage, drought and high summer temperatures are expected to impact the 2018 Tru-Cape apple and pear crop by about 10% in volume with a greater number of small fruit which might lead to a drop in export income. This, according