The Western Cape Citrus Producers’ Forum (WCCPF) recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of its highly successful American Summer Citrus from South Africa program, a testament to the collaborative and pioneering spirit of the South African growers who initiated the program.
Granulated micro-fine limes have recently been introduced as liming materials which are purportedly more effective than conventional agricultural limes in terms of rapidly correcting subsoil acidity in no-tillage systems.
While South African fresh produce exports currently refer mainly to fruit produced in the country, butternuts from the vegetable sector are a significant vegetable included in this category, and the export of other vegetables is also growing.
Using the adjective ‘giddy’ to describe a researcher’s mood isn’t common. Researchers, after all, often take years to make progress, meaning that patience is a more typical mindset.