A tale of unexpected growth
Unpacking the 2025 navel orange season withBoitshoko Ntshabele, CEO of the Citrus Growers Association Tracking the development of the navel crop is a critical mid-season activity. As the first major…
SA farmers want WTO dispute declared over EU citrus rules
BY: NELSON BANYA South African citrus farmers want their government to lodge a complaint against the European Union at the World Trade Organisation over the European bloc’s citrus black spot…
SA citrus growers say EU pest rules putting squeeze on exports
BY: NELSON BANYA New European Union pest control rules will cut South Africa’s orange exports to Europe by 20% this year, threatening thousands of jobs, the Citrus Growers Association (CGA)…
CGA Citrus Summit: Key challenges needed to be overcome in order to ensure the R30 billion industry survives
The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) Citrus Summit took place in Gqeberha from the 15th to the 16th of March. Usually held every second year, this year’s event was the…
Citrus growers welcome world’s largest reefer vessel
Last week (May 14) marked a major milestone for the Port of Durban with the arrival of the world’s largest specialised reefer vessel, the Cool Eagle, which will help meet the capacity…
Growth coalitions that work? We need to talk about citrus
The stand-out performance of the citrus industry in SA is an export-led success story, which has generated hundreds of thousands of jobs along the value chain. Less well appreciated is…
New citrus export levy sees R1bn invested into sector
The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) has welcomed the gazetting of the new statutory export citrus levy by the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza. The…
US opens new ports to South African citrus exports
The United States government has announced the opening up of several new ports for the import for citrus products from South Africa, further facilitating two-way trade with South Africa. The…
Citrus takes the world by storm
Citrus is one of South Africa’s most important—and iconic—agricultural products, yet some feel that the sector has been punching under its weight in comparison with other types of produce, with…
Citrus: Excellent response…
…with the use of potassium nitrate (Ultrasol K® Plus*) On studying leaf analyses, one will find that the greatest amounts of nutrients, in percentage of dry matter, are calcium, followed…