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A tale of two sides of the Orange River Namibian table grape growers set a record export volume while conditions disrupt activities in South Africa’s Orange River region Related Articles It is a tale of opposing fortunes for table grape growers in Namibia and along South Africa’s Orange River so far this season. While Namibian growers at Aussenkehr are celebrating a record export volume of more than 8m cartons for the first time, untimely rain over the past few days has caused disruption for South Africa’s Orange River producers. SATI said that packing along the Orange River had been dis...

South African table grape packing disrupted by heavy rains January 06 , 2021 Table grape packing in the South African Orange River region has been "disrupted and delayed" this week (week 1) due to heavy rains in the Northern Cape, according to an industry body. Although ill-timed for table grape growers, the rain brought much relief to the drought-stricken areas of this key production province, according to a statement by the South African Table Grape Industry (SATI). Producers in the region expect to resume packing towards the end of the week and the weather outlook over the next 10 days is...

A tale of two sides of the Orange River Namibian table grape growers set a record export volume while conditions disrupt activities in South Africa’s Orange River region Related Articles It is a tale of opposing fortunes for table grape growers in Namibia and along South Africa’s Orange River so far this season. While Namibian growers at Aussenkehr are celebrating a record export volume of more than 8m cartons for the first time, untimely rain over the past few days has caused disruption for South Africa’s Orange River producers. SATI said that packing along the Orange River had been dis...

South Africa's table grape exports remain lower than previous seasons December 24 , 2020 South Africa maintains its slower-than-normal season as export volumes remained below previous years through week 51. In a recent newsletter published by the South African Table Grape Industry (SATI), the numbers show that a little over 7.55 million cartons (4.5kg equivalent) had been shipped by the end of the week. Last season the country had shipped over 12.61 million cartons by the same week, showing a 60 percent decrease year-on-year by week 51. In the 2018-19 season, 12.30 million cartons were shipp...

South African grape packing going well, with good berry sizes The South African grape harvest is now well underway with three production regions now packing, namely the Northern Provinces, Orange River and Olifants River regions. The Berg and Hex River regions have not started packing yet. These two regions are also expected to start about a week later than last year.  *INTAKE UP TO Week 50 and EXPORTS UP TO WEEK 51 (accumulative) *Intakes PPECB data - Exports AgriHub data Northern Provinces Packing is going well under good weather conditions. The quality of grapes are reported to be very g...