The MACADAMIA

Increasing earthworm microbial activity in the soil has the potential to position South Africa’s macadamia farmers as consistent producers of premium outsized nuts able to reach top prices on world markets. Justice Malanot, who heads up the Bigger Nut Consortium,...

“Every single farm worker in this province is a fire-fighter. That means training on how to fight a fire and the supply of proper personal protection equipment is vital on all of our farms, particularly sugarcane farms.” Terry Tedder KZN FPA OPCO Chairman With vast...

Pictured Above: Lehanna Louw, who is in charge of media and marketing at The Nut Machine Company shop in the centre of Oudtshoorn, with some of the delicious macadamia goodies on sale. “I am a go-getter. My aim is to be on top of everything and one step ahead.” -...

Pictured Above: Discussing markets at the recent SAMAC industry day are, from left, Shane Hartman, CEO of Global Macadamias; Mike Benjamin, CEO of Golden Macadamias; PJ Venter, Director of Mayo Macs; Jillian Laing, CEO of the World Macadamia Organisation; Alex Whyte,...

As 2024 draws to a close we reflect on what has been a difficult year. The knock-on effect of the 2022 macadamia price crash on industry-wide spend forced The Macadamia to cut back on its usual four editions to just three for the year. Regardless, these editions have...