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Vos Plant offers turnkey solution for mac farmers

Macadamia farmers in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces need look no further than Vos Plant for all their orchard development requirements – from bush clearing to tree planting and everything in between. By Colleen Dardagan Top earth-moving machinery rental business...

Growing South Africa’s mac supply without shrinking value

How South Africa’s macadamia industry’s tackles the next chapter in its history will define the longevity of its influence on world markets and production standards, writes Alex Whyte, Executive Chairman of Green Farms Nut Company. By Alex Whyte As the world’s leading...

Bugweed blight offers curative alternatives

New research out of the University of KwaZulu-Natal suggests that the invasive Bugweed has compounds able to provide sustainable and affordable therapies, which includes treatment for cancer and for use in antibiotics. By Colleen Dardagan As most farmers are ardent...

Beating the (coconut) bug in macadamia orchards

The proliferation of the coconut bug (Pseudotheraptus wayi) in orchards, particularly those in low riverine areas and close to natural bush, is concerning as the pest is able to complete its entire life cycle on the macadamia, writes Dr Schalk Schoeman from Sonbesie...

Cruising the crashes

The last two decades – evolution of macadamia orchard management in South Africa. By Philip Lee Many of the changes in horticultural management practices over the last two decades, and indeed the two decades before 2005, were precipitated by fluctuating world market...

Macadamias take centre stage on SA Masterchef 2026

By Colleen Dardagan On Easter Sunday, macadamia nuts were the star of the show for the 20 chefs battling it out for the R1 million award on SA Masterchef 2026. In the episode, contestants were tasked with creating delicious plant-based meals suitable for a modern...

Green biotechnology to speed up Aussie mac conservation

Australian scientists are using green biotechnology to accelerate conservation banking efforts of six of the country’s exceptional priority plants, including the indigenous macadamia, M.jansenii. By Colleen Dardagan The project, led by Alice Hayward, a Plant Molecular...

AmberMacs industry day welcomes 3 000 visitors

By Colleen Dardagan The annual “one-stop-shop” AmberMacs Industry Day held in February was a cracking success. More than 3 000 people visited the two-day event and 145 industry suppliers and services exhibited – 80% of the exhibitors were at the show for the first...

Macadamia nuts offer food security hope for Africa

Academics and NGOs are turning to macadamias for food security and crop diversity in southern Ethiopia and Malawi, where traditional crop yields are plummeting due to the impact of climate change. By Colleen Dardagan Scaled macadamia production in Ethiopia has the...

Venda vision drives small-scale macadamia production

For the first time, more than 150 small-scale macadamia farmers in rural Limpopo will have access to a nut-processing plant, thanks to the vision of local commercial macadamia and horticultural farmer Gene Likhanya and the SAB Foundation. By Colleen Dardagan What...

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Vos Plant offers turnkey solution for mac farmers

Macadamia farmers in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces need look no further than Vos Plant for all their orchard development requirements – from bush clearing to tree planting and everything in between. By Colleen Dardagan Top earth-moving machinery rental business...

Growing South Africa’s mac supply without shrinking value

How South Africa’s macadamia industry’s tackles the next chapter in its history will define the longevity of its influence on world markets and production standards, writes Alex Whyte, Executive Chairman of Green Farms Nut Company. By Alex Whyte As the world’s leading...

Bugweed blight offers curative alternatives

New research out of the University of KwaZulu-Natal suggests that the invasive Bugweed has compounds able to provide sustainable and affordable therapies, which includes treatment for cancer and for use in antibiotics. By Colleen Dardagan As most farmers are ardent...

Beating the (coconut) bug in macadamia orchards

The proliferation of the coconut bug (Pseudotheraptus wayi) in orchards, particularly those in low riverine areas and close to natural bush, is concerning as the pest is able to complete its entire life cycle on the macadamia, writes Dr Schalk Schoeman from Sonbesie...

Cruising the crashes

The last two decades – evolution of macadamia orchard management in South Africa. By Philip Lee Many of the changes in horticultural management practices over the last two decades, and indeed the two decades before 2005, were precipitated by fluctuating world market...

Macadamias take centre stage on SA Masterchef 2026

By Colleen Dardagan On Easter Sunday, macadamia nuts were the star of the show for the 20 chefs battling it out for the R1 million award on SA Masterchef 2026. In the episode, contestants were tasked with creating delicious plant-based meals suitable for a modern...

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