What Are The Major Consideration’s When Buying A Mature Macadamia Farm?

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...

Another wasp is making waves in South Africa’s macadamia industry, this time a natural predator of the felted coccid, which has arrived in the country and is under quarantine readying for release. The dominant regular predator of Australia’s naturally occurring felted...

Pictured Above: Hugo Bester Macadamia farmers across South Africa are hailing the parasitoid wasp, Trissolcus basalis, as a deadly strike weapon in their war on stinkbugs. Improved nut quality is proof of the insect predator’s success, they say. While Trissolcus...