FruitsAfter a record 2025/26 season, heatwaves, cold fronts and unfinished paperwork for the Chinese market have clouded the outlook for South African cherry growers.
AgribusinessSpeakers from the Land Bank, the wine industry, Joburg Market and a Johannesburg food store told a Future of Food Conference panel that specifications, packaging, pricing and relationships matter as much as the product.
A protocol signed in Beijing on 8 September by agriculture minister Willie Aucamp and GACC's Sun Meijun opens the world's largest cherry import market, 586,900 tonnes worth US$3.3 billion in 2025, to South African growers for the first time; the department expects about 600 new jobs, and exporter
