We have some news that will jiggle your bells!
ARRA Passion Fire™ - an early red seedless variety with exceptional quality. We are hoping to pack these just after Christmas :)
Here we go again!
Our grapes are budding as we speak! Here are some beautiful pictures of our Sweet Celebration™, Arra Passion Fire™ and Timpson™.
Villion Farms – Improving economic and environmental sustainability through sophisticated plant health monitoring techniques and proactive Integrated Pest Management practices
Villion farms is optimising the company’s grape production by utilising ongoing state-of-the art drone plant health monitoring systems offered by Aerobotics and improving the company’s economic and environmental sustainability through proactive scouting and integrated pest management systems. Villion Farms Technical Manager Philip Lourens explains that Villion Farms recognised the need for more regular and detailed
ASV Farms appoints Marketing Logistics Co-ordinator Hanri Nel
ASV Farms has appointed Hanri Nel as Marketing Logistics Coordinator for the company. ASV Farms Export manager George Erasmus explained that since 2016 ASV Farms has expanded their production from 1.6 million to 2.7 million cartons of table grapes with the same management team. “The additional production has created a growing need for additional capacity
Villion Farms expands with soft citrus production
Following the purchase of Oude Schuur farm at Nuy in 2016, Villion Farms has been redeveloping this property, largely with soft citrus. Over the past four years, Villion Farms has planted 25ha of soft citrus (20ha Orr and 5ha Nules) at Nuy. The planting process is ongoing. Here is one of the young orchards that
Villion Farms opens their new state-of-the-art grape packing facility in the Hex River Valley
Prior to the start of the 2019 harvest, Villion Farms officially opened their massive new packing facility at Hex River. This state-of-the-art facility now provides a central packing for the grapes harvested at the various Villion Farm facilities in the Hex River Valley and surrounds. This has improved and streamlined the packing process and facilities
ASV Farms hosts a marketing stand at Asia Fruit Logistica Trade show in Hong Kong
Gabriel Viljoen (left) and Anton Viljoen (right) at the ASV Farms promotional stall at the Asia Fruit Logistica conference and trade show In order to proactively promote the brand in the Far East region, the ASV Farms team took the bold step to reserve, decorate and man an ASV Farms promotional stall at Asia
ASV Farmworker Petrus Adolf won overall prize in the Hex Valley Agricultural Worker of the Year competition
Petrus Adolf (right) from Nirvana Farms is the winner of th 2018 Agricultural Worker of the Year in the Hex River Valley. Here he is with his proud employer, Nirvana Farm owner Anton Viljoen (left). Petrus Adolf is a section manager at Nirvana Farm, one of the ASV Farms farming units in the Hex River
Stunning Sable Seedless
Our Sable Seedless is currently ripening and our harvest is likely to commence next week and the crop is looking great. This beautiful, fully black grape also has an unusual delicious flavour and is a firm favourite with our receivers.