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Macadamias are a 20 year investment

Health Benefits of Eating Avocados Avocados – you’ve seen them just about everywhere this year. On your toast, in your brownies and as the star of your guacamole. But, did you know that avocados contain both monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, which are considered to be healthy fats? According to the American Heart Association, eating avocados can help keep…

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Ive Lambert, StarFruit Company: “Avocado prices recovering again” “We haven’t seen an avocado supply as high as it’s been in recent weeks for years. Because of the high supply, we’ve had low prices,” says Ive Lambert of StarFruit Company. Supply is decreasing a bit now, and prices are recovering. “Yet the prices are increasing less…

Updated 2018 South African macadamia crop forecast The latest forecast is around 1 000 tonnes smaller than previously thought, but still significantly bigger than that of 2016 and 2017, which were drought affected. September 2018 Macadamias South Africa NPC (SAMAC) conducted another round of data collection to issue a final crop forecast for the 2018…

Planning for the long game: Macadamia trees are a 20 year investment https://www.agtag.co.za/category/14/post/20862September South Africa’s industry could be underprepared for the future macadamia market. Most of our nuts go to China, while Asia represents only 27% of the global tree nut market. September 2018 Farming and establishing macadamia orchards is a long term investment. Trees…

Earning you almost R375,000 per hectare, this must be SA’s most profitable crop   Macadamia nuts can yield some R374,400 per hectare. China has lowered its import tariffs on SA macadamias. There are waiting lists of up to three years for macadamia trees. Macadamia nuts are hard to beat when it comes to the most…

Cultivars and planning for optimal yeild 2018 Mark Hassenkamp 24 July 2018 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF DOC  

8th International Macadamia Symposium | 17-19 Oct 2018 | Lincang, Yunnan Province China The Yunnan Macadamia Industry Society has set the dates for the 8th International Macadamia Symposium, which is to be held in Lincang, Yunnan Province China! The symposium will officially be from 17-19 October, 2018, with a pre-symposium tour that takes place from 14-16…