2024 congress paves the way for 2025 | Fresh produce markets: Competition Commission suggestions | Sandveld water use: Industry prepares for potato price hike
1 Preface / Voorwoord
5 Redakteursbrief / Editor’s note
Topical • Aktueel / Regulatories • Regulatory
6 Potato news / Aartappelnuus
8 2024 congress paves the way for 2025
15 Top aartappel- en moerkwekers inspireer
16 Saadbedryf-baanbreker bly gefokus op die toekoms
20 World Potato Congress: Lessons from Down Under
22 2024 Oos-Vrystaat Groentoer
23 VKB/Reitz hou suksesvolle 2024-rugbyweek
Industry information • Bedryfsinligting
25 Market monitor: The first 30 weeks of 2024 at FPMs
29 Advertorial: Nile opens Mahikeng hub
30 Fresh produce markets: Competition Commission suggestions
35 Sandveld water use: Industry prepares for potato price hike
36 Potato waste: Quantity, value, and causes
Research • Technical / Navorsing • Tegnies
39 Physiological disorders in potato tubers
40 Sandveld-kultivarproef by Aurora 2023/24 Afr
40 Sandveld Cultivar trial at Aurora 2023/4 Eng
51 Tuber Telegraph: Climate change and potato cultivation
55 Promosie-artikel: Polysulphate – unieke aartappelbemesting
57 Webinar informs about pests, payments, and other problems
61 Promosie-artikel: Akkumulasie van droëmateriaal op aartappels
62 Southwestern Free State cultivar trial: Petrusburg 2023
71 Advertorial: Let’s talk about drip on potato
Transformation • Transformasie
73 Black frost devastates Limpopo crops
74 Training of emerging producers in Limpopo
Marketing • Bemarking
75 Potatoes for a healthy heart: Nutritional insights and tips
General • Algemeen
76 Belastingskok by die beëindiging van vruggebruik
77 LWO column: Employee versus independent contractor
78 Prokon News/Prokon-nuus