Haygrove South Africa

Greenhouses at Haygrove’s Nampo Stand

Mark Pritchett — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:45:06 +0000

We are two days into NAMPO and we are getting great feedback from all the people walking through our stand. Our smaller tunnels have sold very well and we have many commercial growers interested in our multi-spans! Have a look at some photos of this years stand! Hope to see more of you on Thursday and Friday!

Bothaville look out – here comes Haygrove!

Mark Pritchett — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:01:32 +0000

We are on our way up to NAMPO today to start building our site. Our site will show off the range of tunnels we have available. Our sales team. Will be on hand for the 3 days to answere any questions you may have. So whether you are wanting a backyard DIY tunnel or a 1ha commercial Multi-span Greenhouse – come visit us on stand 191 NAMPO 2012!

Greenhouse Installation at Cape Peninsula University of Thechnology

Mark Pritchett — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:02:53 +0000

Today the Students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology helped to construct a Haygrove Garden tunnel. The tunnel was 4m x 10m and we got the entire tunnel constructed in less then 5 hours. The day was used to train the students to put up the second tunnel on their own. The tunnels will be used for state of the are hydroponic production. I look forward to returning in a few months time!

NAMPO

Mark Pritchett — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:47:52 +0000

At our stand at NAMPO (Stand 191) we will have some clever devices to help you monitor both soil moisture and climate. If you are a maize farmer and looking for technology to help you increase your yields by scheduling the irrigation effectively below your pivots – come visit us! We have solutions for you

NAMPO 2012

Mark Pritchett — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:05:51 +0000

Once again Haygrove will have a stand at NAMPO (15th to 18th May). The 2012 show will be our 9th year in a row! Come and see us at our Stand #191. For those of you who have never attended this show – it is well worth it. The biggest show in the Southern Hemisphere! Have a look at the following link for more details: http://www.grainsa.co.za/nam_index.php

I have inserted a few photos of our last years stand.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Benefactors Recieve Haygrove Tunnels

Mark Pritchett — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:04:10 +0000

I was in Thabazimbi last week and witnessed three of our new Small Scale Production units being handed over to some emerging farmers. These tunnels are DIY and arrive in kit form. The three tunnels were all constructed in less than 7 hours!

The tunnels were 4m wide and 6m long. They are also available in 10m lengths. With a height of 2.4m, zipped doors either side and no compromise on strength; it is proving to be a very popular tunnel!

These photos show some very happy growers!

Producing Chillies

Mark Pritchett — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:15:20 +0000

I have just got back from another trip to Mozambique to see the tunnels we have recently put up there. Our tunnels have done exceptionally well to maintain good temperatures in this challenging climate. Vent gaps combined with the height of our Trellis tunnel and our luminance THB polythene have ensured that tunnel temperatures seldom climb more than a few degrees over ambient temperature. The steel gutters on this site are doing well to keep moisture away from the plants. We had 75mm of rain in the 36 hours I was there!

The Chillies look impressive!

Haygrove’s Undercover Farming Expo Stand

Mark Pritchett — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:14:51 +0000

It was great seeing many of our existing clients at the Undercover Farming Expo! To all those who saw Haygrove for the first time – it was good to meet with you! We have been busy since we have got back but should have followed up on all actions from the show by now.

Undercover Farming Expo!!!!

Gareth Wilkie — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:37:22 +0000

Attention Growers,We will have a show site at the exciting upcoming Undercover Farming Expo!!! Anyone keen on attending please contact undercover directly.See below.

Newsletter 6 February 2012

Register now for Undercover Farming Expo / ASNAPP Conference

You are invited to register for this three day conference about intensive farming techniques and farming industries, aimed at existing and potential producers and buyers of vegetables, flowers, fruit and seedlings being produced under protective cover.

Date: 6 – 8 March 2012

Venue: Saint George Hotel & Convention Centre, Irene

International speakers from Kenya, The Netherlands, Belgium, Zambia, Namibia and Israel

Keynote address by

MEC for Agriculture in Gauteng, Ms Nandi Mayathula-Khoza

Desired outcome of this conference:

To investigate and promote reduced carbon emissions from intensive farming practices, to focus on smallholder farms’ successes with intensive farming, to grow this sector in the industry and to identify where Southern Africa is in terms of being the food basket for the world.

Highlights on the conference programme

¨ Martin Helmich, Greenport International in The NetherlandsSustainable innovations in greenhouse technology¨ Stan Deckers, Bodemkundige Dienste in BelgiumWater quality and the management of plant nutrition when producing in a soilless substrate

¨ Anton Bril, VGB in The Netherlands

Working towards a sustainable product chain in the protected flower industry

¨ The Status of horticulture in East Africa

Catherine Riungu, Managing Editor, Horticulture News, Kenya

¨ The impact of rising costs on Agriculture in South Africa

André Jooste, Agribusiness Chamber

¨ The economics of greenhouse crop production

Ernst Janovsky, Absa Agribusiness

¨ Future of greenhouse crop production research & development in South Africa

Dr Petrus Langenhoven, ASNAPP

¨ Vegetable production and export from Zambia, challenges and opportunities

Luke Mbewe, Zambian Export Growers Association

¨ Potential for the production and export of fresh produce from Namibia

Pieter de Wet, Namibian Development Corporation

¨ Using sophisticated Greenhouse films makes the Grower money

Yoram Sztyglic, Vegtech

¨ Irrigation system selection and its impact on water use

Felix Reinders, ARC: IAE

CONFERENCE FEES:

Full Conference:

R 2 000.00 (plus VAT) per delegate

Individual Sessions:

R 800.00 (plus VAT) per delegate per session

Full conference programme and registration form available on

www.undercoverfarmingexpo.co.za

Contact:

Hanlie Delport

+27 73 231 0706

Limited exhibition space still available

Limited exhibition space is still available for the Undercover Farming Expo. Exhibitors who are still interested in booking space should do so urgently. Contact Suzanne Marx on tel (012) 804 5854 or e-mail exhibitions@undercoverfarmingexpo.co.za for more information about available stands.

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Haygrove Tunnels (Shade net structures)

Gareth Wilkie — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:10:25 +0000

Currently we have two options for shade net structures.

Option 1: Haygrove shade net structure comes in at double the leg spacing of our plastic structures. The reason for this being that there is far less resistance against wind from shade netting than plastic. We therefore space the legs at 4.4 meter distance from each other. We have many farmers who start of their farming venture with a shade net structure when capital is a shortage. Then in year 3-5 they will convert everything to plastic by purchasing more hoops and legs.

Option 2: Pole and cable system. The attached picture is over Apples. Trials are being conducted on the benefits of different shade net colours and percentages with their effects on the trees. This system is about half the price of the Haygrove shade net structure. But is made of wood. And depending on how it is constructed, can battle to stand up to serve hail storms or snow. Whereas the Haygrove shade net structure sheds hail. And can handle snow if managed. And always gives you the option to convert to plastic cover. The steel also insures some sort of re sale value later.