Resource Rich
• Huge resources of available land and water
• Large pool of accessible labour
• Increasing investor interest from other
industries to expand into macadamias.
• Some processors buying up as much available land with access to irrigation.
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Generational farming families
• Good general knowledge of farming practices
• Proactive farmers
• Positive response with managing the application timing requirements of their work programs
• Great work attitude in finding a way to get things done.
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Growers planting out all available land
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All nurseries booked out for at least two years and up to four years
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Micro grafted Macadamia seedlings
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From seed to planting in 12 months
• Seedling out in 6 months on a solid root system
• Than select and graft trees at 6 months
• Grown on for farmers in large bags and advanced tree planted out at 12months
• Just about to take this commercial
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New trial on an open hydroponic system with these Micro grafted trees
• On a continuous irrigation at 0.4lt/hr at 1 bar
• Goal is to bring the trees into production in 2 years
• High density planting
• No vigorous pruning but by tree manipulation
• Goal is 4 tonne per Ha in year 3.
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Fertigation with computer programming
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Mixture of sprinklers and drippers
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Quick to pick up on central leader pruning
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Majority of nuts still hand harvested
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Labour has high management requirement
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Move in land values
• Old Tobacco lands under irrigation are in the high demand
• 2012 value:- $5,000.00/Ha
• 2014 value:- $10,000.00/Ha
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Plantation Values
• Established producing plantations;
• 2012 value:- $15,000.00/Ha
• 2014 value:- $30,000.00/Ha
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Main Varieties, SKR & Yields:
50% of plantings Beamont, 27 – 35% SKR,
4 – 6 Tonne/Ha.
30% plantings Nelmac 2, 35 – 40% SKR,
3 – 5 tonne/Ha.
Balance of small plantings some 816 & A4,
38 – 44% SKR.
Sales 50 / 50 NIS to Kernal.
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814 was best yielding at 6 - 8 tonne/Ha
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Nine years later starting tree removal
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Growers on a high
• Great SKR price
• Good yields
• Lower labour cost than us
• Sell on the same market
• Great return on investment
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Lowveld South Africa
• Includes, White River, Barberton and Nelspruit growing areas
• Macadamias are a key economic driver
• Makes up a big part of the country’s R2billion turnover in this industry
• Processor Joint venture with Australian company, Green Farms & Suncoast Gold
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Macadamia nuts represent only 1% of tree nuts globally
South Africa just recently surpassed Australia and now is the largest supplier internationally
Processors now with volume by passing traders on a volatile market, no middleman
This has raised growers prices significantly
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2014 Season
• Samac projects an optimistic figure of 43,000 tones
• Green Farms Jill Whyte says 40,000 tones may be a closer figure
• SA tonnage down due stress issues with the older, larger trees this season
• Also spraying is a constant challenge
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Still planting trees
• Within 4 – 5 years all the suitable land around Nelspruit White River areas will be planted out with macadamias
• East Cape Macadamia are planning to plant a 4000Ha farm
• Another group is planting out a 1000Ha farm in Natal
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Land claims
• Even though land claims could put uncertainties in producers minds – the macadamia industry's success story has left producers positive and gave them confidence
• Green Farm played a significant role in turning things around after joining hands with the industry, they raised prices significantly
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Go with the flow
• We need to work with the South Africa growers and producers to develop a bigger and better sales and marketing system and develop an foster grower information transfer
• If we work together to develop the industry and markets we can all get the rewards
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