With four awards in the 2022 Two-a-Day Producer Awards held recently Stettyn Wingerde in Villiersdorp, farmed by Hendrik and Wena Botha, is the single most-awarded producer this year.
It won the DH Cunningham trophy for producing the highest number of high-quality 18,25kg apple cartons per planted hectare. All full Two-a-Day shareholders with total planted hectares equal to or greater than 10 ha qualify for this trophy. Stettyn Wingerde delivered 2 278 18,25 kg cartons Class 1 apples per planted hectare.
The Tru-Cape Apple Award for the highest average income per bearing hectare for apples and pears also goes to Stettyn Wingerde. Bearing hectares are calculated to compensate for the yield curve as younger orchards come into production.
The Two-a-Day Apple Award for the highest average income per hectare for apples goes to Stettyn Wingerde. The Tru-Cape Apple and Pear Award for the highest average income per bearing hectare goes to Stettyn Wingerde.
Hendrik Botha of Stettyn Wingerde said the awards are very positive for him and the Stettyn Wingerde team. “The plans that Two-a-Day and Graeme Krige shared at the pre-harvest meeting have now been put into action,” he said. “It is good to see that when we do so it helps achieve positive results. Other members of the team said the awards meant that Stettyn Wingerde was on the right track to continue to move forwards and we are now reaping what we have sown. This is the second year in a row that I’m comfortable that we have produced competitive fruit that is a good marketable product by Tru-Cape.”
