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pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 50/2016 (30/12/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 50/2016 (30/12/16)

"Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast."  Tom Peters

  • CRI Phytrisk for improved Citrus Black Spot management

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 49/2016 (23/12/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 49/2016 (23/12/16)

"May your Christmas be wrapped in happiness and tied with love."  Anon

  • PPECB Board appointed
  • Government Gazette 1459, 1460 and 1461
  • Study tour to kick of CGA Citrus Summit
  • 'Tis the season of giving

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 48/2016 (16/12/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 48/2016 (16/12/16)

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less."  C.S. Lewis

  • Carton integrity essential for long haul citrus exports
  • Sunkist joins sponsers of CGA Citrus Summit
  • Composition of South Africa's fresh fruit exports (UA$ millions)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 47/2016 (09/12/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 47/2016 (09/12/16)

"There is no passion to be found in playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."  Nelson Mandela

  • Phytosanitary registrations
  • South African citrus industry continues to move from road to rail
  • Planned meetings to coincide with Citrus Summit in Port Elizabeth

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 46/2016 (02/12/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 46/2016 (02/12/16)

"I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of respect, they don’t even invite me."  Dave Barry

  • Seasonal review: valencia oranges
  • Support a student at the CGA Citrus Summit: 8-9th March 2017

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 45/2016 (25/11/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 45/2016 (25/11/16)

"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy."  Anne Frank

  • Seasonal review: lemons
  • Congratulations to Bruce McEvoy
  • Which exporter has the best graphics on their citrus cartons?

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 43/2016 (11/11/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 43/2016 (11/11/16)

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."  George Bernard Shaw

  • Seasonal review: navel oranges
  • Citrus Summit 2017: 8-9th March 2017
  • Climatic conditions in Southern African citrus regions

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 42/2016 (04/11/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 42/2016 (04/11/16)

"I don’t want to earn my living, I want to live."  Oscar Wilde

  • Seasonal review: grapefruit
  • China and South Africa to increase fruit trade

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 41/2016 (28/10/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 41/2016 (28/10/16)

"A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers."  Plato

  • Citrus Marketing Forum (CMF)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 39/2016 (21/10/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 39/2016 (21/10/16)

"My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that’s the law."  Jerry Seinfeld

  • Citrus Summit - pre-conference tour
  • Florida Citrus

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 38/2016 (14/10/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 38/2016 (14/10/16)

"Everything is recycled in India, even dreams."  Sashi Tharoor

  • India - hot topic at Citrus Summit March 2017
  • Minister approved citrus levy to be administered by CGA
  • Citrus Marketing Forum (CMF)
  • 2017 registrations

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 38/2016 (07/10/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 38/2016 (07/10/16)

"Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened."  Dr Seuss

  • DAFF Coordinating Meeting
  • Dr Hennie le Roux

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 37/2016 (30/09/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 37/2016 (30/09/16)

"Anybody who has doubts about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one."  George Meany

  • DAFF coordinating meeting
  • Citrus Marketing Forum (CMF)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 36/2016 (23/09/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 36/2016 (23/09/16)

"Science is more than a body of knowledge. It’s a way of thinking, a way of sceptically interrogating the universe."  Carl Sagan

  • CRI technical merit awards

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 35/2016 (16/09/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 35/2016 (16/09/16)

"Travel, as much as you can, as far as you can, as long as you can, life’s not meant to be lived in one place."  Anon

  • South East Asia trip to China, Thailand and Vietnam

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 34/2016 (09/09/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 34/2016 (09/09/16)

"We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone."  Ronald Reagan

  • Market awareness - stimulating demand
  • SHAFFE meeting

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 33/2016 (02/09/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 33/2016 (02/09/16)

"Excellence is not a skill, it’s an attitude."  Ralph Marston

  • CGA Citrus Summit
  • CRI Citrus Research Symposium
  • European citrus tour

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 32/2016 (26/08/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 32/2016 (26/08/16)

"Oh my God! From lane eight, a world record."  Michael Johnson

  • Celebrate success
  • CRI Citrus Research Symposium

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 31/2016 (19/08/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 31/2016 (19/08/16)

"Knowledge is an unending adventure to the edge of uncertainty."  Jacob Bronowski

  • Second CGA Citrus Summit: 8-9th March 2017

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 30/2016 (12/08/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 30/2016 (12/08/16)

"If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail."  Mark Spitz

  • Counter-seasonal citrus exports to European Union
  • Reminders: PMA Fresh Connections, CRI Research Symposium and CGA AGM

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 30/2016 (05/08/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 30/2016 (05/08/16)

"Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair."  George Burns

  • Annual Citrus Coordinating Meeting
  • CGA AGM
  • 9th CRI Research Sympoisum

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 28/2016 (29/07/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 28/2016 (29/07/16)

"The big lesson from this devastating disease (citrus greening) is to keep an eye out for what’s occurring internationally and be willing to address issues before major problems occur." 
Bob Shatters USDA ARS

  • Citrus greening
  • Sunday's River Citrus Company (SRCC) invest in their future
  • Operational issues at Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2 (Mitchell Brooke)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 28/2016 (22/07/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 28/2016 (22/07/16)

"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement and success have no meaning."  Benjamin Franklin

  • Infograph: Southern Hemisphere citrus export volumes 2015

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 26/2016 (15/07/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 26/2016 (15/07/16)

"We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divide."  J.K. Rowlins

  • Grower unity
  • Project Titan citrus update

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 25/2016 (08/07/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 25/2016 (08/07/16)

"There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in."  Desmond Tutu.

  • "Special Economic Zones (SEZs)" potential benefits to the agri sector

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 23/2016 (24/06/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 23/2016 (24/06/16)

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."
Eleanor Roosevelt

  • "Brexit" impact on the Southern African citrus industry

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 23/2016 (17/06/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 23/2016 (17/06/16)

"Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans."  Allen Saunders

  • Planning
  • Economic Partnership Agreement between EU and SACU
  • IMO, Solas requirement to verify gross mass (VGM) of containers
  • Grapefruit: A strange season

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 21/2016 (10/06/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 21/2016 (10/06/16)

"I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was."  Mohammad Ali

  • New appointments
  • Fit for the future - Agbiz Congress

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 20/2016 (03/06/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 20/2016 (03/06/16)

"With self-discipline all things are possible."  Theodore Roosevelt

  • First bulk reefer for 2016 with Southern African citrus arrives in St Petersburg
  • NAMC calls for comments on the citrus fruit industry application for the continuation of statutory measures
  • Verified Gross Mass (VGM) of containers: deadine for SAMSA certification

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 19/2016 (27/05/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 19/2016 (27/05/16)

"If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people."  Chinese Proverb

  • Citrus Academy celebrates 10th anniversary

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 18/2016 (20/05/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 18/2016 (20/05/16)

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."  P. Valery

  • 2016 Citrus Statistics Book
  • What week are we in?

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 17/2016 (13/05/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 17/2016 (13/05/16)

"Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something”.  Robert Heinlein

  • Indonesia
  • Electornic data interchange (EDI) get's a boost
  • Citrus Academy Bursary Fund 10th anniversary celebration

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 16/2016 (06/05/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 16/2016 (06/05/16)

"When we can no longer change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."  Viktor Frankl

  • The Indian market: traditional vs. modern retail
  • Philippines

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 15/2016 (29/04/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 15/2016 (29/04/16)

"When I was growing up, my parents told me “Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving”. I tell my daughter “Finish your homework. People in China and India are starving for your job."  Thomas Friedman

  • FSA guidelines on implementation of IMO, Solas Chaper VI, Part A, Regulation 2
  • Fruit South Africa a gold sponsor at Fresh Produce India (FPI)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 14/2016 (22/04/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 14/2016 (22/04/16)

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."  Carl Jung

  • Agricultural Business Chamber (AgBiz)
  • Citrus Resource Warehouse (CRW)
  • Letsitele Citrus Business Management Programme information meeting
  • South Korea and Japan
  • Public consultations to be held in respect of the PPECB no. 39593

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 13/2016 (15/04/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 13/2016 (15/04/16)

"There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else."  Sam Walton

  • Phytclean
  • Indonesia
  • Western Cape Citrus Producers Forum (WCCPF)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 12/2016 (08/04/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 12/2016 (08/04/16)

"It is easy to be positive when things are good, try being positive when things are bad." 
Benny Escott

  • CGA website
  • Responsible steps taken by organic lemon growers in South Africa

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 11/2016 (01/04/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 11/2016 (01/04/16)

"The first step in the risk management process is to acknowledge the reality of risk. Denial is a common tactic that substitutes deliberate ignorance for thoughtful planning."  Charles Tremper

  • CBS Risk Management System (RMS) for 2016 export system
  • Employment needed
  • More detail on the Citrus Marketing Forum (CMF) export volume estimate for 2016

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 10/2016 (25/03/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 10/2016 (25/03/16)

"To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often."  Winston Churchill

  • Southern African estimates for 2016 export season
  • Launch of CGA Grower Development Company (CGA GDC)

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 09/2016 (18/03/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 09/2016 (18/03/16)

"It is very easy to defeat someone, but it is very hard to win someone."  Dr Abdul Kaleem

  • CGA strategic planning session: government
  • Drought situation

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 08/2016 (11/03/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 08/2016 (11/03/16)

"Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment."  Norman Mailer

  • Patriotism
  • Grower unity
  • Notice of variety focus group and Citrus Marketing Forum (CMF) meetings
  • Asiatic greening (HLB) in Florida

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 07/2016 (04/03/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 07/2016 (04/03/16)

"Money doesn’t always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with 9 million dollars."  Hobart Brown

  • CCMA announces launch of a pilot workplace mediation service
  • CGA logistics and supply chain focus areas 2016/17

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 06/2016 (26/02/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 06/2016 (26/02/16)

"I detest racialism, because I consider it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from black person or a white person."  Nelson Mandela

  • Citrus growers' support SIZA
  • Levy renewal roadshows
  • CGA chairman, vice-chairman and executive committee re-elected

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 05/2016 (19/02/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 05/2016 (19/02/16)

"Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road."  Jack Kerouac

  • Levy renewal roadshows
  • Obituary for Ian Gilfillan

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 04/2016 (12/02/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 04/2016 (12/02/16)

"A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad."  Samuel Goldwyn

  • Exports to Asian markets continue to grow in 2015

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 03/2016 (05/02/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 03/2016 (05/02/16)

"Isn’t it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?"  Kelvin Throop III

  • Drought in Southern Africa
  • Cutting Edge

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 02/2016 (29/02/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 02/2016 (29/02/16)

"History is the version of events that people have decided to agree upon."  Napoleon Bonaparte

  • Review 2015: Valencia

pdf CGA - CEO Newsletter 01/2016 (22/01/16)  Published Popular

CGA - CEO Newsletter 01/2016 (22/01/16)

"If friendship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world."
Abraham Lincoln

  • Dates for 2016
  • A very late new year's wish

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