Charl (Tippie) du Toit acquired the farm ‘De Keur’ in the Koue Bokkeveld for £9600.00 on March 28th 1934 at a public auction. The transaction was sealed under the beautiful old oak trees that can still be seen on the farm today.
Tippie du Toit was a man that believed in good farming practices, respect for all living things, honesty, fairness and dignity to all men. This is the legacy that he has left his two sons, Charl (joined the business in 1967) and Gys (joined the business in 1972).
Charl and Gys embraced the business and in 1973 bought Leeuwrivier, and Rocklands in 1981 as additional production units. Both these estates are also situated in the Koue Bokkeveld. In 2008 they bought the farms Môreson and De Hoop in the Wolseley area.
The product lines were extensively developed and today a variety of fruit (apples, pears, nectarines, peaches and plums) and vegetables (onions and butternuts) are produced.
A fruit packing facility in Ceres was also purchased in 2001 in order to extend the business’s presence across the supply chain. This facility currently packs all of De Keur Estate’s fruit, as well as offering contract packing options to other local producers. There are also packing facilities on Rocklands and Môreson where all of De Keur’s vegetables are packed and processed for their respective markets.
In recent years a number of the ‘next generation’ has joined the business fulfilling a number of key roles from general management, production, and marketing to packaging and administration. This generation is proud to be associated with the De Keur legacy that their grandfather Tippie began in 1934, and they look forward to nurturing the legacy for generations to come.
Company Details
- Employees
- 44
- Founded
- -
- Address
- Boerneefstreet, Ceres,western Cape 6835,south Africa
- Industry
- Farming
- NAICS
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Crop ProductionOilseed and Grain FarmingVegetable and Melon FarmingFruit and Tree Nut FarmingGreenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture ProductionOther Crop FarmingSoybean FarmingOilseed (except Soybean) FarmingDry Pea and Bean FarmingWheat FarmingCorn FarmingRice FarmingOther Grain FarmingOrange GrovesCitrus (except Orange) GrovesNoncitrus Fruit and Tree Nut FarmingFood Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Floriculture ProductionTobacco FarmingCotton FarmingSugarcane FarmingHay FarmingAll Other Crop FarmingOilseed and Grain Combination FarmingAll Other Grain FarmingPotato FarmingOther Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon FarmingApple OrchardsGrape VineyardsStrawberry FarmingBerry (except Strawberry) FarmingTree Nut FarmingFruit and Tree Nut Combination FarmingOther Noncitrus Fruit FarmingMushroom ProductionOther Food Crops Grown Under CoverNursery and Tree ProductionFloriculture ProductionSugar Beet FarmingPeanut FarmingAll Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming
- Website
- dekeur.com
- HQ
- Ceres, Western Cape
De Keur Group Questions
De Keur Group's website is dekeur.com
De Keur Group's LinkedIn profile is https://za.linkedin.com/company/de-keur
De Keur Group has
44 employees.
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employees at De Keur Group.
De Keur Group's industry is
Farming
De Keur Group's top competitors are
Suiderland Plase,
Vierfontein Farm,
Zz2,
Two-A-Day Group (Pty) Limited,
Dutoit Group,
Branston Ltd,
Langplaas,
Graaff Fruit,
Laastedrif Agri (Pty) Ltd,
Fruitone South Africa.
De Keur Group's categories are Farming
De Keur Group's founding year is 1934
