Sustainable agriculture encompasses much more than environmental protection. It depends on a profitable agricultural sector operating in a stable and well-regulated environment where everyone does their job.
Beef and lamb prices have increased substantially since 2008, while poultry prices have stagnated. What’s the future outlook for these products?
Once again, the grain situation shows the importance of Safex for hedging against price uncertainty.
Although the world economy remains uncertain, global food supply and demand are favourable, so farmers can expect product prices at current or higher levels in the coming year.
Farmers are under continuous pressure to farm more efficiently and to save money. Unfortunately, there are right and wrong ways of going about it
Changing market dynamics provides good opportunities for South African farmers.
The world food outlook for the next decade is positive. South African farmers will be able to share in this, provided they're allowed and encouraged to do so.
Primary production is the least profitable sector in a value chain, and the farmer's share of the consumer rand is shrinking. But farmers can share in the profit made upstream...
South Africa's 30 000 commercial farmers provide affordable food, earn foreign currency and contribute massively to the national economy. Despite this, they regularly face threats to their survival.issue date: 19...
South African maize producers are too efficient for their own good!
South Africa's commercial farmers can help contribute to food security in Sub-Saharan Africa where half the population faces starvation.
The Doha Round will, in time, result in more freedom for the international market. This will reduce South African agriculture's competition with highly subsidised countries, but also remove a lot...
