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Amendments to Liquor Act could raise costs and barriers for traders

Eastern Cape targets global growth with natural ingredient exports

Uncertain future for Polokwane’s rhinos

Grain exporters look to capitalise on rail privatisation

Rotary Club honours SACTA’s community contribution

Critics say draft live export regulations ‘greenwash’ animal suffering

Global trends weigh on SA winter grains, oilseeds outlook

New mining bill gives free reign for environmental damage

Stop the double dipping: calls for overhaul of farmer support

Botswana among countries most at risk of extreme drought – report

Minor economic growth in Zimbabwe as agricultural output shrinks

Unexplained giraffe deaths spark concern across Namibia

Farmer’s day ‘aims to inspire and equip youth to succeed in...

Namibian government to invest millions to boost citrus production

Tanzanian ‘agri trade war’ with SA looms over phytosanitary requirements

Compensation payments to Zim farmers dispossessed of land commences

Germany to continue funding environment project in Namibia

Zimbabwe targeting a 340% increase in crop production in 2025

Grootfontein College of Agriculture: shaping future agri-entrepreneurs

In this first article in Farmer’s Weekly’s series on agricultural training institutions in South Africa, we look at Grootfontein College of Agriculture. This Eastern Cape institution has a strong focus...

South Africa’s rural areas can be developed through agriculture

On 6 August, I delivered the 11th Annual Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Lecture at the University of Limpopo. The theme was the role of agriculture in improving rural development.

Memories of mountain streams

It was vivid childhood memories of fishing the streams of Barkly East that lured Mike Burgess back to spend three glorious years in these dramatic highlands of the Eastern Cape.

World

Cattle smuggling exacerbates Mexico’s screwworm outbreak

The beef industry in Mexico was dealt a devastating blow when the US closed its border with the country in May 2025 due to a New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax)...

US tariff puts future of small Brazilian coffee farmers on the...

Small-scale coffee producers in Brazil have expressed fears that the US’s 50% tariff on Brazilian imports will drive down prices.

Pests, tariffs, dwindling herds drive US beef price surge

The latest data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that beef prices in that country are now reaching record highs.

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