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Cannabis sector positioned for industrial growth in South Africa

High stock levels, weak demand put SA wine industry under pressure

Fuel price surge pushes inflation to 4% in April

Eastern Cape pushes agro-processing, local procurement at indaba

Nampo 2026 welcomed 81 822 visitors over four days

World Bee Day: Forage pressure weakens bee populations

Billions lost as storms lash Western Cape farming areas

Court battle looms over US chicken import quota

Slim grain margins threaten wider banking system, warns Land Bank economist

Zimbabwe reopens border to cloven-hoofed animals from the Western Cape

Bulawayo Agricultural Show goes ahead despite FMD outbreak

Zimbabwe to return 67 foreign-owned farms

Botswana probes FMD extortion threat as outbreak spreads

Botswana expands FMD control zones as outbreak intensifies

Rising fuel costs hit Zimbabwe farmers, threatening food supply

Zimbabwe’s rabbit farming sector eyes tenfold growth

Kenyan farmers granted reprieve in seed-saving dispute

Industry voices concern over Botswana’s fresh produce ban

Slow uptake of Gauteng agro-processing fund, despite R100 million on offer

With the application deadline for the current round of Gauteng’s R100 million agro-processing blended finance programme imminent, only four applications have been approved and finalised, highlighting the slow uptake of...

Final FMD vaccination scheme tightens compliance for livestock owners

The Department of Agriculture (DoA) has published the final Routine Vaccination Scheme for Foot and Mouth Disease (RV-FMD), introducing a more detailed compliance framework for livestock owners than the earlier...

Extension officers are pillars in the community

The role of district agricultural extension and technical officers in not only the growth of farming, but also in the socio-economic sphere of rural development, might possibly have lost its...

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Dutch farmers’ co-op offers practical solution to grid limits

Across Europe, manufacturers aiming to cut carbon emissions are constrained by limited grid capacity. In the Netherlands, that constraint has sparked innovation, with a farmer-owned co-op developing a practical way to work around the bottleneck.

SAT1 FMD serotype detected in China

International animal health authorities have issued urgent warnings after a historically African strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) spread into parts of Europe, Asia and the Middle East, raising concerns about economic fallout and weaknesses in global preparedness.

US tariffs tarnish trees and tinsel

US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China was expected to dampen festive cheer this year, with artificial Christmas trees noticeably more expensive for US consumers this holiday season.

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