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ARC to produce 20 000 FMD vaccines a week by March,...

Wool industry opens the door for accurate carbon reporting

AGOA extended by a year, sparking new concern for agri exporters

ARC releases first locally produced foot-and-mouth disease vaccine

Gustavo Palerosi Carneiro, senior vice-president of BASF Agricultural Solutions for EMEA; Dr Murat Ayaz, BASF Agricultural Solutions vice-president for EMEA South; and Dr David Leiño Calleja, country manager for BASF South Africa,

BASF: equipping farmers with a toolbox for resilience

‘Wage hike puts more pressure on agriculture’ – farmers’ organisations

FMD vaccine urgency grows amid state procurement contradictions

Steenhuisen’s ministerial future could hinge on new DA leader

Farmers fear reforms may come too late as wheat crisis deepens

FMD spreads across Eswatini, livestock sales suspended

Foot-and-mouth disease breaks out in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe dairy industry regains momentum

SA farmers await fair compensation for land losses in Zimbabwe

Top women scientists champion transformative agriculture research

Father’s tutelage propels girl to farming top spot

Dorper breeding on an upward trajectory in Zimbabwe

Zim farmers to benefit from government licence cuts

Botswana reinstates vegetable import ban from South Africa

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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.

Ajit Srivastava, professor of agricultural engineering at MSU, designed an electric tractor as an affordable option for smallholder farmer.

Small-scale farmers put electric tractors to the test in pilot project

Researchers from Michigan State University in the US recently demonstrated a new electric tractor, which has been in development for more than two years, to a group of local farmers.

EU pork producers reeling from China’s anti-dumping duties

China’s provisional tariffs on EU pork exports, which amount to more than US$2 billion (about R17,4 billion) per year, are threatening to erode profit margins for the bloc’s producers.

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