Farmers on high alert for ‘gigantic’ brown locust outbreaks
Agri Northern Cape is urging farmers to report brown locust outbreaks to their local district locust officers as soon as they are first observed.
Farmers warned to be on the lookout for digital scams
Unfortunately, there is no recourse for farmers who have fallen victim to the recent scam in which fraudsters impersonated officials from the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development...
China retaliates on ‘unfair farm subsidy’ allegations
As part of the Chinese government’s effort to effect reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO), that country is calling for the removal of “enormous” farm subsidies in some developed...
‘Farmers on Lesotho border left abandoned by security forces’
Free State farmers on the Free State’s border with Lesotho are for all intents and purposes left to their own devices as far as safety and security is concerned.
R131 billion funding to reduce SA’s fossil fuel use welcomed
Agri SA has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on Wednesday, 3 November that South Africa has secured R131 billion to steer the country away from its dependence on coal for...
SA’s rolling blackouts driving up farmers’ production costs
PwC, a multinational accounting and auditing firm, expects the rolling blackouts experienced across South Africa to reduce the country’s GDP growth by three percentage points, and potentially cost the country...
Climate change severely affecting Africa’s farmers
Southern African countries attending the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) should try to negotiate compensation for the loss and damages...
Over two million hectares destroyed by wildfires in Namibia
An estimated 2,5 million hectares have been destroyed by forest and veld fires in Namibia so far this year.
SA sugar cane growers welcome cotton as a rotational crop
Sugar cane growers have expressed optimism about using cotton production as part of a diversification strategy.
Consumers can expect high coffee prices for longer – experts
Global coffee prices are likely to remain higher for longer as the market struggles to rebalance supplies geographically.
SA expecting good grain, oilseed crops, despite rising costs
Some analysts have expressed their concern that rising input costs such as that of fertiliser and other agrochemicals could potentially discourage farmers from planting grain crops.
Diesel price expected to hit highest-ever level in November
Should the price of diesel increase in November as predicted by the Central Energy Fund (CEF), this will be the highest wholesale price of diesel ever recorded in South Africa....
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