Tongaat Hulett’s financials point to sugar business recovery
Tongaat Hulett’s ailing fortunes in recent years appear to be on a trajectory of recovery, judging by its recently released interim financial results for the first half-year ended 30 September...
Confusion over wine tasting and sales on wine farms resolved
The wine industry has expressed relief that the ban on wine sales by wine cellars on Sundays has been lifted, reversing regulations published in the Government Gazette on 15 December,...
Concern about high post-lockdown milk and meat prices
The Competition Commission’s (CompCom) third essential food pricing monitoring report has found that retail food prices have not returned to normal, following increases during the initial ‘hard’ lockdown in South...
Palm oil alternative investments could help save rainforests
Players in the international biotech industry have been working on a synthetic alternative to palm oil in an attempt to replace natural palm oil in various products.
Good rains raise risk of insect-borne livestock diseases
South African livestock producers need to vaccinate animals against insect-borne diseases such as lumpy skin disease, three-day stiff sickness, Rift Valley fever, and bluetongue disease as soon as possible.
Al Mawashi planning early 2021 livestock exports by sea
Despite continuing to face legal actions aimed at achieving a permanent halt of shipboard livestock exports from South Africa, Kuwaiti company, Al Mawashi, has indicated that it is already planning...
High Court’s rejection of tobacco ban ‘doesn’t undo damage’
Companies and industry organisations in South Africa’s legal tobacco value chain have welcomed the recent judgement of the Western Cape High Court that found that government’s five-month COVID-19-related ban on...
South African water management in crisis, experts say
Water resource management in South Africa is in crisis, and this may have serious implications for agriculture. This was according to Prof Anthony Turton of the Centre for Environmental Management...
Political agendas alleged in Modise animal cruelty case
Progress in the private prosecution of Thandi Modise, speaker of Parliament, for alleged animal cruelty on her North West farm is reportedly being hindered by “political agendas”.
Subsistence farmers invited to apply for support vouchers
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (agriculture department) announced recently that more than 75 000 subsistence producers would be supported with farming input vouchers.
Positive market sentiment boosts agri machinery sales
Tractor sales increased significantly in November compared with the same period last year. The latest report released by the South African Agricultural Machinery Association (SAAMA) indicated that 593 tractors were...
Expropriation bill “risks credit flight, downgrades” for SA
Sharing their report on the latest iteration of the Expropriation Bill (B23-2020), Free State Agriculture (FSA) held a media conference on 11 December, highlighting their concerns should the Bill succeed...
