Bail hearing for accused in Horner murder case postponed
According to DA MP Annette Steyn, protest action that took place in Senekal in the Free State, where two men accused of the murder of farm manager Brendin Horner appeared...
More details needed on economic recovery plan – agri bodies
While organised agriculture bodies have welcomed many of the actions and goals set out in the economic restructure and recovery plan announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa this week, they want...
Dry weather conditions put pressure on global wheat supply
There is mounting concern about global wheat supplies, as dry weather conditions persist in the Black Sea region, the US and Australia, sending international wheat prices skyrocketing to a near...
Cele vows to take action against stock theft syndicates
Police Minister Bheki Cele has undertaken to investigate the allegations of police involvement in the livestock theft that plague farmers in the eastern Free State. This was according to Herkie...
Farmer suicide rates increase as pressures on sector mounts
No farmer wants to be the person who loses the multi-generational farm. This was according to Prof Joan Mazur, deputy director of the Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury...
Wine glut threatens industry’s sustainability
Due to the ban on wine sales during the national lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the South African wine industry has been left with an unprecedented oversupply of wine.
Ramaphosa weighs in on farm attacks amid rising racial tension
There have been calls for calm as tensions run high after a protest outside the Senekal Magistrate’s Court turned violent last week.
Claims of ill-treatment of workers ‘not fair or true’ – ZZ2
ZZ2, one of the largest farming businesses in South Africa, has vehemently denied reports that farmworkers were given an ultimatum by the company to either remain onsite during the COVID-19...
Man due in Senekal court for public violence during protest
The man who was arrested following the protest action outside the Senekal Magistrate’s Court earlier this week, will appear in the same court on Friday, 9 October on a charge...
Africa the world’s “leading area” for farming development
The South African agriculture sector is advanced, creative and entrepreneurial. This was according to Dan Hennesy, vice president of the Land O’ Lakes member-owned, agricultural co-operative, based in Minnesota in...
Big diesel price drop brings input cost relief for farmers
As things stand, South Africa’s summer crop farmers who hope to benefit from the significant drop in the diesel price from midnight on Tuesday, 6 October, are unlikely to have...
‘Violent protest in Senekal the result of frustration’
The case of the two suspects who appeared in the Senekal Magistrate’s Court in connection with the murder of Free State farm manager Brendin Horner, has been postponed to 16...
