Relief aid for US farmers to mitigate massive losses

It is estimated that billions of dollars worth of food is going to waste in the US as farmers are faced with massive surpluses in production due to disruptions to...

Special COVID-19 Report – Smallholders

The focus of our special Covid-19 pandemic Weekly Wrap podcast series now turns to smallholder and emerging farmers, and the impact of Covid-19, and related restrictions on trade, on these...

More than 40 000 farmers apply for agri COVID-19 funding

Small-scale farmers whose applications for relief funding from the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (agriculture department) were successful, are expected to start receiving vouchers for agricultural inputs...

Subsidies can support food production during COVID-19 crisis

Africa is coming up with its own solutions to the challenges posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a statement by the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Read the 8 May Farmer’s Weekly digital magazine for free!

As promised last week, Farmer’s Weekly is providing free access to its second digital issue, the 8 May issue. This magazine will be on its website from Thursday, 30 April,...

Feedback still being awaited on farm patrols during lockdown

Organised agriculture role players have again called for regulations to be revised so that farmers can reinstate rural safety activities such as the patrolling of farming areas.

Craft brewing may take years to recover from lockdown

It is expected that it will take years for South Africa’s craft distillers and brewers to recover from the nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and resultant...

Special COVID-19 Report – Agribusiness part 2

In this second part of a special two-part edition of the Weekly Wrap podcast, Dr John Purchase, CEO of Agbiz, in an interview with Farmer’s Weekly journalist Sabrina Dean, explains...