Seed potato farmers warned about devastating potato disease
Seed potato growers attending the recent biannual Potatoes South Africa Seed Potato Growers’ Forum in Cape Town were warned about the potentially devastating effect that resistant black dot disease could...
Environmental literacy key to securing a sustainable future
Creating environmental awareness will require partnerships with various stakeholders, including agriculture role players.
‘Welfare a government priority for live sheep exports’
Eastern Cape and national state veterinary authorities and department of agriculture officials will not allow the planned export of approximately 61 000 live sheep to Kuwait via ship until they...
‘Biltong must secure geographical indication’ – economist
Biltong is of strategic importance to the South African economy. This was according to Joseph Kau, an agricultural economist at the Agricultural Research Council.
Pet owners urged to vaccinate against rabies
All efforts to control the deadly viral disease of rabies are based on vaccination, hence the theme of this year’s annual World Rabies Day: ‘Rabies: vaccinate to eliminate”. This is...
Dry weather puts pressure on EU’s sugar beet harvest
As the sugar beet harvest gets underway in the EU this week, producers have expressed concern that the combination of dry weather, low prices, and restrictions on pesticide-use will negatively...
‘High-end’ properties not the target of expropriation – Mahlati
About 60% of South Africans do not have tenure of their land, and according to Dr Vuyo Mahlati, president of the African Farmers’ Association of South Africa (AFASA), radical correction...
‘Conservation efforts of private rhino owners ignored’
Private rhino owners have expressed disappointment that their conservation efforts receive little recognition or support, despite the fact that more than half of South Africa’s white rhinos and more than...
‘Agriculture must stop chemical warfare against insects’
Insects should be considered partners, not pests, and South Africa’s farmers need to end the ‘chemical warfare’ against insects such as dung beetles.
High food price inflation leaves poor consumers in the lurch
Annual food price inflation reached its highest level for the past 18 months in August, with the biggest year-on-year increase seen in the price of special maize meal.
Concern as milk production in Australia reaches 22-year low
Milk production in Australia declined 5,7% to 8,8 billion litres in the 2018/2019 season, falling to below the nine-billion litre mark for the first time in over two decades.
Marginal uptick in South Africa’s agribusiness confidence
South Africa’s agribusinesses are slightly more optimistic about current business conditions in South Africa.
