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Retail trade sales, measured in real terms increased by 1,9% year-on-year in April, compared to the 2,7% growth in March and 3,9% in February, Statistics South Africa reported.

The need for stakeholders in the red meat abattoir sector to ensure that their operations had the very best productivity and quality control systems in place was highlighted at a recent conference of the Red Meat Abattoir Association in Stellenbosch.

South Africa and Argentina signed a bilateral agreement to work together to improve the agricultural sectors in each country.

Agri-company DuPont opened a $40 million (R400 million) maize, sunflower seed and oilseed rape hybrids production facility in Ukraine last week.

A new international marketing collaboration between South African fynbos producers and European management and marketing companies promises exciting export opportunities for local farmers.

Only 18 farmers had been granted temporary exemption from the new minimum wage for farm workers at the time of going to print.

Spurred by the formation of Afasa, Nafu is at last getting its act together.

A couple from Dannhauser in KwaZulu-Natal and the woman’s son were recently arrested by the Glencoe Stock Theft Unit for allegedly being involved in a syndicate that stole cattle and then quickly sold them again.

Your internet searches can become more accurate if you know a few tricks, says Greg Miles.

With favourable sugarcane growing conditions, the prospect of an improved season ahead is realistic – with the 2013/2014 crush estimated at 20,14 million tons.

Thousands of jobs in the poultry industry could be lost if the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) does not level the playing field between local producers and chicken importers.

Following agriculture minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson’s budget vote address in parliament recently, it seemed she was finally paying heed to concerns farmers have been raising for years. Denene Erasmus reports.

The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) is accusing the South African Poultry Association (SAPA) of using an outdated business model, and said that was why local producers were losing money.

Close to 25% of all the calories linked with growing and producing food are lost or wasted between the farm and the fork.

Help the police to help us all, and report crime, instead of complaining all the time.

South Africa’s groundnut processors are unhappy with the implications of the latest low estimate for this crop’s yield from the 2012/2013 summer production season.

A project aimed at developing emerging farmers over the next five years was recently unveiled during a farmers’ day in Vastfontein near Pretoria.

“It is important to guard against South Africa being seen as a risky, unstable and uncompetitive economy by investors. A visible lack of consensus on economic and social policy is undermining the feasibility of the National Development Plan and confidence in the country as an investment destination," said Agri SA president Johannes Möller.

Every year World Environment Day (WED) takes place on June 5 and is celebrated by many countries in different ways, either through street rallies, parades, clean-up campaigns or tree planting.

Forget websites – a social media network is the place to promote your business, says Greg Miles.