Climate advisory for the 2012 winter season
Near normal rainfall was experienced in most parts of the country during March. In April rainfall decreased in many areas resulting in below normal over the central and eastern half...
Let’s add value – and jobs
If government is serious about creating jobs in the agricultural sector, it has to do more to encourage value adding.
Export surge for dairy
Dairy exports during March and April 2012 resulted in SA’s dairy industry becoming a net exporter of dairy products for the first time in two-and-a-half years, according to the Milk...
Multi-million Namibian chicken project launches products
Namib Poultry Industries (NPI), that recently opened a multi-million Namibian chicken broiler, this week launched three of its new chicken product brands in Windhoek.
New chief land claims’ commissioner appointed
National Emergent Red meat Producers Organisation (Nerpo) said it hoped the appointment of the new Chief Land Claims’ Commissioner, Nomfundo Gobodo, would enable the Commission to speed up the finalisation...
Going for gold with kiwifruit
A six-week gap in the European and UK market for kiwifruit presents a window of opportunity for South African growers.
Brisk rhino buying at wildlife auction
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife's annual game auction, held at Sibaya Casino in Durban on 25 May, raised R11,8 million, significantly higher than organisers' expectation of R8 million and up from last...
NW Cosatu takes chicken factory to labour court
North West Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said it will lodge a case of unfair dismissal against the Potchefstroom based chicken factory, Chubby Chick...
Water Tariffs
In its commentary on the Department of Water Affairs’ approved water tariffs for the 2012/2013 financial year, Agri SA said the newly released water tariff dispensation contained various positive aspects,...
Mozambique recruits SA farmers
A delegation of Mozambican officials visited the Nampo Harvest Day to recruit farmers to develop the agricultural sector in that country.
Cotton planting decreases due to low prices
After a massive increase in production of more than 110% during the previous season, cotton plantings in South Africa have decreased by 25% due to low prices.
Positive signs for agriculture at Nampo
Business boomed at the Nampo Harvest Day in Bothaville. The cloud of negative sentiment which often hovers over the agricultural sector was dispelled by a sense of purpose and industry.
DAFF misses mark with PhD awarded to agricultural economics student
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) released a media statement celebrating what it incorrectly believed to be the first PhD awarded in agricultural economics to a black South...
Farmers welcome predicted fuel price respite
While the volatility of national fuel prices cannot guarantee that next month’s predicted fuel price decreases are going to last for long, farmers will welcome whatever they can get.
The end of the road for Joemat-Pettersson?
The members of parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have in the past repeatedly expressed their frustration about the agriculture department.
Nampo 2012 a resounding success
The 2012 Nampo Harvest Day saw an uptick in foreign visitors, especially from Africa, and also an increase in overseas exhibitors.
Land policy hurting mango atchar business
There is still no indication from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform or minister Gugile Nkwinti about when the four-tiered land tenure system put forward by the Green...
No answers for community plunged into debt
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) still has no answers for the Muyexe community near Giyani, in Limpopo.
Winter management of fruit flies in town
Insect pests are a growing problem in agriculture and intervention is essential to limit harvest losses. It is estimated that insect pests are decreasing the world’s food supply with at...
Empowering emerging farmers
The government claims that it wants to develop tens of thousands of new farmers in the next few years, yet its support for emerging farmers remains hopelessly inadequate.
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