SA’s agribusiness confidence remains positive despite challenges
Excessive rainfall at the start of the planting season, higher input costs, logistical challenges and geopolitical tensions in Europe are taking their toll on agribusiness confidence, according to the Agbiz/IDC...
‘Alarming upswing in green maize theft threatens food security’
The theft of green maize cobs in the Free State has escalated to such an extent that food security in the province is under threat.
Agriculture’s 2021 fourth quarter GDP results lauded
The agriculture sector’s contribution to South Africa’s fourth quarter GDP figures could have been even higher if it was able to expand meat exports, according to Gerhard Schutte, CEO of...
Rally in grain prices could boost incomes for US farmers
Global wheat prices reached 14-year highs in the first week of March on the back of fears about serious disruptions in grain and oilseed exports from the Black Sea region...
Urgent financial support needed to fight Northern Cape locusts
Agri Northern Cape is appealing for financial support of its aerial locust extermination team to prevent the brown locust swarms currently prevalent across the Northern Cape reaching the crop production...
No solutions for leopard predation in Limpopo
Farmers in Limpopo are plagued by leopards that prey on their livestock. But solutions to the problem are few and far between, as the only control method appears to be...
Russia-Ukraine conflict disrupts global food supply chains
The fallout of the Russia-Ukraine war is expected to have a serious impact on the cost of production and distribution of food around the globe, and ultimately the consumer.
Namibia’s agri sector on the rebound, despite Swakara losses
While most agricultural industries in Namibia achieved positive results in 2021, international trade restrictions imposed in an attempt to contain the COVID-19 pandemic has had a severely negative impact on...
Agri shows to return to local calendar this year
Grain SA is going ahead with arrangements for the 2022 Nampo Harvest Day while it awaits the outcome of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s undertaking to lift the state of emergency, instituted...
Fears about increase in game poaching in Botswana
There are concerns that cases of wildlife poaching in Botswana could increase, following the government’s decision to allow game farming on land that has no security or fencing to control...
Poultry industry winning battle against unfair trade
The fight against unfair competition and illegal imports is starting to reap benefits for the broiler industry.
‘Plant biofuels no silver bullet for carbon sequestration’
Countries in Europe are increasingly relying on crop biofuels to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the region’s transport industry.
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