South Africa

Analysts of South Africa’s agricultural machinery sales expressed surprise about the 18,8% year-on-year increase in tractor sales for June.

Thousands of entries are expected for the 2018 Tru-Cape Packhouse Challenge to be held on 25 August.

State and private vets as well as animal health technicians (AHTS) face many challenges in their efforts to control brucellosis in South Africa.

A large avocado harvest means the industry needs to access more export markets to remain sustainable, according to the South African Subtropical Growers Association (Subtrop).

Economists have warned that the latest fuel price increase could filter down the value chain and have an impact on food prices, and that the global oil price highs might...

Plans for the first stage of the most comprehensive census ever conducted of South African agriculture were announced in Gauteng on Monday.

Livestock producers need to carefully manage their cattle herds and sheep flocks during the current cold spell because Pasteurella pneumonia is a real danger without sufficient cover and nutrition, according...

In spite of good rains over the past week and Day Zero being averted in the Cape metropole, Western Cape farmers still need a lot of rain for the drought...

To date, discussions about land reform have concentrated on political, economic and legal aspects. While these are essential, they will not be enough.

The Crop Estimates Committee’s (CEC) fifth production forecast estimated that the 2018 summer soya bean crop could be the largest in South Africa’s history.

Animal health practitioners are urging livestock farmers to vaccinate their livestock against Rift Valley fever now, as all signs were pointing to the possibility of a large outbreak in the...

South Africa’s laws governing the welfare of wild animals under the ‘physical control of humans’ need to be updated. This is the view of the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER)...