South Africa

The 502 tractors sold nationally over July 2017 were 11,3% more than the 451 units sold in July last year.

RCL Foods has revealed an Avian influenza outbreak at the company’s Viva poultry farm near Muldersdift.

Three Zimbabwean nationals were arrested after a farm murder on 6 August, near Groblersdal, Limpopo.

A total of 10 million tons of food go to waste in South Africa every year, according to WWF South Africa’s new Food Loss and Waste: Facts and Futures report.

South Africa needs policies that can address agriculture issues, such as land reform, to create certainty in the industry.

The OVK agribusiness group declared a net profit of R189 million before tax for the financial year that ended on 28 February 2017.

Poultry producer, Astral Foods, has confirmed an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza at a second of its poultry breeding facilities, Welbedach, outside Standerton in Mpumalanga.

The sub-Saharan African agri-food system is undergoing significant changes.

If the quality and consistency of beef production among the Eastern Cape’s emerging cattle owners could be rapidly improved, the province would be the leader in top-quality beef production nationally.

Two farmers from KwaZulu-Natal took top honours in NCT Forestry Cooperative’s 2017 Tree Farmer of the Year competition.

Bergsig Estate, in the Breedekloof, received the Novare Trophy for South Africa’s Top Wine Estate for the second consecutive year, as well as the Novare Trophy for South Africa’s Top Terroir Producer.

Suspended Director General (DG) of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), Mike Mlengana, has said that the preliminary charges issued against him were a gross misrepresentation of the truth.

Silos were adding additional storage space to cope with the daily delivery of the local bumper maize crop.

Agri business NWK realised an after-tax profit of R52 million for the year ended 30 April 2017, despite a disappointing year with markedly weaker agricultural results than previous years.

It is estimated that between 8% and 15% of South Africa’s macadamia crop is stolen from nut producers, according to Alex Whyte, sales and marketing manager for Europe, Africa and the Middle East at Green Farms Nut Company (GFNC).

The African Farmer’s Association of South Africa (Afasa) in the Free State has resolved to continue fostering partnerships that will enable emerging farmers to go forward as commercial farmers.

Mequatling Smokin' Jo (WB 15 306), a Black Angus bull, was sold for R140 000, a new SA record for the breed, at the recent Mequatling Red and Black Angus 50th production auction in Clocolan in the Free State.

Zimbabwe’s bumper 2017 maize crop would not have a significant impact on South African maize exports to Africa. This was according to Luan van der Walt, Grain SA economist.

Rare Grill in Kenilworth, Johannesburg, was recently announced as the winner of the 2017 Wolftrap Steakhouse Championship.

Questions have been raised about duty-free wheat imports expected this year, which reportedly will amount to between about R300 million to R400 million, following the signing of an economic partnership agreement (EPA) between the European Union (EU) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) last year.