Food prices will go up at the end of the year
Towards the end of 2015 South Africans will start paying more for food.
SA & US finally agree to poultry trade protocol
The US is set to soon begin exporting 65 000t of bone-in chicken portions to SA on an annual basis.
Fire-fighting resources stay on high alert due to drought
Ongoing tinder-dry and hot conditions in South Africa’s drought-stricken summer rainfall areas are keeping fire-fighting resources on high alert.
Water rationing for the Free State
Free State MEC for Police, Roads and Transport Butana Komphela has announced on local radio station OFM that water rationing is to be implemented in the province within the next three days.
Farmers’ profit margins deteriorating – NAMC food cost review
The National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) has launched the 2014 South African Food Cost Review.
Farmers cautioned to provide sufficient water for livestock
Livestock producers were urged to see to it that their animals have access to sufficient water in the drought.
SA wine exports to China grow
A high level Western Cape government delegation is in China to promote the province’s wine through project Khulisa, among other things.
Sappi fourth quarter results positive
South African pulp and paper company Sappi reported a strong performance in its 2015 fourth quarter results.
AFGRI plans Asia expansion through new partnership
South African agricultural services and processing company AFGRI has entered into a partnership with India-based post-harvest agricultural management company, National Collateral Management Services.
Red meat industry drought scenarios
The red meat industry expressed its appreciation for the R220 million the department of agriculture announced for emergency aid, but said an independent study showed that KwaZulu-Natal alone needed R740 million.
Free State drought in pictures
The drought in the Free State continues. Virtually no rain has been recorded in the province since the advent of the summer rain season in October.
Stakeholders in agriculture and agribusiness meet on drought situation
Concerned major stakeholders from organised agriculture, organised agribusiness, the banking sector and government institutions met on 10 November...
23 000 ha of soybean production for Harry Gwala district
A public-private partnership in rural southern KwaZulu-Natal has taken the first steps towards the ambitious goal of eventually having communal farmers in the area collectively growing more than 23 000ha of soybeans every summer.
Drought taking its toll on summer maize plantings
The El Niño weather pattern has had a markedly negative impact on the prospects of grain producers in South Africa’s 2015/2016 grain production season so far, according to Dr Dirk Strydom, head of Agricultural Economics at the University of the Free State (UFS).
Farm workers receive land in Eastern Cape 50/50 pilot
The Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) programme has allocated land to farm workers in Bathurst in the Eastern Cape and Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape.
SA’s top cellar worker announced
Riaan Fielies from Windfall wine farm outside Robertson was recently named winner of the South African Cellar Worker Programme at an information day for cellar workers.
US suspends AGOA agreement on SA farm exports
The US has suspended R2,45 billion worth of agricultural trade under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) with South Africa.
R14 million drought relief for small scale farmers
Provincial agricultural departments have provided R14,7 million in drought relief assistance to small-scale and subsistence farmers in the five provinces currently worst affected by drought‚ according to the department of agriculture.
SADC countries also suffering from severe drought conditions
South Africa was not the only country in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) currently experiencing severe drought conditions.
El Niño effects felt as dam levels drop
North West’s 25 dams this week held a mere 45,9 million cubic metres, compared to the 68,7 million cubic meters of this time last year, according to information posted on the website of the department of water.
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