South Africa

Agriculture minister Senzeni Zokwana and his deputy, Bheki Cele, met the De Doorns community on Monday to show that the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries was ready to participate with all stakeholders in agriculture.

Dairy processing company Parmalat South Africa has estimated that the volume of apple juice reportedly accidentally contaminated with cleaning chemicals in a processing plant was around 60l.

Free State Agriculture (FSA) rejected the idea of a national minimum wage for South Africa, including farm workers.

Continued dry weather could lead to substantial increases in food prices over the next 12 months, the executive committee of Grain SA said in a statement.

The number of rhinos killed in the Kruger National Park (KNP) during 2014 was lower than the forecast.

The owner of the Klipeiland Slaghuis & Abattoir (KSA) in Bronkhorstpruit, Gauteng, has denied allegations that her business had been incorrectly stunning pigs and cutting their throats while they were still conscious.

It’s time South African authorities copyrighted the name ‘biltong’, Prof Melville Saayman, director of the Unit for Tourism Research in Economic Environments and Society (Trees) at the North-West University, said in a statement.

Land reform proposals mooted at the Lekgotla may be preparing for the state of the nation address said Dr Theo de Jager, transformation leader and president of the Pan African Farmer’s Organisation.

Two tea estates in the Eastern Cape which have received more than R200 million in state funding have become completely unproductive.

The labour department has announced a 7,7% increase in the minimum wage for farmworkers with effect from 1 March 2015.

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (KZN DARD) has defended an R8 million grant that it awarded to the community upliftment-based company People’s Bio Oil (PBO).

Free State Agriculture (FSA) called on its members and the community at large to remain calm in the wake of the four farm attacks in the province since the beginning of the year.

Farmer's Weekly hosted a discussion forum on Facebook on Friday to talk about the upcoming agricultural tour to Brazil with tour convenor, Hendrik Jordaan.

South Africa’s inability to grow its power supply capacity was placing an enormous amount of strain on the economy as a whole.

KwaZulu-Natal’s political structures are mourning the loss of Mtholephi Mthimkhulu (56) who died recently. The chairperson of the KZN Legislature’s Public Participation, Pensions and Petitions Committee, Mthimkhulu began his political career in 1999.

The record grain harvest during the previous marketing season has had a positive impact on rural economies and this could be duplicated in the coming season if forecasts from the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) realised, according to Dr. Kobus Laubscher, an independent agricultural economist.

Unseasonal rain has helped to prevent a run-away fire in the Western Cape’s Hemel-en-Aarde Valley from doing damage to farms. The fire started on Wednesday afternoon (January 16) near Hawston.

The diesel price is expected to drop by more than R1/l next month, bringing the total decrease in price to more than R2/l since the beginning of 2015.

After years of patient anticipation, pioneers in commercial black truffle production in South Africa are celebrating the discovery of the first ever locally grown specimen of this highly prized fungus.

The central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape as well as the Bushmanland are desperately dry, having experienced extreme temperatures coupled with strong westerly winds.