BFAP says adaptation is key to the wine industry’s future
Global wine consumption is at its lowest level since 1961, and last year South Africa recorded its smallest harvest in over two decades. The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy...
Hume, five others arrested in high-profile rhino horn trafficking case
South Africa’s Private Rhino Owners’ Association, whose members own most of the country’s white rhinos, has declined to comment on the John Hume case that has recently dominated headlines. It...
Higher meat and vegetable prices push food inflation up
Headline consumer inflation climbed to 3,5% in July, up from 3,0% the previous month. This was its highest rate since September 2024, when it was 3,8%, Statistics South Africa reported.
Makataan Chunks crowned SA’s first Preserve Product of the Year
Compagniesdrift’s Makataan Chunks recently won the very first South African Preserve Product of the Year award, announced at Lanzerac in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, yesterday.
R2 million bull sold at Mosdene Boran Stud’s first auction
At Mosdene Boran Stud’s first production auction, held on Saturday, 9 August, at Silver Lakes Farm Hotel in Pretoria, Gauteng, Lot 10 (Odysseus E18-138), a Boran bull with a pedigree...
Growth of SA’s meat industry at risk without improved biosecurity
The livestock industry has been battered and bruised over the past few years as high feed costs, low consumer spending, and disease outbreaks have narrowed profits. Producers will, however, need...
Steenhuisen calls for court martial after SANDF chief backs Iran
Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has called for South African National Defence Force chief General Rudzani Maphwanya to face a court martial after pledging his military and political support for...
The future of agri lies in collaboration, modernisation and transformation
Local agriculture could overcome many of its challenges by taking a few practical steps, but only if stakeholders united and moved past political agendas and ideologies, agricultural leaders and analysts...
Cheap imports, US tariffs hit optimism over bumper sugar cane harvest
Despite an estimated increase of more than one million tons in sugar cane production this season, South Africa’s sugar industry faces mounting economic pressure that threatens to dampen the positive...
Gene editing tech crucial for grain farmers’ survival in next decade
Grain prices are expected to decline over the next decade, squeezing profit margins for farmers even further as input prices continue to rise. Long-term sustainability will require a greater focus...
Free State officials notify public of two new FMD cases in Viljoenskroon
On Thursday, the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) said in a statement it was “notifying the public and the entire farming community” that two new cases had...
BFAP outlook: agriculture can save SA’s abysmal economic growth
With global and local economic growth stagnating, South Africa needs to ramp up investment to boost the economy. However, confidence is lacking, requiring intervention from government to provide an environment...
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