JSE beef carcass contract still in low demand
“Trading the beef futures carcass contract as a registered client on the JSE means that a transaction is guaranteed by local banks [acting]as clearing members,” said Chris Sturgess, director for...
Prof Nick Vink appointed non-executive director at SARB
Prof Nick Vink, agricultural economist at Stellenbosch University (US), was appointed non-executive director to the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) board for a three-year term.
Senwes to acquire controlling interest in MGK
Senwes aims to acquire a controlling interest in agribusiness group MGK. Both parties have signed a memorandum of understanding to that effect, in which...
Cape Blend competition launched
Absa and the Pinotage Association have announced the Absa Perold Cape Blend competition, aimed at creating a signature style for the composition of true Cape blends.
Viability depends on efficient supply base
An agricultural supply base would be essential for large-scale agro-processing investments in the Eastern Cape to succeed, said Andrew Murray, executive director of the Eastern Cape Socio-Economic Consultative Council (ECSECC).
Pinotage sales up by 11%
Since 1994 Pinotage sales have increased by about 11% annually, said Beyers Truter, chairperson of the Pinotage Association.
Praise for the sugar industry
The Sugar Industry Trust Fund for Education (Sifte) has awarded bursaries to the value of R2,9 million to 45 students from sugarcane-growing communities to study engineering and agriculture.
Black land ownership could be over 30% already
A lack of definitive data on progress in government’s land restitution programme has made calculating land transfers from white to black farmers a guessing game.
Farmworkers air grievances at national summit
Over 1 100 farm, forestry and fisheries workers from all nine provinces recently attended the National Summit on Vulnerable Workers in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Somerset West.
Throwaway quotes damage agriculture & investment
A strategic plan by the department of Rural Development and Land Reform for 2010 to 2013, mooting a form of land nationalisation and a change to the constitution, has been...
Dunlop back on his feet
Muden emerging farmer, Dunlop Lembethe has been through the wringer. Shortly after a R100 000 irrigation system was installed for him, a hailstorm in November 2009 wiped out his ripening...
Unanswered questions about single food audit
The Consumer Goods Council of SA (CGCSA) has been accused of “railroading” through a process that could see a single food safety audit/inspection implemented on 1 October.
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