DAFF misses mark with PhD awarded to agricultural economics student
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) released a media statement celebrating what it incorrectly believed to be the first PhD awarded in agricultural economics to a black South...
Farmers welcome predicted fuel price respite
While the volatility of national fuel prices cannot guarantee that next month’s predicted fuel price decreases are going to last for long, farmers will welcome whatever they can get.
The end of the road for Joemat-Pettersson?
The members of parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have in the past repeatedly expressed their frustration about the agriculture department.
Nampo 2012 a resounding success
The 2012 Nampo Harvest Day saw an uptick in foreign visitors, especially from Africa, and also an increase in overseas exhibitors.
Land policy hurting mango atchar business
There is still no indication from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform or minister Gugile Nkwinti about when the four-tiered land tenure system put forward by the Green...
No answers for community plunged into debt
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) still has no answers for the Muyexe community near Giyani, in Limpopo.
Agriculture: the best is yet to come
The Nampo harvest day festival in Bothaville was a hive of positivity, breaking through the cloud of negativity that often surrounds the agricultural sector.
Nampo attracts crowds from every sphere
The Nampo harvest day in May attracted visitors from all over the world with large groups descending from Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia.
Monsanto’s warms hearts with 600 blankets
Monsanto celebrated the 100 year existence of Dekalb maize with a blanket collection project that will keep the needy warm this winter.
New JSE contracts introduced for wheat
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has introduced two new wheat contracts.
Investigation into suspect Mpumalanga land transaction ‘in full swing’
The investigation into the R36,48 million sale of a 414 hectare Mpumalanga Province farm is in full swing.
Grain SA helps spend recapitalisation budget
Grain SA (GSA) has spent nearly R29 million of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform’s R36 million recapitalisation programme earmarked for 186 black farmers in the Free State.
Rabies flares up in KZN
At least 97 cases of animal rabies have been reported in KwaZulu-Natal since the beginning of the year, with two people dying from the disease in 2011.
Focus on willing-buyer, willing-seller
The willing-buyer, willing-seller principle was much debated when the minister of Rural Development and Land Reform presented his budget speech.
Land clashes escalating
Organised agriculture in KwaZulu-Natal is concerned about the growing trend of land dispute-related clashes in the province.
R8 billion hunting industry wants to polish its reputation
The international hunting industry has suffered bad press due to the controversial hunting of big game species by celebrities.
Leaking borders to blame for fruit fly outbreak in Limpopo
Limpopo farmers are blaming uncontrolled border movements for the recent outbreak of the invader fruit fly, Bactrocera invadens (BI).
Woolies buys Nam beef
Namibia beef processor Meatco has closed a deal with Woolworths to sell free-range certified beef from its Oshakati abattoir in the Northern Communal Areas (NCA).
Taking the bull by the horns
There’s not much one can do about escalating administered prices. Or is there? Robyn Joubert reports.
Tensions mount over mining activities on sensitive wetland
Mining giant Exxaro Resources has responded to allegations that it has drained sensitive wetlands at its mining operations at Leeuwpan coal mine, near Delmas in Mpumalanga, saying their mining activities...
