South Africa

Leaders in agriculture representing commercial farmers as well as smallholder farmers and farmers of all races have proved that they can put their differences aside and work together for the greater good of the sector as a whole.

Police have three suspects behind bars only two days after three members of a Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal, farming family were brutally murdered.

CropLife SA cautioned farmers to make sure that they used the correct insecticides against African armyworm following outbreaks in Potchefstroom, Letsitele and Windserton.

Motorists will have to fork out yet more money for fuel on Wednesday (5 March) as petrol and diesel prices increase again.

Weak maize production could often be linked to basic issues, including faulty planters and incorrect plant populations and planting depth.

A week after allegedly robbing at least two farms in the Camperdown area of KwaZulu-Natal, eight male suspects are in jail thanks to diligent police work.

“It is barbaric.” That’s how the CEO of the SA Simmentaler/Simbra Breeders Society, Flaf Lauwrens, described the killing of three stud Simmentaler bulls in the Potchefstroom region on Wednesday, 26 February.

The African Farmers Association of South Africa (Afasa) has given Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan’s national budget a thumbs-up and welcomed his commitment to support smallholder farmers.

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) is bringing relief to farmers hard hit by the ongoing drought in South Africa.

Over the next three years, government will spend R8,7 billion on the settlement of land restitution claims, a figure which pales in comparison to the estimated R179 billion that will be needed to pay for new claims expected if the land claims process reopens later this year.

All role players in the agricultural sector need to be able to sit around a table and communicate with one voice as far as possible.

Finance minister Pravin Gordhan’s budget speech has received a mixed reaction from the agriculture sector.