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Kroonstad farmers frustrated over FMD quarantine enforcement

Farmers in the northwest of Kroonstad, Free State, are becoming increasingly frustrated over the handling of foot-and-mouth disease control measures, with claims that cattle in quarantined red zones are roaming...

Creighton dairy farmer named young farmer of the year

Thirty-nine-year-old Creighton dairy farmer Dale Hutton was named the 2025 Toyota SA/Kwanalu Young Farmer of the Year earlier this week.

SAPS officer arrested for theft of livestock worth R450 000

A 34-year-old member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Stock Theft Unit in Standerton, Mpumalanga, was arrested on Friday, 29 August, on charges of stock theft worth over R450...

South Africa and Australia set for tentpegging test at Nampo Cape

South Africa’s tentpegging riders will take on Australia in a three-day international test at Nampo Cape, taking place from 10 to 13 September in Bredasdorp, Western Cape, bringing one of...

JSE cancels its basis futures contract, citing ‘software limitations’

Hopes for a more transparent mechanism for forming grain prices than the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) current futures contracts were dashed when the JSE cancelled the long-awaited implementation of a...

Industry welcomes new sugar regulation

The sugar industry has welcomed the 13 August Government Gazette in which Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau approved a block exemption allowing growers, millers, retailers, and food...

FMD update: new industry-government task team to tackle disease

South Africa’s fight against foot-and-mouth disease requires a complete overhaul of systems and stronger collaboration across the livestock sector, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen said on Monday at a media...

Agribusiness confidence down but still positive

The Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) hovered between 38 and 58 in 2024 and then rose sharply to 70 in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025 before declining to 65...

Gauteng women and youth honoured for driving agricultural innovation

The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development hosted the Women and Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2025 on 26 August at the Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, celebrating the women and youth...

Ineffective sugar import tariffs weigh on RCL Foods’ performance

RCL Foods (RCL) has flagged the impact of ineffective sugar import tariffs on its latest annual results, with sugar imports hindering growth in its sugar division despite solid operational performance.

Amendments to Liquor Act could raise costs and barriers for traders

Liquor law attorney Danie Cronje has warned that South African wine and liquor distributors could face major hurdles if recently proposed changes to the Liquor Act (No. 59 of 2003)...

Eastern Cape targets global growth with natural ingredient exports

The Eastern Cape Development Corporation, in partnership with the Swiss Import Promotion Programme, earlier this week launched the Eastern Cape Natural Ingredients Export Promotion Strategy.
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