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Little support from DAFF for commercial farmers
Agri SA met with government on several occasions to discuss greater cooperation between the state and organised agriculture to mitigate the impact of the drought. But, this had not resulted...
Sugar tax will cause extensive job losses
...of growers who are already burdened with the effects of the drought, rising costs and an inability to compete globally. He said that since 2000 the SA sugar industry has...
Clover shows good financial results
...be increasing production capacity for the latter products. Discussing trends in raw milk availability, Vorster told Farmer’s Weekly that while the drought and other factors had resulted in a decline...
Land Bank continues to fund distressed farmers
...assist distressed farmers in drought declared areas. The loan scheme was launched in March 2016, and the bank’s financial contribution to drought relief amounted to R400 million in concessionary funding,...
The fine business of growing micro-greens
...boreholes on the property, is then pumped into a dam bag situated at the highest point on the farm from where it is distributed to all the greenhouses. “The drought...
Microbial-enhanced cotton seeds can increase profitability
...consistently, even during times of drought. “The [recent] drought caused the local cotton industry to produce 50% less cotton than in the previous season,” he says. Currently, local irrigation cotton...
Fuel prices likely to increase in October
...drought. “So any type of decrease with regards to any of the [production] inputs is positive,” she said. Agbiz reiterated that in SA’s grain production, fuel accounted for approximately 11%...
African agri-financing model must change
...That farmer may have to use 1t of his produce if there is drought – that’s understandable. In the ecosystem set-up, I’m aware that he has never ploughed 60ha and...
We can feed Southern Africa…
...relatively good summer-grain crop under what has been described as the worst drought in more than two decades. Despite these conditions, no consumer had to face empty shelves. Food security...
Agri in recession but industry performance will improve
...expanding more than 15% in real terms. However, the drought caused expansion to decline in the past two seasons. In the next decade farmers will have to achieve profitability through...
No reason to declare drought a national disaster, says govt task team
...chairs the inter-ministerial task team set up to deal with the impact of the drought. The team briefed media on the latest status regarding the country’s drought. Van Rooyen also...
Animal health crisis in the Northern Cape
...farmers changing their stock operations to game farming. READ Sheep farming in a severe drought The severe drought of the past three years reached its peak this year, and 2016...
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