Tours & Events

Entering its 18th year, Africa’s Big 7 is the continent’s largest annual meeting place for the food and drink industry, where buyers and distributors from 67 countries come to source products from farm to fork including ingredients, specialty and finished products together with processing, packaging and logistics solutions.

Join the Farmer’s Weekly tour to Nampo Harvest Day, 11-14 August 2020, Africa’s premier agricultural show, to experience the best that South African agriculture has to offer.

Le Roc Dormers will host its first production sale on the farm Eastry in Tweespruit on 22 October at 11am.

The much-anticipated launch of the Agriculture Development Agency (AGDA) takes place on 18 February at the Africa Agri Tech Conference and Expo (AAT) at the Maslow Hotel in Pretoria.

Technology is disrupting every industry, including agriculture, and staying up to date with new trends is crucial to ensure longevity.

The Undercover Farming Expo will be held at the CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, on 24 and 25 February.

The Aldam-Stockman School’s 2019 Livestock Farming Conference is now open for registration. Don’t miss out!

Regenesys Business School is hosting a panel discussion on 19 September 2019 from 08h00 to 10h30 at its campus on Pybus Road, Sandton.

Now in its third series, FoodNext.Africa is dedicated to capturing the conversation around food disruption across the value chain, from farm to fork.

The Africa Fertilizer Agribusiness Conference has become established as a must-attend gathering for the global fertilizer supply chain to meet with African policy-makers, importers, distributors and farmers from some of the world’s fastest-growing markets.

Join us for the first Farmer’s Weekly Beef Cattle Information Day on 30 August. Top speakers from the South African livestock industry will present on topics ranging from disease management and animal nutrition, to the branding and marketing of beef in South Africa.

The Johannesburg Cannabis Conference brings together experts from the cannabis field to discuss the latest information regarding the plant/drug.

Africa’s Big 7, the food and beverage trade show that brings together thousands of stakeholders, suppliers and buyers under one roof to boost pan-African trade, will be back in Johannesburg in June.

Join us for the first Farmer’s Weekly Sugar Industry Information Day on 29 May at the Royal Show. The event aims to bring together leading agricultural economists and role players throughout the sugar value chain to discuss the challenges facing sugar producers and the industry in general.

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has embarked on a full-scale census of commercial agriculture (registered for tax), which will end in October 2019.

Calling all mountain bikers and trail runners! Entries are now open for the 2019 Husqvarna Classic Mid-Illovo MTB Challenge & Trail Run, with race options to suit the whole family.

Join us again for this year’s Farmer’s Weekly Nampo Tour from 14 – 17 May 2019. The tour includes entrance to South Africa’s premier agricultural exhibition, the Nampo Harvest Day, as well as farm visits to commercial producers in South Africa.

Bonsmara SA will host its annual National Female Sale and Red Breed Event in March 2019. These events are a must for all cattle producers who want to improve their herds’ genetics.

Organised by Bayer, the Youth Ag Summit is a unique opportunity to connect and empower the next generation of agricultural change-makers.

(Bookings are closed) Join the Farmer’s Weekly tour to SIMA International Agribusiness Trade Show in Paris from 24 February to 2 March 2019.