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Agriculture still employs a significant number of South Africans
The South African agricultural sector remains essential and a notable job creator in our economy.
Transnet, Eskom sour season for South ...
NewsSouth Africa's citrus exports remained flat during the 2023 season, missing an ...
Time to rekindle bold plan for agricultural ...
OpinionWhen structuring growth-enhancing reforms, there is value in crafting a ...
Biosecurity breaches are a significant risk ...
OpinionOne aspect that remains a major challenge for the domestic animal farming ...
China moves closer to cultivation of GMO maize and soybean seeds
OpinionA media article from Reuters this past week noted that China is closer to commercialising genetically modified maize ...
Farmworker shareholder model beset with problems, research finds
AgriLIVEThe ambition of farmworker equity schemes, aimed at incorporating workers into farm businesses and socially uplifting ...
Production costs eating into agriculture sector profits
NewsFarmers in the Eastern Cape are under financial strain and continue to feel the pressure of rising input costs and ...
Concerns and positive developments for food prices
OpinionWe are emerging from a reasonably quiet week from a data perspective regarding the agricultural industry and food ...
Global and domestic wheat production dynamics and their implications for prices
OpinionWe recently published an optimistic view about the 2023/24 global grains supplies outlook, drawing on from data from ...
Despite mild El Niño risk, SA farmers in better position
OpinionAs SA’s 2022/23 summer crop season draws to a close, the focus is shifting towards the 2023/24 production season, which ...
Expected large global grain supplies will benefit consumers
OpinionThis past week the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its monthly flagship report, the World Agricultural ...
Agri SA calls for army to be deployed on key routes to stop attacks on trucks
NewsAt least 21 trucks have been set alight in Mpumalanga, KZN and Limpopo in four days.
Food producers warn of higher prices as infrastructure crumbles
AgriLIVESouth African food producers, among the biggest on the continent, are spending hundreds of millions of rand mitigating ...
SA’s robust grains output supports slowing food inflation
OpinionSA had a challenging start to the 2022/2023 summer crop season.Excessive rains slowed the planting activity in various ...
Zimbabwe’s maize imports could rise markedly in the 2023/24 marketing year
OpinionFrom a maize supply perspective, SA is in a relatively strong position. According to recent estimates by the Crop ...
Export markets, good rainfall boost citrus farmers
BusinessThough rain across parts of the Eastern Cape’s citrus production area has caused slight delays in picking and shipping, ...
Agriculture holds potential for job creation
OpinionOn Tuesday last week, we received encouraging data on jobs in agriculture.
