Communication of agriculture master plan vital
OpinionMost of the national government’s agricultural policies and programmes depend on implementation by the provincial ...
Rising input costs to squeeze farmers’ profit margins in coming months
OpinionThe dominant message about SA’s agriculture in the past few months has been of a thriving sector, having grown by 13,4% ...
Many challenges in expanding SA agricultural exports into Africa
OpinionSA’s agricultural sector is arguably one of the most vibrant on the continent.This has largely been occasioned by ...
Positive growth for SA’s agriculture sector, though Eastern Cape still facing crisis
OpinionWe have had a fair share of depressing news from various sectors of the economy, but the light that agriculture ...
Optimistic speeches at EC Agriculture Indabas need to come to fruition
OpinionThe Eastern Cape’s politicians, specifically, its rural development and agrarian reform MEC, Nonkqubela Pieters, was ...
Why there’s an urgent need to restore stability
OpinionWhen President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on July 12 amid violence and destruction of property in parts of ...
Commercialisation of black farmers can help SA grow
OpinionGovernment policy orientation needs to change from land governance to farmer support programmes
Higher seasonal output will not sustain sales of agricultural machinery
AgriLIVENo industry will escape the economic pain of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Positive prospects for the 2020/21 global grains harvest
AgriLIVELast week, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the World Agricultural Supply and Demand ...
Higher food prices not the doing of domestic farmers
OpinionIn a year of large crop harvests following good rainfall, a few people probably thought consumer food price inflation ...