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The current and unwarranted ban on wool exports from South Africa to China, due to recent foot-and-mouth Disease (FMD) outbreaks in parts of the country, is the biggest challenge the industry has faced during the past two centuries Unless the South African government succeeded in negotiating the lifting of the

Frans Jordaan and Dr Ben Greyling, researchers at the Agricultural Research Council, write about the importance of choosing bulls based on breeding and performance indices, rather than their visual appearance. When buying a bull, make sure that you have access to his breeding and performance indices. Photo: FW Archive The

Agricultural stakeholders have welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan to end rolling blackouts across the country, but have also raised some concerns. The agriculture sector is still excluded from the increased licensing threshold for new embedded energy generation projects, despite several meetings with Eskom, according to Kulani Siweya, chief economist at

Kevin Mileham, DA-woordvoerder oor energie, sê in ’n verklaring dat die enigste aankondiging rondom die brandstofprys wat die ANC-regering volgende week moet maak, is om meer as R6 per liter te verminder deur die ‘buitensporige heffings’ en belasting op brandstof te beëindig. “Die ANC-regering gaan voort om brandstofpryse kunsmatig hoog

The AGCO ASK feature enables farmers to ‘design’ their tractors according to their own needs and requirements. The MF 7700 S features a 6,6-litre six-cylinder engine. Photo: Supplied Dieter Schroder, owner of DT Farming Trust in Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal, and his son-in-law Ross Braithwaite were in the market for a new

Land claims are a complex and sensitive topic in the agricultural sector due to the uncertainty created amongst producers, investors and even the beneficiaries of land claims. The Southern African Agri Initiative, Saai, therefore decided to develop and launch the landclaim.org database platform. The database will assist users to determine

Soos gevrees deur die Sitruskwekersvereniging van Suider-Afrika (CGA) het die Europese Unie (EU) die eerste sitrus-vraghouers wat vanaf Suid-Afrika in Europa aangeland het, teruggehou. Hierdie handeling geskied volgens die splinternuwe regulasies wat die EU op ʼn onwettige manier op Suid-Afrikaanse sitrus afgedwing het. Volgens die CGA geld die regulasies slegs

Since 2020, the Department of Animal Science at the University of Pretoria has been offering BScAgric Animal Science students the opportunity to participate in a feedlot challenge. During the academic year, final year BScAgric Animal Science students are taught that many aspects determine either the success or the failure of

Despite the robust performance of local agricultural machinery sales in the first half of the year, sales were expected to level off in the second half of 2022, according to Wandile Sihlobo, chief agricultural economist at Agbiz. The solid production performance of the agriculture sector during the past two years

Vanjaar het dit oral in Suid-Afrika goed gereën en die gras in die veld staan hoog. Selfs waar daar nie gereeld veldbrande voorkom nie, is produsente bekommerd oor moontlike brande wat kan ontstaan. Baie mense glo egter dit is nie juis ’n probleem nie en dit lyk dalk eenvoudig om