Daily Archives: 19 January 2020

US pork industry welcomes US-China trade deal

US president Donald Trump and Chinese vice premier Liu He have signed a preliminary trade ...

USDA’s new swine slaughter rule hit by lawsuit

A new lawsuit has been brought against the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) ...

Bettie, a detective dog, picked up sent of pork at Chicago airport

Bettie the beagle, a detector dog for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, picked up the ...

Technology can aid farmers during SA’s water crisis

South African agricultural hubs within the Northern and Eastern Cape have seen a number of ...

South African agriculture needs to become expert at international relations

Stephanie van der Walt, Agbiz Fruit Desk “Now is the time to think strategically and ...

Sows undergo changes in structure over time, research suggests

Sows undergo changes in structure over time, according to research by Melanie Trenhaile-Grannemann, a graduate ...

Balancing the risks and opportunities on the African continent

It would be remiss to paint the African continent with one brush as many countries ...

What factors will underpin SA agriculture production in 2020?

Wandike Sihlobo, chief economist, Agbiz The underperformance of South Africa’s agricultural sector in 2019 was ...

Business warns Ramaphosa on government inertia in fixing Eskom crisis

Business Unity SA president Sipho Pityana said the failures to turn around Eskom have resulted ...

How to succeed in agriculture in 2020

Nico Groenewald, head Agribusiness, Standard Bank The broader agricultural economic environment is changing, and this ...

Latest on FMD

Four further cases of FMD were reported since mid-December 2019, with three cases reported in ...