Author Archives: SAPPO

Crime numbers still too high, urgent plan needed

Source: TLU SA media release, 18 February 2022, photo credit: 123RF/fabiobalbi TLU SA is grateful ...

Agri SA welcomes ruling on ‘just and equitable’ compensation for land

Source: Agri SA media release, 16 February 2021, photo credit: 123RF/jeanchen Agri SA welcomes the ...

Big Covid–19 vaccination changes in South Africa — including mixing booster shots

Source: Jan Vermeulen, MYBROADBAND, 21 February 2022, photo credit: 123RF/pitinan South Africa’s health department has ...

South Africa’s efforts to tackle its energy crisis lack urgency and coherence

Source: Hartmut Winkler, The Conversation, 18 February 2022, photo credit: 123RF/malp South Africa’s electricity infrastructure ...

UK National Pig Centre aims to reduce slurry emissions

Source: Vincent ter Beek, Pig Progress, 14 February 2022, photo credit N2 Applied/Pig Progress The ...

China lays out new targets for meat and pork production

Source: Pig333.com, 15 February 2022, photo credit: SAPPO archive Meat production in China could reach ...

France plans to cut use of nitrite in cured meats

Source: Global Ag Media/the Pig Site, 9 February 2022, photo credit:  123RF/dariayakovleva Nitrite salts are ...

How to drive on flooded roads

Source: Media release, MasterDrive South Africa, 7 February 2022, photo credit: 123RF/kvitajan Parts of Gauteng ...

South Africa’s cave-dwelling bats need more protection – to keep people safe too

Source: Mariëtte Pretorius, Daily Maverick, 8 February 2022, photo credit: 123RF/adrianciurea69 Caves are overlooked but ...

Slurry management: Situations with no surplus of nutrients

Source: Xavier Flotats Ripoll, Pig333.com, 11 February 2022, photo credit: 123RF/karegg In a situation of ...

Fire insurance: An investment in a sustainable farming future

Source: Santam media release, 10 February 2022: photo credit: 123RF/kesu87 There are few things that ...

Southern Africa’s summer has been wetter than normal: here’s why

Source: Sarah Roffe, The Conversation, 7 February 2021, photo credit: 123RF/firewings March marks the end ...