Author Archives: SAPPO

Better rainfall and late planting boosts harvest forecast

Wandile Sihlobo The numbers released on February 27 by SA’s crop estimates committee underscores the ...

Meat exports cancelled on Brexit uncertainty©

Suzie Horne Meat export orders are being cancelled and business lost because of Brexit uncertainty. ...

Role players react to Tito Mboweni’s budget

Agbiz One of the key aspects of interest was state-owned enterprises’ rising debt, particularly Eskom. ...

SA’s meat processors give a million rand towards SU food safety initiative

The South African Meat Processors Association (SAMPA) has donated R1 million towards the activities of ...

How load shedding hits SMEs – and what they can do about it

Although the whole country is impacted by Eskom load shedding, the implications for small and ...

SONA and engagement with the government

John Purchase, chief executive officer: Agbiz President Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address last week ...

Why South African Pork is now SA Pork

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Painful management procedures must be addressed for the future of swine farming

UK and European animal welfare researchers investigating the expression of pain in pigs discuss working ...

Shifting consumer trends require a more open dialogue

Baby boomers have long dominated the retail marketplace — and they’ve been loyal meat customers. ...

There is more than one way to reduce pig feed cost

Dr Ioannis Mavromichalis Recent hog prices in the US have left little desire to expand ...

A record year for SA’s agricultural exports

Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz Recently released data on SA’s agricultural trade for December 2018 paint a ...

COP 24: What you must know

The Conference of Parties to the Paris agreement on climate change (COP24) met in Poland ...