Author Archives: SAPPO

Greening South Africa’s economy is a growth path out of unemployment and poverty — and is the right thing to do

Source: Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Daily Maverick 12 January, photo credit: 123RF/ajlber By focusing on green economic ...

El Paso feds seize 243 pounds of pork bologna at the border

Source: Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 28 Jauary 2022, photo credit: 123RF/kodda US Customs and ...

Brazil develops vaccine for pig toxoplasmosis

Source: Daniel Azevedo, Pig Progress, 31 January 2022, photo credit: Duke Global Health Institute Brazilian ...

France now required to label the origin of meat served in restaurants

Source: Pig333.com, 31 January 2022, photo credit: 123RF/subbotina Following a procedure that required the approval ...

How AI and data are shaping e-commerce, delivery as a service

Source: Emmanuel Kalunga, Bizcommunity, 28 January 2022, photo credit: 123RF/peshkov The past two years have ...

Unfriendly business environment awaits farmers in 2022

Source: Professor Johann Willemse, SAPPO News, January 2022, photo credit: 123RF/olegdudko Working with farmers and ...

Here is the official petrol price for February

BUSINESSTECH, 31 January 2022, photo credit: 123RF/scyther5 The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has ...

SA summer crop plantings data paint a more positive picture than many initially feared

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz, 27 January 2022, photo credit:123RF/malshak The excessive rains since the start ...

Agricultural organisations and experts warn that animal vaccine production in SA could fail

Source: Daily Maverick, 12 January 2022, photo credit: 123RF/romeolu Onderstepoort Biological Products: Relevant or not?  ...

Rising interest rates and wetness place a dampener on a potentially excellent agriculture season

Source: Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist, FNB Agri-Business, 27 January 2022, photo credit: 123RF/valeryboyarsky After ...

Has the golden age of American farm productivity growth ended?

 Source: LSE Phelan US Centre, photo credit: 123RF/maxym There is robust and compelling evidence of ...

ASF Russia: Progress claimed in vaccine development

Source: Vladislav Vorotnikov, Pig Progress, 22 January 2022, 123RF/belchonock Russia’s authorities have stated to be ...