Author Archives: SAPPO

Plastic trash flowing into the seas will nearly triple by 2040 without drastic action

Source: National Geographic, photo credit: Nature Pac The amount of plastic trash that flows into ...

10
Dec
Reflecting on 2021 and what will the new year bring?

Source: Prof Johan Willemse, SAPPO News December 2021, photo credit: Financial Express Tradition has it ...

10
Dec
Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index rebounds in Q4, 2021

Source: Agbiz media release, 2 December 2021, photo credit: CIMA After a slight retreat to ...

10
Dec
Land issue: A small sigh of relief

Photo credit: Inhabitat Agri SA welcomes that title deeds are reagrded as important, as well ...

10
Dec
Third quarter 2021 slump in agriculture GDP a surprise but not a concern

Comment by Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business, 30 November 2021, photo credit: ...

10
Dec
2022 is going to be a great year characterised by new concepts and ideas, says SAPPO CEO, Johann Kotzé

Source: SAPPO News, December 2021, photo credit: Global Trade The fear of the unknown of ...

10
Dec
France to ban piglet castration without anesthesia and analgesia

Source: Pig333.com, 23 November 2021, photo credit: MedicineNet As of January 1, 2022, castration of ...

29
Nov
New ASF variants spreading in China

Source and photograph: Melanie Epp The Pig Site, 16 November 2021 Published in Emerging Microbes ...

29
Nov
US animal health companies target ways to lower antimicrobial resistance

Source: Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 18 November 2021, photo credit: University of Plymouth Antimicrobial ...

29
Nov
CMO Council report: What is trending in customer spending?

Source: Bizcommunity, 18 Nov 2021, photo credit: HubSpot US consumers once again have proven themselves ...

29
Nov
For the sake of food security, farmers need state-supported insurance

Source: Sifiso Ntombela, Fin24, 25 November 2021, photo credit: EXPATICA South African farmers are finding ...

29
Nov
Reimagining the commercial office of the future

Source: Sindy Peters, Bizcommunity, 22 November 2021, photo credit: ATAMA Flexible, green, healthy spaces that ...

29
Nov