Author Archives: SAPPO

At crossroads: Where does the USA pork industry go next?

Source: Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 5 October 2020 Is the pork industry at a ...

Preventing heat stress in pigs

Source: Mashilo Phosa, Chemuniqué, 5 October 2020, photo credit: AFMA Matrix October 2020 Heat stress ...

The failed state debate: Are we there?

Source: Prof Johan Willemse, SAPPO News, September 2020 A report by an European consultancy (Eunomix) ...

SA agreement with South East Asian bloc opens up a host of opportunities

Source: Hilton Fisher, Daily Maverick, 30 September 2020 South Africa is in the process of ...

The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet

Source: Julie Brigham-Grette, Steve Petsch, The Conversation, 30 September 2020 Every year, sea ice cover ...

Silver lining for agriculture

Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB 01 October 2020 – Against the backdrop of ...

Post-Covid economy resembles a post-war landscape as joblessness climbs to highest ever

Source: Ferial Haffajee, Maverick Citizen, 30 September 2020 By June, the Covid-19 economy resembled that ...

Police and farming sector work closely together to ensure rural safety



Joint media statement issued by the office of the National Commissioner of Police, Agri SA ...

SA agricultural jobs decline by 5% y/y in Q2, 2020

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz e-newsletter, 2 October 2020 (The article first appeared in Business Day) ...

PORCUS October 2020

ASF Germany: Markets upside down, 13 cases found

Source: Vincent ter Beek, Pig Progress, 18 September 2020, photo credit: Antara/Anindira Kintara/The Jakarta Post ...

Canadian government revamps youth agriculture education

Source: Global Ag Media /The Pig Site, 28 September 2020, photo credit: foodtank The governments ...