Author Archives: SAPPO

ASF Poland: 1st outbreak on backyard farm in the west

Source: Pig Progress, 16 June 2020, photo credit: Sectors For the first time, a backyard ...

Municipalities are still in financial disarray, according to audit

Source: Agbiz e-newsletter, 26 June 2020, photo credit: infrastructurenews Poor leadership and a lack of ...

Three tips to help cut zinc oxide from weaner diets

Source: Michael Priestley, Farmers Weekly (UK), 22 June 2020, photo credit: Chemuniqué Reducing protein levels ...

Will Trump’s trade wars reshape the global economy?

Source: World Politics Review, 22 June 2020, photo credit: Lucy Vegrass, The Economist Though it’s ...

Farmer development needs new financing mechanism – Didiza

Source: Sabrina Dean, Farmer’s Weekly, 24 June 2020, photo credit: Head Topics South Africa One ...

SA is bleeding jobs, but agriculture may just surprise

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, News24, 22 June 2020, photo credit: Sartup Soda One of the key ...

Supplementary budget shocks, says Johan Willemse

Prof Johan Willemse, agricultural economist, SAPPO News June 2020, photo credit: Due We knew that ...

Despite lower Mpumalanga yields overall harvest outlook still impressive

Source: Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist, FNB Agri-Business, FNB media release, photo credit: Adobe stock/Food ...

Water judgement has far-reaching consequences for the commercial farmers

Source: Agri SA media release, 29 June 2020, photo source: Eco Waters The Pretoria High ...

African swine fever research collaborations begin in Vietnam

Source: Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 15 June 2020, photo credit: Matej Kastelic/Dreamstime/Financial Times A ...

US frozen pork supplies in record fall as the coronavirus raises meat prices

Source: The Pig Site, 23 June 2020, photo credit: Robert Nickelsberg/getty Images/Axios Reuters reports that ...

Albert Heijn introduces DNA traceability system for branded pork

Source: Aidan Fortune, GlobalMeatnews.com, 17 June 2020, photo credit: Shutterstock/Billion Photos/The Indian Practitioner Dutch retailer ...