Category Archives: Let’s Talk Fresh

African swine fever virus mutations may pose detection challenges

Source: Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 23 April 2021, photo credit: Genetic Literacy Project Media ...

How companies can establish vaccination sites on their business premises for employees and others

Source: Agbiz e-newsletter, 7 May 2021, photo credit: Business Standard In order to curb the ...

A slight reprieve at the pump still positive for farmers

Comment by Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist, FNB Agri-Business, photo credit: ClipsAway 05 May 2021 ...

Adel Spies joins SAPPO as consultant

Adel Spies is a specialist on data and previously consulted SAPPO on matters such as ...

IPAG brainstorms ASF

SAPPO’s Informal Pork Advisory Group (IPAG) met in April 2021 to discuss ASF. Dr Mary-Louise ...

SAPPO Board discusses focus areas

SAPPO’s Board met in Pretoria in February. According to CEO Johann Kotzé, among others, SAPPO’s ...

WoP finalist in Microsoft SA Innovation Award

At the Microsoft SA Partner Awards in September 2020, the World of Pork (WoP) was ...

Study tour to Denmark

SAPPO is part of an industry delegation that was invited by the Danish Embassy to ...

BDMs meet in Pretoria

SAPPO’s Developing Farmers Committee held its quarterly meeting in February to report back on their ...

Rika joins the team

Rika Verwey joined SAPPO’s Business Intelligence division this week. She grew up in Boksburg and ...

The drivers of feed price increase: Agri commodity super cycle?

Prof Johan Willemse, SAPPO News April 2021, photo credit: Days of the Year South Africa ...

Structural reform happens slowly but steadily

Source: JP Landman/Agbiz e-newsletter, 30 April 2021, photo credit: esid South Africa has now been ...