Category Archives: Let’s Talk Fresh

Meat board takes charge to control FMD outbreak in Namibia

Source: Annelie Coleman, Farmer’s Weekly, 11 January 2021, photo credit: Animal Welfare Institute The recent ...

South Africa’s animal feed prices in 2021: What to expect

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz e-newsletter, 15 January 2021, photo credit: Kemin Industries While 2020 was ...

Heads must roll at the Land Bank

Source: Media release Agri SA 8 January 2020, photo credit: Harvest SA The Auditor-General’s damning ...

Top three global technology predictions for 2021

Source: Media release Infor Services, 14 December 2020, photo credit: IT Brief NZ While some ...

A snapshot of global Covid-19 vaccines

Source: Christi Nortier, Daily Maverick, 10 January 2020, photo credit: The Scientist Magazine To date, ...

Treasury and Land Bank are sowing infertile seeds through poor leadership — to the detriment of farmers

Source: Noko Masipa, Daily Maverick, 10 January 2020, photo credit: Aspire Systems The Auditor-General of ...

Johann Kotzé, SAPPO CEO, talks to Grootplaas TV

SAPPO Weekly Update 15 December 2020, photo credit: Grootplaas Johann Kotzé, SAPPO CEO was a ...

Global food prices rise by 3.9%

Source: Bizcommunity, 3 December 2020, photo credit: Flickr CC/CalorieBee Global food commodity prices rose sharply ...

La Niña is likely to continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter

Source: The International Research Institute for Climate and Society, 10 December 2020, photo credit: The ...

South African agriculture’s resilience will continue in 2021

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz e-newsletter. This essay first appeared on Business Day, 8 December, 2020, ...

Latest SAPPO ASF update (2 December 2020)

Source: SAPPO Weekly Update, 4 December 2020, photo credit: Analytics Vidha/Cardiff University Here is SAPPO’s ...

ASF in Gauteng proves the industry’s disease detection system works well

Source: SAPPO Weekly Update, 4 December 2020, photo credit: Hitachi Systems Security The immediate detection ...