Category Archives: Let’s Talk Fresh

Agbiz meets with SAPIA on diesel availability

Source: Agbiz e-newsletter, 10 July 2020, photo credit: Pleasureofart/Getty Images/ThoughtCo. The lack of diesel availability ...

13
Jul
Increasing imports could jeopardise the local agricultural economy

Source: Agri SA media release, 13 July 2020, photo credit: A & A Contract Customs ...

13
Jul
Nampo Harvest Day to ‘go virtual’ in 2020

Source: Annelie Coleman, Farmer’s Weekly, 30 June 2020, photo credit: Twitter This year, Nampo Harvest ...

13
Jul
Fair weather makes agriculture a hive of activity

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Business Day, 7 July 2020, photo credit: Picfair Despite ongoing challenges presented ...

13
Jul
Flu from pigs in China could spell opportunity for SA

Source: Phumi Ramalepe, Business Insider SA, 5 July 2020, photo credit: IHA/Daily Sabah Researchers are ...

06
Jul
Farmers nerves are on a knife’s edge over rural safety

Source: Agri SA media release, 30 June 2020, photo credit: BeautifulNow “The brutal and senseless ...

06
Jul
Agricultural Research Council plans to cut 1 000 jobs

Source: Annelie Coleman, Farmer’s Weekly 2 July 2020, photo credit: Edutopia The Agricultural Research Council’s ...

06
Jul
New swine ‘flu virus’ with pandemic potential in China – cause for concern?

Source: Prof Mary-lou Penrith, extraordinary professor, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University Pretoria, SAPPO Weekly ...

06
Jul
SA is bleeding jobs, but agriculture may just surprise

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

30
Jun
Supplementary budget shocks, says Johan Willemse

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

30
Jun
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 ...

30
Jun
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 ...

30
Jun