Category Archives: Let’s Talk Indepth

PCV3: When do you intervene?

Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork Emily Byers, DVM, with Prestage Farms, is frequently asked: How ...

Lockdown has bought us time, Professor Salim Karim says, as South Africa bucks the trend

A proactive approach to fighting community transmissions of coronavirus infections has given South Africa the ...

Massive fuel drop helps offset cost pressures for the agriculture sector

Comment by Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business 01 April 2020– The South ...

Finding Common Ground by Wandile Sihlobo now available

Finding Common Ground is a selection of key articles from Agbiz chief economist Wandile Sihlobo’s ...

Understanding South Africa’s agriculture trade patterns

After reaching a record level of $10.6-billion in 2018, South Africa’s agricultural exports fell by ...

SA’s desperately tough path post-coronavirus

With South Africans still shell-shocked by the coronavirus-inspired lockdown, now only entering into its second ...

The new normal-year of economic disruption

Johan Willemse, agricultural economist` The South African economy is in a declining economic growth phase ...

How to stay productive working from home

While working from home is definitely going to be challenging for a lot of people ...

Cyber attacks are even more critical in the ‘new normal’ of remote work forces

IT and operational technology (OT) cybersecurity is even more critical in the ‘new normal’ of ...

The economic impacts and prospects of Covid-19

With South Africa headed into a 21-day lockdown this week, combatting the threat of the ...

Governments have not aligned their trade and medical policy responses to coronavirus

Not every nation produces the medical supplies needed to tackle the Coronavirus. Those that do ...

Agri tech investment vital for industry output, export growth

According to Dr Thulasizwe Mkhabela, Group Executive, Impact and Partnerships at the Agricultural Research Council ...