Category Archives: News

South Africa needs to focus urgently on how COVID-19 will reshape its labour market

Source: The Conversation, 20 June 2020, photo credit: Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr/GOLEGAL The full economic damage ...

23
Jun
New marketing strategies for small pig farmers may be necessary

Source: SAPPO Weekly Update, 19 June 2020, photo credit: Dinheiro Rural Small pig farmers are ...

23
Jun
SA’s agricultural trade expected to remain vibrant in 2020 despite lockdowns

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Fin24, 1 Jun 2020, photo credit: Inc./Getty Images The ongoing Covid-19 crisis ...

23
Jun
USA farmers warned: Don’t take your eyes off of ASF

Source: Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 3 June 2020, photo credit: National Pork Board and ...

16
Jun
US meatpacking workers hesitant to return to work despite executive order

Source and photo credit: Global Ag Media/The Pig Site 16 June 2020US meatpacking unions report ...

16
Jun
German slaughterhouses under fire over ‘insufficient precautionary measures’ to block COVID-19 spread

Source: Katy Askew, GlobalMeatnews.com, 14 May 2020, photo credit: Pixabay/GIJC19 An outbreak of coronavirus in ...

16
Jun
Global food price index falls to a 17-month low

Source: Bizcommunity, 4 Jun 2020, photo credit: Photka/Getty Images/Woman’sDay Global commodity food prices fell for ...

16
Jun
Formulating piglet diets without adding antibiotics

Source: Pig Progress, 27 March 2019, photo credit: MorningChores As it becomes increasingly uncommon to ...

16
Jun
Modelling the global economic consequences of a major ASF outbreak in China

Source: pig333.com, photo credit: Swedbrand Group African swine fever (ASF) has spread into East Asia ...

16
Jun
Agribusiness confidence fell to the lowest level since the 2009 financial crisis

Source: Agbiz media release, 15 June 2020, photo credit: TIBCO Software The Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence ...

16
Jun
SA posts healthy agri trade surplus despite COVID-19 crisis

Source: Pieter Dempsey, Farmer’s Weekly, 9 June 2020, photo credit: Arviem/JOC.com The South African agriculture ...

16
Jun
Increase in crime poses threat to agriculture

Source: Tommie Esterhuyse, chair of Agri SA’s Centre of Excellence: Rural Safety, media release, Agri ...

16
Jun
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