Will Covid-19 structurally change the agricultural labour market?

Agriculture is well placed to provide livelihoods to those struggling to enter the workforce, and ...

Advice on successful weaner pig management

Farmer’s Weekly, 28 April 2020 At weaning, piglets experience multiple challenges, such as the stress ...

#Covid19: Global food crises report reveals impact on vulnerable countries

An international alliance of UN, governmental, and non-governmental agencies working to address the root causes ...

Tackling inequality and helping the poor a priority in post-pandemic world

Steven Friedman, Business Day Societies should stand up and help usher in a more just ...

Smithfield Foods addresses COVID-19 response

Smithfield Foods responded to misinformation asserted by some media about the company’s actions during the ...

Land Bank’s default risks financial contagion and devastation for agriculture

Nicol Jansen, Agri SA Chairman: Economics and Trade Centre of Excellence Land Bank has warned ...

COVID-19: Stats SA speeds up the monitoring of consumer prices

When the COVID-19 lockdown went into effect on 27 March, the range of products available ...

Gradual lifting of lockdown – Impact on agriculture

By Dawie Maree, head of Information and Marketing at FNB Agriculture 24 April 2020 The ...

President Ramaphosa announces South Africa’s biggest spending plan ever to fight coronavirus

South Africa has unleashed its biggest once-off stimulus injection into the struggling economy in response ...

Canada asks government to create emergency fund for farmers

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is asking the federal government for “immediate, meaningful help” ...

Smithfield Foods closes two more processing facilities

By Aidan Fortune, GlobalMeatnews.com US processor Smithfield Foods has revealed it will close two more ...

Not enough want to work on British farms

Finding enough summertime labour has often been a struggle for British farmers. Factory workers used ...