ASF outbreak reported in the Western Cape

Source: SAPPO News February 2021, photo credit: NEXT IAS SAPPO is dismayed to report that ...

01
Mar
SA set to have its largest summer grain and oilseed harvest on record in 2020/21 production

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz chief economist, photo credit: Organic Authority The year 2021promises to be ...

01
Mar
Fuel price increases not good news ahead of the onset of winter crop plantings

Source: Media release Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business, 1 March 2021, photo ...

01
Mar
Budget: A glimmer of hope?

Source: Prof Johan Willemse, SAPPO News February 2021, photo credit: Criteo The government budget tabled ...

01
Mar
Ebola strikes West Africa again: key questions and lessons from the past

Source: Mosoka Fallah, The conversation, 18 February 2021, photo credit: www.fao.org News of a new ...

23
Feb
Two pandemics and Brexit leave UK pig sector in peril

Source: Reuters/Farm Journal’s Pork, 19 February 2021, photo credit: WorldFirst For British pig farmers like ...

23
Feb
Increasing temperatures will hit meat and milk production in East Africa

Source: Neil Palmer, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), photo credit: Micato Safaris Hotter and ...

23
Feb
Maintaining the food supply chain while protecting worker safety measures

Source: Nick Giordano, Farm Journal’s Pork, 19 February 2021, photo credit: Triple Pundit There are ...

23
Feb
High feed costs? Review your health programme

Source: Elise Toohill, Farm Journal’s Pork, 10 February 2021, photo credit: Feed Strategy/luisrock62/freeimages.com Higher feed ...

23
Feb
At last, climate science may be able to predict tropical Atlantic weather better

Source: Hyacinth C. Nnamchi The Conversation, 21 February 2021, photo credit: Getty Images/Forbes El Niño ...

23
Feb
The African Continental Free Trade Area provides new opportunities for South African agriculture

Tshepo Morokong, Louw Pienaar, Wandile Sihlobo, Econ3x3/Agbiz e-newsletter, 16 February 2021, photo credit: Wikipedia The ...

23
Feb
Electricity price hike: another blow for farmers

Source: Jeandré van der Walt, Farmer’s Weekly, 18 February 2021, photo credit: Image: 123rf.com/ginasanders/Sowetan Live ...

23
Feb