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Boxer formally announces its intention to list on JSE

#OrchidsandOnions: Spar reminds us why we're special with Christmas ad

Brendan Seery

Inflationary pressures see alcohol and fast food purchases decline

Danette Breitenbach

Mattel scrambles after Wicked doll packaging links to explicit site

SAB triumphs with 9 Effie Awards, cementing its position as SA's Most Effective Marketer

Best of local talent named at the National Film & TV Awards South Africa 2024

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FAO: September sees biggest food price hike in 18 months

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FAO reports slight dip in global food prices for August

6 Sep 2024

Verve - the fibre of choice for the future

Verve - the fibre of choice for the future

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Poultry association seeks import protection to save industry

Bekezela Phakati 6 Mar 2017

Behind the scenes: Sarah Graham's Food Safari recipe mag

Behind the scenes: Sarah Graham's Food Safari recipe mag

Cari Coetzee 3 Mar 2017

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SABMiller, AB InBev to increase South African hops production and export

3 Mar 2017

Is your honey the real deal?

2 Mar 2017

#DesignIndaba2017: Concrete beehive helps create a more sustainable beekeeping industry

#DesignIndaba2017: Concrete beehive helps create a more sustainable beekeeping industry

2 Mar 2017

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AfDB takes agricultural transformation discourse to India, cradle of Green Revolution

2 Mar 2017

FOA forecast points to a decline in global wheat output

2 Mar 2017

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Clover caught between drought and embattled consumers

2 Mar 2017

- Photo: Rachel Kibui

Dairy farmers to benefit from solar-powered coolers

Kennedy Senelwa 1 Mar 2017

Lourensford harvest 2017

Lourensford 2017 grape harvest promising despite drought, fires

1 Mar 2017

Agriculture Department estimates sharp increase in maize planting

1 Mar 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via

Three key ingredients to achieve food security in Africa

Nicolas Mounard 28 Feb 2017

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SADC farmers call for urgent regional action to help control Fall armyworm infestation

27 Feb 2017

Deal provides SA maize farmers with innovative grain storage solution

Deal provides SA maize farmers with innovative grain storage solution

27 Feb 2017

Distell eyes acquisitions

Distell eyes acquisitions

Marc Hasenfuss 27 Feb 2017

Operation Phakisa to transform agricultural sector

Operation Phakisa to transform agricultural sector

24 Feb 2017

Dolly the Sheep -

20 years after Dolly: Everything you always wanted to know about the cloned sheep and what came next

George Seidel 24 Feb 2017

Chris Snelling via -

The value of the global affair that is the Cape Winelands

Michael Fridjhon 24 Feb 2017

Challenging times for SA wine industry with excise hikes

Challenging times for SA wine industry with excise hikes

23 Feb 2017

World Economic Forum via

The 2017 Budget Speech from an agribusiness perspective

23 Feb 2017

As solar refrigerator keeps mangoes cold, farmers' profits heat up

Leopold Obi 22 Feb 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via - Olivia Gimbo holds up her family's supply of food for the week in Epworth, Harare.

Global future food security in jeopardy warns FAO report

22 Feb 2017

Phenomenal growth in South African blueberry industry

21 Feb 2017

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Experts seek ways to reduce food wastage

Njiraini Muchira 21 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Man-made famine declared in South Sudan, thousands face starvation

21 Feb 2017

Kaap Agri keen to list on JSE

Kaap Agri keen to list on JSE

Marc Hasenfuss 20 Feb 2017

The team of judges are: Stefan Hanekom, Johann van Graan, Janus Henning, Prof. Pieter Fourie, Prof. Erhard du Toit, Boet Wilken and Dr. Cobus le Roux.

Meet the FSA Young Farmer of the Year finalists

20 Feb 2017

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From flask to field: How tiny microbes are revolutionising big agriculture

Matthew Wallenstein 17 Feb 2017

Winner of the Future Agro Challenge 2016, Nicolás Morelli, COO at VACUCH in Santiago, Chile, shares how his innovative business idea - an antibacterial milk liner that mitigates bovine mastitis
and reduces the amount of bacteria in milk - grew to new heights.

Top food and ag innovators competing for Agripreneur of the Year

16 Feb 2017

Local plum exports affected by smaller fruit

15 Feb 2017

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Is your honey the real deal?

2 Mar 2017

#DesignIndaba2017: Concrete beehive helps create a more sustainable beekeeping industry

#DesignIndaba2017: Concrete beehive helps create a more sustainable beekeeping industry

2 Mar 2017

sarangib via - Cassava

AfDB takes agricultural transformation discourse to India, cradle of Green Revolution

2 Mar 2017

FOA forecast points to a decline in global wheat output

2 Mar 2017

Arnold pronto via

Clover caught between drought and embattled consumers

2 Mar 2017

- Photo: Rachel Kibui

Dairy farmers to benefit from solar-powered coolers

Kennedy Senelwa 1 Mar 2017

Lourensford harvest 2017

Lourensford 2017 grape harvest promising despite drought, fires

1 Mar 2017

Agriculture Department estimates sharp increase in maize planting

1 Mar 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via

Three key ingredients to achieve food security in Africa

Nicolas Mounard 28 Feb 2017

Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility via

SADC farmers call for urgent regional action to help control Fall armyworm infestation

27 Feb 2017

Deal provides SA maize farmers with innovative grain storage solution

Deal provides SA maize farmers with innovative grain storage solution

27 Feb 2017

Distell eyes acquisitions

Distell eyes acquisitions

Marc Hasenfuss 27 Feb 2017

Operation Phakisa to transform agricultural sector

Operation Phakisa to transform agricultural sector

24 Feb 2017

Dolly the Sheep -

20 years after Dolly: Everything you always wanted to know about the cloned sheep and what came next

George Seidel 24 Feb 2017

Chris Snelling via -

The value of the global affair that is the Cape Winelands

Michael Fridjhon 24 Feb 2017

Challenging times for SA wine industry with excise hikes

Challenging times for SA wine industry with excise hikes

23 Feb 2017

World Economic Forum via

The 2017 Budget Speech from an agribusiness perspective

23 Feb 2017

As solar refrigerator keeps mangoes cold, farmers' profits heat up

Leopold Obi 22 Feb 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via - Olivia Gimbo holds up her family's supply of food for the week in Epworth, Harare.

Global future food security in jeopardy warns FAO report

22 Feb 2017

Phenomenal growth in South African blueberry industry

21 Feb 2017

OpenIDUser2 via

Experts seek ways to reduce food wastage

Njiraini Muchira 21 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Man-made famine declared in South Sudan, thousands face starvation

21 Feb 2017

Kaap Agri keen to list on JSE

Kaap Agri keen to list on JSE

Marc Hasenfuss 20 Feb 2017

The team of judges are: Stefan Hanekom, Johann van Graan, Janus Henning, Prof. Pieter Fourie, Prof. Erhard du Toit, Boet Wilken and Dr. Cobus le Roux.

Meet the FSA Young Farmer of the Year finalists

20 Feb 2017

walkersalmanac via

From flask to field: How tiny microbes are revolutionising big agriculture

Matthew Wallenstein 17 Feb 2017

Winner of the Future Agro Challenge 2016, Nicolás Morelli, COO at VACUCH in Santiago, Chile, shares how his innovative business idea - an antibacterial milk liner that mitigates bovine mastitis
and reduces the amount of bacteria in milk - grew to new heights.

Top food and ag innovators competing for Agripreneur of the Year

16 Feb 2017

Local plum exports affected by smaller fruit

15 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Food prices approaching record highs in East Africa due to drought

15 Feb 2017

Bird flu in Uganda highlights gaps in Africa's plans to manage pandemics

Jeanette Dawa 15 Feb 2017

SONA 2017 failed to address job losses, says Fair Play

SONA 2017 failed to address job losses, says Fair Play

14 Feb 2017

Poisonous fungus gets into food and eats away at health

Poisonous fungus gets into food and eats away at health

13 Feb 2017

Carl Davies, CSIRO via - Cowpeas are a staple food and an important source of protein for over200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.

Pulses, powerful allies in achieving Sustainable Development Goals

13 Feb 2017

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SA's 2016 maize crop of 7.8-million tonnes is 3.2% higher than estimate

13 Feb 2017

Poultry industry is efficient - experts

Poultry industry is efficient - experts

Marc Hasenfuss 10 Feb 2017

Can Agri-parks be the ‘silver bullet' for small farmer and rural development in South Africa?

Can Agri-parks be the ‘silver bullet' for small farmer and rural development in South Africa?

Annelize Crosby, Dr. Jack Armour and Theo Boshoff 10 Feb 2017

Vineyard robot prototype

IGWS celebrates five years of innovation and collaboration

9 Feb 2017

Fair Play Movement takes EU to task over chicken dumping

Fair Play Movement takes EU to task over chicken dumping

9 Feb 2017

Deli Spices gets international expertise through French partnership

Deli Spices gets international expertise through French partnership

9 Feb 2017

Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa's agri-food systems

Why the US has a lot to gain from investing in Africa's agri-food systems

Thomas Jayne 7 Feb 2017

Astral Foods H1 profits to drop as high feed costs and imports bite

Andries Mahlangu 7 Feb 2017