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Steenhuisen's budget speech promises positive outlook for agriculture

Steenhuisen's budget speech promises positive outlook for agriculture

Cocoa traders suffer $1bn blow amid Ghana supply issues

Cocoa traders suffer $1bn blow amid Ghana supply issues

By Maytaal Angel and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 15 Jul 2024

WPF launches new training resources for safe chicken housing

WPF launches new training resources for safe chicken housing

10 Jul 2024

Growing food in the post-truth era

Alana Mann 6 Jul 2017

Proper planning, adaptability key to farming successfully in volatile times

Proper planning, adaptability key to farming successfully in volatile times

6 Jul 2017

uMATI project manager, Graham Armstrong with Mayor of Mpofana, Xolani Duma, who has offered his full support to the initiative.

KZN Midlands farmers driving agricultural transformation on all levels

6 Jul 2017

Collaboration on reforestation operations in fire-ravaged Southern and Eastern Cape

5 Jul 2017

mute_gemini via

Global status of commercialised biotech/GM crops

4 Jul 2017

Poultry co-op entrepreneur wins Diageo SA sponsored #YAFF award

Poultry co-op entrepreneur wins Diageo SA sponsored #YAFF award

4 Jul 2017

Pome fruit export volumes down due to continued drought

4 Jul 2017

Common pesticides can harm bees, but the jury is still out on a global ban

Phil Lester 3 Jul 2017

The Kouga Dam stands at just 18.6% capacity. Image Supplied

Gamtoos River Valley farmers face dire water cuts

3 Jul 2017

Price of white maize falls with glut in SA's export markets

Price of white maize falls with glut in SA's export markets

Colleen Goko 30 Jun 2017

What not to miss at PMA Fresh Connections Southern Africa 2017

What not to miss at PMA Fresh Connections Southern Africa 2017

30 Jun 2017

How Cape firms secured R100m in halaal export deals

How Cape firms secured R100m in halaal export deals

Bekezela Phakathi 30 Jun 2017

Senwes records increase in profit despite tough macroeconomic conditions

30 Jun 2017

Poultry sales in SA 'not affected by outbreak'

Poultry sales in SA 'not affected by outbreak'

Bekezela Phakathi 30 Jun 2017

Amore Paulsen in the Laastedrif library

Ceres grower a leader in transformation

30 Jun 2017

Africa Progress Panel via - Akinwumi Adesina

Future of African youth lies in agriculture, not Europe - Food Prize Laureate

Umberto Bacchi 29 Jun 2017

Legacy of trailblazing

Kristy Jooste 29 Jun 2017

Left to Right: Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya Chairman Apollo Owuor welcomes newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer, Hosea Machuki to the association

Kenya's horticulture sector to undergo major changes as new standard comes into play

28 Jun 2017

New head of research and economics to help Sernick Group improve feedlots

New head of research and economics to help Sernick Group improve feedlots

28 Jun 2017

Appletiser plant in Elgin ramps up annual production

Appletiser plant in Elgin ramps up annual production

28 Jun 2017

Astral doing 'all in its power' to contain bird flu

Astral doing 'all in its power' to contain bird flu

28 Jun 2017

EkoFarmer: High-tech turnkey solution for businesses who want to grow their own

EkoFarmer: High-tech turnkey solution for businesses who want to grow their own

28 Jun 2017

Skills development in agriculture should be seen as an investment

27 Jun 2017

Avian influenza confirmed in Mpumalanga

27 Jun 2017

Adéle’s Mohair near Fish River Mouth has been providing employment for rural communities for over 30 years. Here founder and Agri EC Adéle Cutten (left) and long-time employee Liz Dyakala (right) inspect the team’s new uniforms. (Image: Supplied)

EC farming communities battling unemployment with innovative small businesses

26 Jun 2017

Silos ready for record maize harvest

Silos ready for record maize harvest

Reitumetse Pitso 26 Jun 2017

The organically grown vineyards of Avondale Wine. Image Source:

The sustainability of organic wine production

23 Jun 2017

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Avian influenza H5N8 outbreak confirmed in SA

23 Jun 2017

Pulse flour spikes in popularity

Pulse flour spikes in popularity

23 Jun 2017

Agriculture confidence keeps sprouting

23 Jun 2017

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uMATI project manager, Graham Armstrong with Mayor of Mpofana, Xolani Duma, who has offered his full support to the initiative.

KZN Midlands farmers driving agricultural transformation on all levels

6 Jul 2017

Collaboration on reforestation operations in fire-ravaged Southern and Eastern Cape

5 Jul 2017

mute_gemini via

Global status of commercialised biotech/GM crops

4 Jul 2017

Poultry co-op entrepreneur wins Diageo SA sponsored #YAFF award

Poultry co-op entrepreneur wins Diageo SA sponsored #YAFF award

4 Jul 2017

Pome fruit export volumes down due to continued drought

4 Jul 2017

Common pesticides can harm bees, but the jury is still out on a global ban

Phil Lester 3 Jul 2017

The Kouga Dam stands at just 18.6% capacity. Image Supplied

Gamtoos River Valley farmers face dire water cuts

3 Jul 2017

Price of white maize falls with glut in SA's export markets

Price of white maize falls with glut in SA's export markets

Colleen Goko 30 Jun 2017

What not to miss at PMA Fresh Connections Southern Africa 2017

What not to miss at PMA Fresh Connections Southern Africa 2017

30 Jun 2017

How Cape firms secured R100m in halaal export deals

How Cape firms secured R100m in halaal export deals

Bekezela Phakathi 30 Jun 2017

Senwes records increase in profit despite tough macroeconomic conditions

30 Jun 2017

Poultry sales in SA 'not affected by outbreak'

Poultry sales in SA 'not affected by outbreak'

Bekezela Phakathi 30 Jun 2017

Amore Paulsen in the Laastedrif library

Ceres grower a leader in transformation

30 Jun 2017

Africa Progress Panel via - Akinwumi Adesina

Future of African youth lies in agriculture, not Europe - Food Prize Laureate

Umberto Bacchi 29 Jun 2017

Legacy of trailblazing

Kristy Jooste 29 Jun 2017

Left to Right: Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya Chairman Apollo Owuor welcomes newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer, Hosea Machuki to the association

Kenya's horticulture sector to undergo major changes as new standard comes into play

28 Jun 2017

New head of research and economics to help Sernick Group improve feedlots

New head of research and economics to help Sernick Group improve feedlots

28 Jun 2017

Appletiser plant in Elgin ramps up annual production

Appletiser plant in Elgin ramps up annual production

28 Jun 2017

Astral doing 'all in its power' to contain bird flu

Astral doing 'all in its power' to contain bird flu

28 Jun 2017

EkoFarmer: High-tech turnkey solution for businesses who want to grow their own

EkoFarmer: High-tech turnkey solution for businesses who want to grow their own

28 Jun 2017

Skills development in agriculture should be seen as an investment

27 Jun 2017

Avian influenza confirmed in Mpumalanga

27 Jun 2017

Adéle’s Mohair near Fish River Mouth has been providing employment for rural communities for over 30 years. Here founder and Agri EC Adéle Cutten (left) and long-time employee Liz Dyakala (right) inspect the team’s new uniforms. (Image: Supplied)

EC farming communities battling unemployment with innovative small businesses

26 Jun 2017

Silos ready for record maize harvest

Silos ready for record maize harvest

Reitumetse Pitso 26 Jun 2017

The organically grown vineyards of Avondale Wine. Image Source:

The sustainability of organic wine production

23 Jun 2017

whuiiiyourlife via

Avian influenza H5N8 outbreak confirmed in SA

23 Jun 2017

UP joins global fight against diseases threatening tropical and subtropical crops

23 Jun 2017

Pulse flour spikes in popularity

Pulse flour spikes in popularity

23 Jun 2017

Agriculture confidence keeps sprouting

23 Jun 2017

#YouthMonth: Entrepreneur has high hopes for castor oil producing company in Africa

#YouthMonth: Entrepreneur has high hopes for castor oil producing company in Africa

Cari Coetzee 22 Jun 2017

Reliance Compost earns gold at Eco-Logic Awards

Reliance Compost earns gold at Eco-Logic Awards

21 Jun 2017

IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga (right) welcomes the Nigerian Minister of Finance, the Hon. Kemi Adeosun (left) to IITA, Ibadan. Photo: O. Adebayo, IITA

Nigerian Minister of Finance encourages national roll out of youth agri programme

20 Jun 2017

Image credit: EY Canada via Twitter

AGT Foods CEO scoops EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 title

20 Jun 2017

BRICS countries have an important role to play in achieving SDGs

BRICS countries have an important role to play in achieving SDGs

20 Jun 2017

Climate imperils Ethiopia's coffee output: study

Climate imperils Ethiopia's coffee output: study

20 Jun 2017

Mpho Nemukula, poultry farm manager, Sovereign Foods

SA youth driven by passion, finds success as poultry farm manager

20 Jun 2017

Ceres grower imports, cultivates Witlof roots to increase supply

Ceres grower imports, cultivates Witlof roots to increase supply

19 Jun 2017

Front row, L-R: Avuyile Maqolo, Masande Mlanjeni, Christiaan Abrahams, Siphenathi Kowa, Yolani Kaso

Back row: Siphokazi Taliwe, Yolanda Ngwevela, Yanga Tshaya (behind Yolanda), Tiffany Andrews, Louise Jones (Old Mutual Foundation), Siphesihle Tshaka, Siyabulela Makedama (behind Siphesihle), Phelisa Ntsokotha, Emihle Ganyaza, Zenande Fuzile, Sinobom Gosa, Porchia Jacobs, Samkelisiwe Magwaza, Simamkele Ncapayi, Nosipho Ngcawe, Yonela Zondwayo, Mpontseng Ramothathaki, Ntombentsha Stuurman

Old Mutual funding helps PYDA bring skilled youth into the WC wine industry

15 Jun 2017

Big decline in consumer goods industry

Big decline in consumer goods industry

Colleen Goko 14 Jun 2017

Agriculture remains resilient as SA economy slips into technical recession

Hamlet Hlomendlini 14 Jun 2017