Agribusiness confidence drops below neutral 50-point mark in Q4
After remaining in optimistic territory for nearly three years, the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) fell by 4 points in the fourth quarter of this year to 49. This is…
New Cherry Time facility to help ship seasonal harvest
Cherry Time has invested in a new packing and handling facility for its main operations in Ceres in the Western Cape. The 5,000m2 facility is equipped to pick, pack, and…
Early warning issued for farmers to mitigate disaster impact
The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) has advised dryland farmers to prioritise drought-tolerant cultivars, and wait for sufficient moisture before planting and remain within the planting…
Food: Inflation, security and the gathering storm
Economics is boring. Or at least it can be a lot of the time. The global and local macro-economic landscape is always the context for the world that businesses operate…
Climate change calls for sustainable farming practices
On 7 November 2022, President Cyril Ramaphosa released a letter to the nation on climate change. The president indicated that the flooding earlier this year, the wildfires in the Table…
More genuine transformation initiatives needed to empower Black female farmers
According to Nonie Mokose, South Africa needs to amplify the policies of transformation to empower Black female farmers and force the gender agenda into the mainstream through deliberate actions. Mokose…
80 years of Robertson Winery: Big brand from a small town
Technically, Robertson Winery is 81 years old this year. But in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, multiple alcohol sales bans and the loss of the winery’s CEO Andre Engelbrecht…
UN farm fund in talks with IMF to join forces on resilience trust – president
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad) is in talks with the International Monetary Fund on joining forces on a new financing programme designed to shore up sustainable…
SA’s agribusiness confidence deteriorates in Q3
The Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) deteriorated further by 7 points to 53 in the third quarter following a 2-point decline in Q2 of 2022. The key factors that survey…
Impressive agriculture export earnings in Q2 despite trade challenges
The latest trade data for the second quarter of 2022 shows another stellar performance from the agriculture sector with a 5% quarter-on-quarter jump in export earnings to the tune of…