What is driving South Africa’s consumer food prices higher?
Rising food prices continue to dominate the headlines, domestically and globally. It is not unusual for one to see complaints…
Agri confidence reaches all time high of 75
It has been quite some time since South Africa’s agricultural sector has had as good a season as the current…
What does the impact of the lower contribution to GDP mean for agriculture?
Although agriculture’s contribution was muted in the first quarter, this is a temporary blip given the generally huge production outlook…
Food inflation fuelling rising inflation figures
Statistics South Africa recently announced that inflation was 4.4% for April, a 1.2% increase from March. Inflation on food and…
Good financial decisions will ensure SA agriculture survival during bad times
According to the latest economic growth figures released by Statistics SA, agricultural sector production expanded by 13.1%. The sector has…
South African government should focus on expansion of agricultural export markets
In our interactions with various agribusinesses since the start of the year, one issue that consistently comes up, in addition…
African countries’ agricultural reforms will ensure free trade deal benefits SA too
Over the past two decades, South Africa’s agricultural output growth and rise in trade surpluses have been inspiring, and these…
TLU SA underwhelmed by predictable budget
The National Budget 2021 did nothing to excite agriculture. Minister of Finance, Mr Tito Mboweni, delivered the budget in parliament…
South Africa’s agricultural exports registered the second largest level on record in 2020
We have been writing for a while about South Africa’s agricultural performance in 2020, but with full-year trade data now…
The alcohol industry deserves justification for the continued ban – Salba
With the number of new Covid-19 cases declining over the past two weeks, South African Liquor Brandowners Association (Salba) has…
