SA’s strong tractor sales signal farmers’ optimism about the upcoming 2021/22 summer crop season
We continue to observe optimism in South Africa’s tractor sales as the 2021/22 summer crop production season approaches. The recent…
Monitoring improves potato tuber moth control
Potato tuber moth can be a potato producer’s nightmare. Fortunately, InteliGro’s extremely effective monitoring system not only help to control…
Could SA’s logistics crisis derail the citrus sector’s stellar growth trajectory?
A little-known, positive fact in a country that tends to focus on the negative is that South Africa is the…
Healthy soils are crucial for sustainable agri-food systems – FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has launched two practical instruments designed to encourage soil organic…
The best support that can be given to the agricultural sector is a well-run, efficient, financially sound Municipality
Yesterday, the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, accompanied by the Executive Mayor of the Cape Winelands District Municipality,…
John Deere machinery touches African soil for the first time
Since John Deer’s announcement in March 2021 on the expansion of their construction equipment into Sub-Saharan Africa, they have added…
Laager Rooibos celebrates the uniqueness of being South African this Heritage Day
Explaining the magnetic pull of South Africa to those who haven’t grown up or lived a significant amount of time…
SA agribusiness confidence retracts by 67 points in Q3 of 2021
Following a surge to an all-time high of 75 in the second quarter of this year, the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence…
Al Mawashi SA to trade directly with commercial farmers
Al Mawashi South Africa (AMSA), the country’s largest buyer of live sheep for Middle Eastern markets, has announced that it…
DMA’s affected by foot-and-mouth disease in KZN gets reduced
The minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, Thoko Didiza has announced the reduction of the size of the…
