The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, has received a request from the wine industry, in terms of the Marketing of Agricultural Products (MAP) Act, 1996…
The recent signing of a revised citrus protocol between South Africa and China by Agriculture, Land Affairs and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza will secure R325-million in new export revenue and create…
Ireland’s agriculture and foreign affairs departments have joined forces to launch the Africa Agri-foods Development Programme, with the objective to encourage business partnerships between Irish agricultural stakeholders and African companies,…
Industry body Grain SA has appointed Dr Pieter Taljaard its new CEO. He will succeed Jannie de Villiers from 1 September. Grain SA says Taljaard brings a wealth of grain…
We continue to observe robust activity in South Africa’s agricultural machinery market, and this optimism has been underway since May 2020. Last week, the figures released by the South African…
The outlook on citrus production and export from Southern Africa clearly shows a massive growth phase is currently in play. Tree census data confirms this and the outlook is for…
On June 9, I presented at the South African Cane Growers Association’s annual general meeting. My talk was, titled South Africa’s agriculture in the economic reconstruction and recovery narrative. I reflected…
On Friday the 11th of June the Provincial Division of the High Court in KwaZulu-Natal in favour of a group of occupiers who were assisted by NGOs to bring a…
It has been quite some time since South Africa’s agricultural sector has had as good a season as the current one, Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) states in the latest Agbiz/Industrial…