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Food shortages are looming
Rapidly rising prices for the essentials of life are weighing heavily on the poor and could represent a security risk, experts have warned... read


Agriculture
Message to Davos to empower farmers
Ishmael Sunga, SACAU CEO, is taking a strong message to Davos, calling for greater global attention to the world's farmers, in particular, smallholder farmers... read
Agribusiness
Drought devastates agriculture and could cost SA R2bn in trade losses
The extreme and persistent drought has led to national agricultural production declining by more than 42%, an analysis by the Western Cape provincial government has revealed... read
Essential considerations in the current insurance climate

Bertus Visser

The New Year is well underway and with it are ongoing challenges, particularly for those of us based on farms or in rural areas. The winds of change are in the air... read
Agro-processing
Feathering the nest: sound businesses practices

Liesl Jobson

This emerging entrepreneur recently received his biggest business deal ever with 5,000 chicks on order for Christmas. He aims to move from supplying informal traders to... read
Commodities & Fairtrade
Fairtrade sweetens SA sugar industry
South Africa's first Fairtrade certified crop of cane sugar became available in December 2015. Fairtrade is not a charity or an aid system, but rather an innovative business model... read
Wool market unchanged at record high
The wool market eased slightly this week and traded 0,5% lower and the Cape Wools Merino Indicator decreased by 85 points to close at a value of R160,76... read
US poultry exports exempt from Indiana avian flu outbreak

Linda Ensor

The outbreak of avian flu at a turkey farm in Indiana will not affect US poultry exports to SA as this possibility was dealt with in the recent agreements concluded between the two countries... read
Food Security
Eskom tariff hike will jeopardise food security - Agri WC

Dane Mcdonald

The proposed Eskom tariff hike of about 17% will hit the agricultural industry hard, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) heard... read
Sustainability
Free State farmers need tons of feed
Free State Agriculture's second drought need assessment survey indicated that farmers in the province are desperately in need of 994,671 tons of feed... read
Business
How to increase your freelance earnings today!

Phindiwe Nkosi

Whether you are doing it full-time or want to supplement your income, freelancing can offer unlimited earning opportunities... read
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