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The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters has welcomed reports that the government has finalised tariffs to be imposed on poultry product imports. However, the association cautions that an increase in trade protection will lead to job losses and increased chicken prices... read
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Kagiso Trust, AFGRI Agri Services and Potatoes South Africa (PSA) have signed an agreement to address challenges faced by South Africa's new era of farmers. The agreement will provide sustainable solutions for farmers access to technical support, access to finance and access to markets... read
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Government will this year open up and regulate the commercial use of hemp products, providing opportunities for small-scale farmers, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday. Read
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Experts are of the opinion that South Africa has a chance to gain enormous advantages, especially if farmers were to focus on smaller niche sectors, such as macadamia, pecan nuts, olives and berries; crops which are showing great expansion potential thanks to significant market demand... Read
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ISSUED BY NEDBANK BUSINESS BANKING
Nedbank recently financed South Africa's first commercial floating solar farm. This innovative development was installed at Marlenique farm near Simondium, Paarl... Read
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The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, has announced that the blanket ban on animal gatherings, including livestock auctions, has now been lifted. Read
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Adidas has surged ahead to become a global leader in sourcing sustainable cotton... Read
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The programme, funded by the Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Development Trust, aims to cultivate the next generation of award-winning winemakers, as well as empower students while promoting transformation within the industry... Read
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South African wine companies are making inroads at the Prodexpo international trade show currently underway in Russia... Read
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NELSON MANDELA OGEMA
Widespread hatching and movement in different directions of the destructive desert locusts could turn into a full-blown crisis in the coming weeks in East Africa and neighbouring countries if not stopped, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation warns... Read
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A new study has found that European and North American bumblebee populations have shrank by a third since 1970... Read
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EDWARD PARKER
In the final weeks of 2019, a virus slipped furtively from animal to human somewhere in the Chinese city of Wuhan. This inauspicious moment marked the sounding of a starting pistol, unheard at first but now echoing deafeningly across the globe. The race to stop a pandemic had begun... Read
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Toll tariffs on national roads will be adjusted on 1 March 2020... Read
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