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| | The impact of South Africa's drought on agricultural yields, quality and price have forced companies like McCain South Africa to... read |
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| William Midgley If the Regulation of Agricultural Land Holdings Bill is enacted in its present form, it will have far-reaching consequences on the agricultural sector... read | | |
| Efforts between the government, business, and organised labour to find solutions that can stabilise South Africa's poultry industry last month has been welcomed by Eastern Cape poultry producer Sovereign Foods... read | | | Reliance has received the go-ahead for the first-of-its-kind R250 million Waste to Energy project in the Paarl region to generate energy from organic waste, create jobs, rebuild depleted agricultural soils and more... read | | |
| Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Tan Zhai Gen Much of the antibiotics given to livestock and poultry passes un-degraded through their urine and faeces, directly affecting food... read | | | Liquor group Distell has secured a majority stake in the Kenya-based KWAL, which manufactures spirits and wine, for an undisclosed sum... read | | |
| Some 60% of producers chose not to hedge their prices and lost some R1,860 per ton when grain prices did a U-turn... read | | |
| Sally Nyakanyanga Spodoptera frugiperda is a formidable foe. Pesticides only work when the larvae are very small and before they have begun to cause visible damage to the crop. After that, there are no quick fixes... read | | |
| Issued by Rand Show It just wouldn't be a show without the animals, which is why the Rand Show is bringing together a whole cast of flying, flapping, trotting, waddling, scurrying and slithering entertainers to delight families this year, at the Rand Show's animal farm... read | | |
| Businesses selling improved varieties and high-quality cassava stems for cultivation could help African farmers significantly raise their productivity... read | | |
| According to Abi Williams, Facebook's sales manager for small and medium businesses in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, small businesses are the engine of economic growth in South Africa... read | |
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