Mzansi Agriculture Talk
Economics
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3.3KSoybean market: Commission prohibits acquisition of RussellStone Protein
The Commission has recommended to the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) that the proposed transaction whereby DH Brothers and Seaboard intend to acquire RussellStone...
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1.9KTug of war between FAIRPLAY and AMIE continues
Bitter rivalry between the South African FairPlay Movement and the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) has once again reared its...
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3.0KTalking the future of local cotton production – Series 1
Hennie Bruwer, Cotton SA’s Chief Executive Officer, said the Cotton industry celebrated 800% growth in cotton production over a period of 5...
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1.9KGrape Industry set for record year
The Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, welcomes the news that the South African Table Grape Industry reached a total...
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2.0KMPO: Milk industry losing dairy farmers
South African milk industry is at the crosswords, this is a warning coming out from the Milk Producers Organisation (MPO). “From January...
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2.9KHeavy rains blamed for high Tomato prices
Prices of tomatoes were still to recover from production challenges. South Africa’s biggest tomatoes producer ZZ2, confirmed that there was temporary shortage...
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2.0KExport and livestock agents to be regulated by APAC
On August 2020, Cabinet Lekgotla approved the submission of the Agricultural Produce Agents Amendment Bill of 2018 to Parliament. If the Bill...
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2.5KAgriculture cushions RSA GDP in the 4th quarter of 2020
Statistics SA’s GDP showed a strong growth in agriculture of 5.9% in the fourth quarter which according to senior agricultural economist at...
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2.4KAmbivalence of the 2021 budget speech to agriculture
The 2021 Budget Speech delivered by the Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni was dressed with few details for agriculture. The allocation of...
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2.8KAre these the early warning signs for smallholder farmers?
South African farmers have seen with shock the changing events of weather patterns taking place. All these activities have altered the face...
