Economics – Page 14 – Mzansi Agriculture Talk

Freedom‌ ‌Day:‌ ‌Problems‌ ‌of‌ ‌rural‌ ‌household‌ ‌still‌ ‌persist‌

In our recent trip into the hinterlands of the Northern Cape and North West, myself and one of our in-house policy gurus...

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Economics

Eswatini Sugar Industry not perturbed by SA Sugar Master Plan

Eswatini’s biggest sugar company, Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation Limited (RES Corporation), said in its 2020 integrated report it had sold 453 000 tonnes...

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Economics

The politics & economics of agriculture should be every farmer’s daily bread

The days of farming without equipping oneself with knowledge around the policies and politics of the industry are over. How many farmers...

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Agriculture

Soybean 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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Business

Tug 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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Agriculture

Talking 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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Agriculture

MPO: 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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Business

Heavy 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...