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All posts tagged "Featured"
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2.0KEconomicsConcerns over household food basket affordability
Statistics SA monthly consumer price inflation (CPI) for March 2021 showed a steadied month to month with CPI headline inflation higher at...
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2.1KBusinessTalking the future of local cotton production – Series 2
Government’s efforts to reindustrialize the textile sector is pivotal to the sustenance of the cotton industry. Chief Executive Officer of Cotton SA,...
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2.2KAgricultureA relieve for consumers as tomato prices fall from the recent highs
Senior Agriculture Economist at FNB Paul Makube in his latest update on weekly prices on fresh produce markets, reports that tomato prices...
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1.8KEconomicsFreedom 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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3.1KEconomicsEswatini 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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2.1KEconomicsThe 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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1.9KMarket SynopsisAgri Market Synopsis Week 15
Top News: “Lettuce prices posted the biggest decrease last week at R4.72/kg, which is down by 38.5% week-on-week (w/w) and 15.6% year-on-year...
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3.9KEventsMEC Mase Manopole wishes Animal Health Care Proffessionals a Happy Veterinary Day
The MEC for Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Rural Development and Land Reform, Ms. Mase Manopole, has thanked the veterinarians in our Province for...
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3.2KAgricultureSoybean 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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2.8KFeaturedSoil as a resource for smallholder farmers to improve production
Soil is ubiquitous but doesn’t get much attention because the most interesting features are out of sight, beneath the surface. Soil provides...
