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3.5KAgriculturePart 1: Management of pregnant ewes during the first trimester
Renowned Veterinary Specialist Practitioner, Dr Johan van Rooyen, provides insights into how farmers can improve the nutrition of their pregnant ewes. The...
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2.5KAgricultureState of innovation in agriculture
On 28th August, the Department of Science and Technology together with the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) hosted a webinar on...
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3.6KFeaturedMzansi Agri Talk turns one year
Today marks exactly one year since Mzansi Agriculture Talk was born. From the humble beginnings, we have now grown to become a...
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3.0KBusinessElectricity costs for farmers – Eskom drags its feet
The Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) analysis of the electricity supply under the pandemic raised worrying flags. “Eskom share of its...
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2.8KBusinessSugar industry requests exemption from the Competition Act
Stakeholders in the sugar industry have less than 20 days to submit comments to the Competition Commission, for the sugar industry to...
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2.9KBusinessNERPO has expressed disappointment about the distribution of the inputs of agricultural relief fund vouchers by the government suppliers
The National Emergent Redmeat Producers Organisation (NERPO) has reacted with shock and disbelief following the failure of some of the government suppliers...
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4.7KBreaking NewsHigh Court rules that lives sheep can be exported
The Grahamstown High Court has granted the first and second respondents Al Mawashi and Livestock Transport and Trading Company, to transport 56 000...
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2.5KBusinessVinpro webinars to focus on post covid-19
According to Stats SA, the wine sector contributed around R36 billion to South Africa’s GDP, employing more than 290 000 people in all...
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2.1KAgricultureManaging plant diseases may determine your breakfast
The United Nations (UN) has assembled a team agronomists, crop, and plant scientists to work on developing disease-resistant varieties and “to track...
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2.5KFeaturedWomen in agriculture deserve so much more
As women’s month draws an end, we will simply forget about women’s contribution to agriculture. Suppose when the current Minister of Agriculture...