The South African agriculture sector faces growing pressure to ensure food security, sustainable farming, and innovative ...

Zimbabwean human rights journalist covering African affairs. Linkedin. Zimbabwe dairy industry regains momentum. Zim city’s suburban community gardens dri ...

Murphy said regulatory progress made in the past five years had allowed South Africa to catch up with other countries that had legalised cannabis production earlier. To date, the South African Health ...

The global spotlight was cast on South African ostrich farms when singer Lady Gaga performed at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games adorned in pink ostrich plumes and a black ostrich feather ...

Farmers’ Weekly spoke to various sources, who concluded these articles were misleading, factually incorrect and sensationalist. Anton Rabe, executive director of Hortgro, said the rules were nothing ...

Various factors will influence potato production in 2022, according to Willie Jacobs, CEO of Potatoes South Africa. High grain prices in the summer rainfall region could result in farmers downscaling ...

On the plus side, the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index rebounded by 6 points to reach 50 in the third quarter, after having remained below the 50-point mark for three consecutive quarters. This ...

Wine businesses that ignore Gen Z’s drive for environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles do so at their own peril, says Frans van Wyk, director of Agrifusion. Generation Z, born between ...

In addition to Eskom’s schedule of rolling blackouts across South Africa, which reached Stage 6 in early July, farmers in Limpopo, North West and Mpumalanga have also been hit by severe and ...

In a shocking revelation, the National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) has exposed severe negligence at a government-supported fish farm in Mpumalanga that ...

Trends in macadamia nut farming margins are showing a downward spiral of lower yields, lower prices and higher input costs. But with good management, farmers should be able to weather the storm.

Many farmers in the Northern Cape have been left in dire straits following wildfires that have devastated more than 300 000ha since August. Extensive damage has been caused to infrastructure, such as ...