# The National Council of SPCAs has filed criminal charges against Daybreak Farms’ board following a mass animal welfare disaster where over one million birds suffered due to extreme neglect. A High Court ruling confirmed Daybreak’s gross mismanagement and compelled it to stop inhumane practices. The NSPCA uncovered widespread suffering, calling it a grave moral […]
# The Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has reassured South Africans that red meat in the country is safe to consume, after foot-and-mouth disease has spread to the North West province. A second batch of vaccines have since been ordered from the Botswana Vaccine Institute, after the first order arrived earlier this week. Steenhuisen has reassured […]
# Kenners sê Suid-Afrika se landbousektor moet luister na dringende oproepe om uitvoermarkte te diversifiseer namate die VSA se handelsbeleid verander en wêreldwye handelsbeskerming toeneem. Kenners by die Creamer Media-webinaar waarsku dat Amerikaanse planne vir die instelling van heffings van 30-persent, kan belangrike uitvoere soos sitrus skade doen. Professor Johann Kirsten en ekonome Wandile Sihlobo […]
# Experts say South Africa’s agriculture sector faces urgent calls to diversify export markets as US trade policy shifts and global protectionism rise. Experts at a Creamer Media webinar warned that US plans for 30-percent tariffs could harm key exports like citrus. Professor Johann Kirsten and economists Wandile Sihlobo and Mmatlou Kalaba stressed East Asia […]
# Suid-Afrika se ikoniese protea, insluitend die Koningsprotea, is besig om weens klimaatsverandering te verskuif. Byna 200 variëteite floreer nou ver van hul natuurlike Kaapse habitat waar baie uitsterwing in die gesig staar. Kenners sê stygende temperature, verlies aan habitat en veranderende brandsiklusse bedreig hierdie endemiese blomme. Deur vernuwing kweek sommige boere proteas met minimum […]
# South Africa’s iconic protea, including the King Protea, is relocating due to climate change. Nearly 200 varieties now thrive far from their native Cape habitats, where many species face extinction. Experts say rising temperatures, habitat loss, and altered fire cycles threaten these endemic flowers. Through innovation, some farmers grow proteas using minimal irrigation, aiming […]
# Die African Farmers Association of South Africa in die Vrystaat is bekommerd oor swart boere se uitdagings om toegang tot grond te verkry. Die verklaring volg ná ‘n grondgeskil in Hoopstad, waar ‘n opkomende swart boer nie by staatsgrond wat die Departement van Water en Sanitasie bestuur word, ingesluit is nie. Realeboha Mokhethi van […]
# The African Farmers Association of South Africa in the Free State has expressed concern over the challenges experienced by black farmers accessing land. The statement follows a land dispute in Hoopstad, where an emerging black farmer was locked out of state-owned land managed by the Department of Water and Sanitation. AFASA’s Realeboha Mokhethi told […]
# Die Vereniging van Vleisin – en -uitvoerders en die Suid-Afrikaanse Vleisverwerkingsvereniging het die regering se gedeeltelike opheffing van die pluimveeverbod vanuit Brasilië verwelkom. Die opheffing tree vandag in werking. Invoere hervat uit alle state behalwe Rio Grande do Sul, wat deur voëlgriep geraak word. Hierdie verandering verhoed moontlik proteïentekorte. Die vereniging vra vinniger finalisering […]
