# The City of Tshwane is urging farmers to continue to be vigilant following the outbreak of African armyworm. The pest, known for its destructive feeding habits, primarily affects grassland and certain savannah regions, posing a significant threat to crops and pastures. The metro says livestock farmers must be careful, as some grass, such as […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Landbou, Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Toerisme, Ivan Meyer, verwelkom die opheffing van die verbod op groente-uitvoere na Botswana. Die provinsie was in 2024 se vierde kwartaal verantwoordelik vir 37-persent, of drie-miljoen-rand, van Suid-Afrika se groente-uitvoere na Botswana. Meyer sê Botswana se geleidelike opheffing van groente-invoere vind in twee fases plaas. Die eerste […]
# Western Cape MEC of Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism, Ivan Meyer, has welcomed the lifting of the ban on vegetable exports to Botswana. The province accounted for 37-percent, which is 3.3-million-rand of South Africa’s vegetable exports to Botswana in quarter four of 2024. Meyer says Botswana’s gradual lifting of vegetable imports is occurring in two […]
# Die Kaapstadse burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, het die minister van Vervoer Barbara Creecy aangemoedig om die privaat sektorvennootskap vir die stad se hawe in die komende Versoek om Inligting-proses wat hierdie maand vrygestel word, te prioritiseer. Navorsing dui aan dat verbeterings kan lei tot 20-duisend nuwe poste en uitvoere met ses-miljard-rand kan opstoot. Hy sê […]
# Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has urged Transport minister Barbara Creecy to prioritise private sector partnerships for the city’s port in the upcoming request for information process, set to be issued this month. Research suggests improvements could create 20-thousand jobs and boost exports by six-billion-rand. He says inefficiencies have led to a 20-percent drop […]
# Landboukundiges doen ‘n beroep vir die kommersialisering van Suid-Afrika se bokbedryf om ekonomiese groei te stimuleer. Die Landbounavorsingsraad en belanghebbendes in die bedryf beklemtoon die meeste bokke word lewendig op informele markte verkoop, met slegs 0,5-persent wat deur formele slagpale verwerk word. Kenners voer aan beter teling, beter voorsieningskettings en regeringsingryping kan werk skep, […]
# Agricultural experts are calling for the commercialisation of South Africa’s goat industry to drive economic growth. The Agricultural Research Council and industry stakeholders highlight that most goats are sold live in informal markets, with only 0.5-percent processed through formal abattoirs. Experts argue that improved breeding, better supply chains, and government intervention could create jobs, […]
# Die landbou-organisasie, TLU SA, waarsku daar is tans ʼn groot moontlikheid dat voëlgriep in Suid-Afrika kan uitbreek. Die hoogsaansteeklike voëlgriepvirus, H5N1, het miljoene vrektes onder wilde voëls veroorsaak en handelspluimvee moes dringend uitgedun word. Bennie Van Zyl van TLU SA sê die vorige groot voëlgriep-uitbreking in Suid-Afrika het tot verliese van sowat 9,5-miljard-rand gelei:
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA is warning that there is currently a significant risk that the highly pathogenic avian influenza could break out in South Africa. The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, known as H5N1, has killed millions of wild birds and has led to emergency culling of commercial flocks. TLU SA’s, Bennie Van Zyl, […]
