# KwaZulu-Natal farmers are calling for immediate government intervention to tackle veld fires, storms, high feed costs, and disease outbreaks. They say current aid is too slow and poorly communicated, harming agriculture and raising food prices. At a Durban crisis meeting, MEC Thembeni Madlopha-Mthethwa pledged mechanisation support. Meanwhile, Head of Department Zibusiso Dlamini warned escalating […]
# Die tuinboukundige, Richard Arm, het kamelia-liefhebbers aangemoedig om die Vergelegen-wynlandgoed in Somerset-Wes, Kaapstad, te besoek en sy internasionaal-erkende kamelia-tuin te vier. Dit volg na ‘n onlangse suksesvolle geleentheid waar meer as ‘n duisend struike tentoongestel is. Arm sê die landgoed bevat Afrika se enigste “Internasionale Tuin van Uitnemendheid”. Hy het beklemtoon dat die tuin […]
# Horticulturist Richard Arm has urged Camellia lovers to visit Vergelegen wine estate in Somerset West, Cape Town, to celebrate its internationally acclaimed camellia garden. This follows a successful event recently that showcased over one-thousand shrubs, Arm says the estate holds Africa’s only International Camellia Garden of Excellence. He emphasised that the garden remains a […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Departement van Landbou vra perde-eienaars om hul diere in te ent teen die dodelike Afrika-perdesiekte, veral ná ‘n besondere nat somer. Suid-Afrika word in beheersones verdeel, met verpligte inenting tussen Junie en Oktober in besmette sones en beskermingsones. Staatsgoedkeuring word vereis in vrye en toesigsones. Die hoof van Kommunikasie, Mary James, sê […]
# Following an unusually wet summer, the Western Cape Department of Agriculture urges horse owners to vaccinate against African Horse Sickness, a fatal equine disease. South Africa is divided into control zones, with mandatory vaccination required in infected zones and protection zones between June and October. In free and surveillance zones, vaccination requires state approval. […]
# Merlog Foods moedig die Grensbestuursowerheid aan om aanlyn bevestiging van veeartsenykundige gesondheidsertifikate te aanvaar om vertragings met die invoer van pluimvee te verlig. Bestuurder Georg Southey sê verouderde papier-bevestiging veroorsaak weeklange vertragings wat proteïnpryse opjaag en voedselsekerheid bedreig. Hy sê die owerheid en die Departement van Landbou het albei toegang tot Brasilië se veilige […]
# Merlog Foods is urging the Border Management Authority to adopt online verification for veterinary health certificates to ease poultry import delays. Manager Georg Southey says outdated paper checks cause week-long hold-ups, inflating protein prices and threatening food security. Despite both the Border Management Authority and Agriculture Department having access to Brazil’s secure online system, […]
# AgriSA moedig die regering aan om ervare onderhandelaars aan te stel om met Amerikaanse beamptes te vergader oor die invoertariewe van 30-persent, wat ‘n uitwerking op Suid-Afrikaanse landbou het. Uitvoerende hoof Johann Kotzé waarsku dat die tariewe die sitrus-, druiwe-, wyn-, makadamianeut- en volstruisleerbedryf kan seermaak. Kotzé sê ‘n pragmatiese strategie is uiters belangrik, […]
# Agri SA has urged government to intensify negotiations by deploying skilled trade negotiators with US authorities over a 30-percent import tariff impacting South African agricultural exports. The industry body’s CEO, Johann Kotzé, warns the tariffs could hurt the citrus, grapes, wine, macadamia nuts, and ostrich leather industries. Kotzé says a pragmatic strategy is vital […]