# Agriculture minister, John Steenhuisen has appointed 27 external technical advisors to support the department. This is to ensure more effective and speedy turnover time of the high-volume applications received by the Registrar of the Fertilisers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act. Steenhuisen says the department is responsible for overseeing that agricultural inputs […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het ‘n waarskuwing uitgereik vir donderstorms met swaar reën en skadelike wind in dele van die land tot Maandag. ‘n Geel vlak 2-waarskuwing vir hewige donderstorms met swaar reën is uitgereik vir dele van die Noord-, die Oos- en die Wes-Kaap, en die sentrale en westelike dele van die Vrystaat en […]
# The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for thunderstorms with heavy downpours and damaging winds in parts of the country until Monday. A Yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours has been issued for parts of the Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Western Cape, as well as the central […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, sê vroeë data dui aan die huidige massa-inentingsveldtog teen bek-en-klouseer lewer positiewe resultate op. Meer as twee-miljoen stuks vee is ingeënt tussen Februarie en 26 Maart en geen nuwe gevalle is aangemeld onder kuddes wat reeds behandel is nie. Die departement se woordvoerder, Joylene van Wyk, sê hulle […]
# Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, says early data indicate that the current mass foot-and-mouth disease vaccination campaign is yielding positive results. More than two million animals have been vaccinated between February and 26 March, with no new infections recorded in already vaccinated herds. The department’s spokesperson, Joylene van Wyk, says they have strengthened surveillance […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap verwelkom die aankoms van nog 50-duisend bek-en-klouseer-entstofdosisse. Sedert die bekendstelling van die reaksieplan teen die siekte, het die provinsie 156-duisend-470 dosisse suksesvol toegedien. Noko Masipa van die DA sê die jongste besending is daarop gemik om die provinsie se verdedigingslinie in stand te hou terwyl nasionale logistiek onvoorspelbaar bly:
# The DA in the Western Cape has welcomed the arrival of an additional 50-thousand foot-and-mouth disease vaccine doses. Since the launch of the FMD response plan, the province has reached a significant milestone with 156-thousand-470 vaccinations successfully administered. The DA’s Noko Masipa says this latest shipment is about maintaining the province’s defensive line against the disease, at […]
# Daar is steeds ʼn vraag na Suid-Afrikaanse produkte in die Midde-Ooste, maar uitvoerders moet gereed maak vir ʼn wisselvallige handelsomgewing terwyl die konflik voortduur. Dit is volgens die Absa AgriTrends-verslag. Loffie Brand van Absa AgriBusiness waarsku dat met petrol- en dieselpryse wat in April op ʼn maandgrondslag onderskeidelik met ongeveer 15- en 40-persent per […]
# Demand for South African produce in the Middle East remains firm; however, exporters should prepare for a volatile trading environment if the conflict persists. This is according to the Absa AgriTrends report. Absa AgriBusiness’s Loffie Brandt warns that with petrol and diesel prices respectively climbing by around 15-percent and 40-percent per litre month-on-month in […]
