# University of Pretoria alumna doctor, JK Moeng, has been appointed as the agricultural attaché to the South African Embassy in Rome, Italy. She will represent South Africa at the heart of international food governance, engaging daily with agencies such as the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme. Moeng says she […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA sê hy is bekommerd oor die invoer van enige hoenderprodukte uit Brasilië na Suid-Afrika. Dit volg nadat die regering die verbod op invoer van pluimveeprodukte uit Brasilië gedeeltelik opgehef het. Die Departement van Landbou laat nou invoere toe uit alle Brasiliaanse provinsies, behalwe Rio Grande do Sul, waar voëlgriep voorgekom […]
# The agriculture organisation TLU SA says it is concerned about any import of chicken products from Brazil to South Africa at this stage. This comes as government has partially lifted the ban on poultry imports from Brazil. The Department of Agriculture is now allowing imports from all Brazilian states except Rio Grande do Sul, […]
# The Citrus Growers Association has reported that South African citrus exports to the United States have remained steady despite the imposition of a ten-percent universal import tariff, with no orders cancelled yet. The tariff follows a reduction in preferential treatment under the Africa’s Growth and Opportunity Act, which previously supported 1.7-billion-rand annually in US […]
# Die Sitruskwekersvereniging sê Suid-Afrikaanse sitrusuitvoere na die Verenigde State het bestendig gebly ondanks die instelling van ‘n invoertarief van tien-persent. Geen bestellings is tot dusver gekanselleer nie. Die tarief volg op ‘n afskaling van voorkeurbehandeling kragtens die Wet op Afrika Groei en Geleenthede, wat voorheen 1,7-miljard-rand se sitrusverkope ondersteun het. Die vereniging sê dat […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA het die ses finaliste vir 2025 se Jongboer van die Jaar-kompetisie aangekondig. Hulle is Thian Heyns van die Vrystaat en Tiaan Barkhuizen van die Noord-Kaap, asook Niel Booyens, Martin van Jaarsveld, Willem van der Merwe en Francois du Toit van Mpumalanga, wat as vennote ingeskryf het. Du Toit het ook op […]
# The agriculture organisation TLU SA has announced the six finalists for the 2025 Young Farmer of the Year competition. The finalists are the Free State’s Thian Heyns, Tiaan Barkhuizen from the Northern Cape, and Mpumalanga is represented by Niel Booyens, Martin van Jaarsveld, Willem van der Merwe and Francois du Toit, who have entered as […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Suikerriet-kwekersvereniging sê die plaaslike suikerbedryf word ernstig bedreig deur die Amerikaanse heffing van 30-persent op uitvoere en ‘n toename in goedkoop gesubsideerde suikerinvoere. Hy waarsku dat die heffings wat volgende maand in werking tree, suiker onmededingend sal maak, terwyl goedkoop invoere van Brasilië en Indië reeds plaaslike pryse ondergrawe. Higgins Mdluli van […]
# SA Canegrowers says the local sugar industry will be under severe threat from a 30-percent US tariff on exports and a surge in cheap, subsidised sugar imports. They warn the US tariff, starting next month, will make sugar uncompetitive, while cheap imports from Brazil and India are already undercutting local prices. The organisation’s Higgins […]
