# Suid-Afrika se landbousektor was op die voorpunt van ekonomiese groei in die eerte kwartaal, met ‘n uitbreiding van 15,8-persent en ‘n bydrae van 0,4- persentasiepunte tot die bruto binnelandse produk. Volgens Stats SA is die groei aangevuur deur tuinbou en diereprodukte. Uitvoere het gestyg tot 61-miljard-rand, terwyl beesvleisuitvoere alleen met 31-persent jaar-op-jaar gestyg het. […]
# Die Nasionale Landboubemarkingsraad waarsku verhogings in die brandstofheffing sal die landbousektor benadeel. Die raad sê 13-persent van die insetkoste is vir brandstof, en die verhoging sal produksie-, vervoer- en voedselpryse raak. Die raad sê ten spyte van ‘n kortingskema op diesel, sal kleinboere en landelike werkers die swaarste kry. Die raad versoek uitgebreide kortings, […]
# Die uitvoerende direkteur van die landbou-organisasie, Saai, Theo de Jager, sê die reis na Amerika was om ‘n waardevoorstel aan te bied om ekonomiese migrasie te stop met behulp van die landbousektor, deur die beëindiging van armoede en hongerte in Afrika. De Jager sê landbou kan vinniger welvaart skep as enige ander sektor, maar […]
# The National Agricultural Marketing Council has warned that fuel levy increases will strain South Africa’s agriculture sector. The council says that fuel makes up 13-percent of input costs, and the hike will raise production, transport, and food prices. It says that despite a diesel rebate scheme, smallholder farmers and rural workers may struggle most. […]
# South Africa’s agricultural sector led economic growth between January and March, expanding by 15.8-percent and contributing 0.4-percentage points to overall gross domestic product. According to Stats SA the growth was driven by horticulture and animal products, exports rose to 61-billion-rand while bovine meat exports alone jumped 31-percent year-on-year. The report indicates that agriculture now […]
# Southern African Agri Initiative executive director, Theo de Jager, says the US trip was about offering a value proposition to stop economic migration by ending poverty and hunger in Africa through agriculture. De Jager says agriculture can create wealth faster than any other sector, however, investment requires security, production financing, and policy certainty. He […]
# Die minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, het die land se heel eerste pluimvee-inentingsveldtog aangekondig as proaktiewe maatreël teen die uitbreking van voëlgriep. ʼn Inentingspermit is aan Astral Foods toegestaan wat die maatskappy toestemming gee om sowat 200-duisend braaihoenders in te ent. Dis ongeveer 5-persent van al Astral se aanteelhoenders met ʼn geraamde waarde van 35-miljoen-rand. Steenhuisen […]
# The minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has announced the country’s first-ever vaccination of poultry as a proactive measure to minimise the risk of avian flu outbreaks. A vaccination permit has been issued to Astral Foods, authorising the company to vaccinate about 200-thousand broiler birds. This represents approximately 5-percent of Astral’s total breeding stock, valued at an estimated […]
# Die Suider-Afrikaanse Agri-insiatief, Saai, sê die ware omvang van misdaad op plase en in landelike gebiede word heeltemal onderskat omdat baie voorvalle nie by die polisie aangemeld word nie. Saai-woordvoerder, Leon Lourens, sê die statistiek van eksterne rolspelers en die SAPD se datastelsel, onthul dat slegs 50-persent van alle veediefstalle wat aangemeld word, in die […]
