# Two farm attacks have raised rural safety concerns in Stellenbosch and the Cape Winelands. According to reports, a highly coordinated attack occurred in the Klapmuts area over the weekend, where six-armed men broke into a farmhouse, assaulted a couple with cable ties before stealing valuables. Separately, Western Cape police spokesperson Captain Frederick van Wyk […]
# Union GIWUSA is calling on government to immediately publish a comprehensive national climate emergency preparedness plan for the expected impact of the super El Niño weather pattern. The South African Weather Service has warned South Africa is likely to experience below-normal rainfall and above-normal temperatures this spring as a strong El Niño develops in […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA is tevrede met die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, se verbintenis tot die hervorming van die sektor. Die regering en die privaat sektor het saamgewerk om meer as 23-miljoen dosisse bek-en-klouseer-entstof in te voer, met elke kommersiële melkkoei in Suid-Afrika wat reeds ‘n eerste dosis entstof ontvang het. Bennie van […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA is pleased with minister of Agriculture Willie Aucamp’s commitment to the transformation of the sector. Government and the private sector have worked together to import over 23-million foot-and-mouth-disease vaccine doses. Every commercial dairy cow in South Africa has received its first dose of vaccine. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says the […]
# Die DA het die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, geloof vir sy vinnige optrede teen bewerings oor bek-en-klouseer-entstowwe se pryse. Dit volg nadat Onderstepoort Biologiese Produkte se raad sy waarnemende hoof, Jacob Modumo, voorlopig geskors het. Volgens GroundUp het Onderstepoort bek-en-klouseer-entstofdosisse van Biogénesis Bagó in Argentinië aangekoop teen 45-rand, maar dit verkoop teen tussen 70-rand […]
# The DA has commanded minister of Agriculture, Willie Aucamp, for his swift action over allegations of pricing of foot and mouth disease vaccines. This comes as the Onderstepoort Biological Products board has placed its acting CEO, doctor Jacob Modumo, on precautionary suspension. According to GroundUp, OBP allegedly bought FMD vaccines from Biogénesis Bagó in Argentina at […]
# Kleinboere word gewaarsku teen warmer toestande en onvoorspelbare reënval gedurende die 2026/27 somerseisoen. Die Nasionale Departement van Landbou se jongste El Niño-advies voorspel ondernormale reënval en hoë temperature, wat risiko’s vir gewasse en vee verhoog. Landboukundiges sê baie kleinboere verstaan die risiko’s, maar het ‘n gebrek aan water, infrastruktuur en finansiering om voor te […]
# Small-scale farmers are being warned of hotter conditions and unpredictable rainfall during the 2026/27 summer season. The National Department of Agriculture’s latest El Niño advisory forecasts below-normal rainfall and high temperatures, raising risks for crops and livestock. Agriculture experts say many small-scale farmers understand the risks but lack water, infrastructure and finance to prepare. […]
# Frankryk het meer as 18,5-miljard-rand beskikbaar gestel aan boere wat dié somer deur rekordhittegolwe en droogte getref is. Die regering sê die hulppakket is om te vergoed vir verliese aan gewasse en vee en sal boere ondersteun om produksie te hervat. Sowat 9,7-miljard-rand sal dringend uitbetaal word vir weerskade en 4,4-miljard-rand om boere te […]
