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Medium-term budget: Dismay about lack of assistance for farmers

During his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement delivered on Wednesday (27 October), the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana announced that government planned to increase spending...

Agri sector outlook cautiously optimistic, despite challenges’

This was according to Dr Piet Croucamp, political analyst at the North-West University Business School, who said the global decline in demand for agricultural...

‘SA well-positioned to become leader in cannabis production

Murphy said regulatory progress made in the past five years had allowed South Africa to catch up with other countries that had legalised cannabis...

Water rights litigation creates uncertainty for SA farmers

The recent Constitutional Court decision on the transferability and trading of water rights will create uncertainty and erode investor confidence in the agricultural sector,...

Alternative agricultural resources grow interest

There has been a surge of interest during the past six months in alternative agricultural resources, such as growbags and capillary mats, geotextiles manufacturer Fibertex...

Lucerne hay grading: Making SA producers globally competitive

In the past, lucerne was considered a low-value pasture or rotation crop, and was primarily used as a supplement. However, in recent decades, it...

An affordable way to fix poor drainage

In a water-stressed country such as South Africa, it’s difficult to imagine any farmer complaining about having too much water. However, across the country’s irrigation...

Getting a silage maize crop into the bunker chop-chop

The clean and neatly parked fleet of John Deere forage harvesters, tractors, and large haulage trailers on East End Farm make for an impressive...

Irrigated wheat: Conservation farming improves water usage and yield

Egon Zunckel and his sons, Tyson and Carl, have been implementing conservation agriculture practices, especially no-till, on their farm’s commercial mixed grains operation since...

‘Go after what you want’ – lessons from a young spinach farmer

Gugulethu Mahlangu, who was born and raised in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, started studying agricultural science at the University of Pretoria in 2014. After one year...

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