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Vleisbeesinligtingsdag | produsente leer meer oor vleisbeesproduksie

  • 18 March 2022
  • 1008

Die Valsrivier Bonsmara Telers het onlangs hul eerste vleisbeesinligtingsdag in Bothaville aangebied.

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Tekort aan kanolasaad op vooraand van planttyd

  • 11 March 2022
  • 1060

Graan SA en ander belanghebbendes sal in die komende weke met verskeie maatskappye vergader oor die erge tekort aan kanolasaad in Suid-Afrika.

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Sandgrondboere hou inligtingsdag en besin oor versuipskade

  • 11 March 2022
  • 1027

Die Sandgrondontwikkelingskomitee (SOK) se jaarlikse inligtingsdag het vanjaar op 4 Maart plaasgevind en het tydens die geleentheid proefresultate in verskillende produksiepraktyke gedeel.

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Nampo 2022 | Program strek oor vyf dae

  • 11 March 2022
  • 1193

Terwyl die span van Graan SA wag om terugvoer te kry van die regering oor sy aansoek om die Nampo-oesdag 2022 aan te bied, het die organisasie aangekondig dat dié oesdagprogram vanjaar oor vyf dae sal strek.

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Finance now available for all John Deere construction and mining machinery

  • 11 March 2022
  • 899

John Deere Financial is excited to announce that we have extended our portfolio to include John Deere Construction and Mining equipment.

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SA Suiwelkampioenskappe lok honderde inskrywings

  • 04 March 2022
  • 1091

Meer as 900 suiwelprodukte het vanjaar in die 2022 Suid-Afrikaanse Suiwelkampioenskappe, die grootste en oudste suiwelkompetisie in Afrika, meegeding.

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Nat toestande nog lank nie verby nie

  • 04 March 2022
  • 1062

Weermodelle dui tans aan dat die La Niña -stelsel nog tot April en selfs Mei verantwoordelik kan wees vir gemiddelde tot bogemiddelde reën oor die somerreëngebied.

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Beplan deeglik om dilemma van duur kunsmis te bestuur

  • 04 March 2022
  • 1403

“Ons het nie die luukse om vir twee tot drie jaar oor die dilemma van kunsmispryse te praat nie, ons beleef ʼn krisis en ons moet dadelik tot aksie oorgaan!”

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Senwes once again reaffirms commitment to finance black farmers

  • 04 March 2022
  • 987

After the successful approval of the merger between the Senwes and the Suidwes Group during 2020, Senwes is currently in the second year of three years emanating from the merger approval conditions in terms of which Senwes is required to extent material financial assistance to black farmers.

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SA agricultural exports hit a new record high

  • 25 February 2022
  • 1140

South Africa's agriculture, food and beverages exports for 2021 hit a new record high of US$12,4 billion.

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Samewerking die sleutel tot misdaadbekamping

  • 25 February 2022
  • 1043

Misdaad soos veediefstal gaan nie ophou nie, maar samewerking kan begin om ʼn verskil in die golf te maak sê Isabel Kruger van die Vrystaatse veediefstalvoorkomingsforum.

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South Africa sends first lemons to China

  • 25 February 2022
  • 1297

It was in 2004 when Minister Didiza was in the same position as she is in now, that the first protocol for the shipment of citrus fruit from South Africa to the Peoples Republic of China was signed.

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Agbiz reacts to 2022 budget

  • 25 February 2022
  • 1143

Agbiz welcomes the National Treasury’s pragmatic budget at a crucial time of economic reconstruction.

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Noord-Kaap gaan gebuk onder erge sprinkaanplaag

  • 18 February 2022
  • 1249

Die onlangse goeie reën in die Noord-Kaap het weer wydverspreide uitbrekings van bruinsprinkane in die provinsie tot gevolg gehad het.

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An uptick in SA consumer food price inflation in January 2022

  • 18 February 2022
  • 1144

The data released by Statistics South Africa shows that consumer food price inflation accelerated to 6,2% y/y in January 2022, from 5,9% y/y in the previous month.

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Wagyu-vleisproduksie skiet die hoogte in

  • 18 February 2022
  • 997

Die produksie van Wagyu-vleis het die afgelope jaar met 90% toegeneem.

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Agbiz | Saam kan inklusiewe groei bewerkstellig word

  • 18 February 2022
  • 991

Die Landbousakekamer Agbiz het die onlangse staatsrede aangeprys en is gereed om saam met die regering te werk ten einde inklusiewe groei te bewerkstellig.

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Landboukwessies onder die loep gedurende staatsrede

  • 11 February 2022
  • 1194

President Cyril Ramaphosa het op Donderdag, 10 Januarie 2022, sy sesde staatsrede gelewer.

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Asiatiese vrugtevlieg gedy na goeie neerslae

  • 11 February 2022
  • 989

Die goeie neerslae wat die afgelope ruk oor die meeste provinsies uitgesak het bied gunstige toestande vir die voorkoms van die Asiese vrugtevlieg (Bactrocera invadens).

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Oesskatting dui op laer katoenoes ten spyte van rekordpryse

  • 11 February 2022
  • 1034

Volgens die eerste oesskatting gaan die katoenoes vanjaar ongeveer 14% laer wees as die vorige seisoen en word die oes op 67 000 bale vesel gereken. Die geraamde aanplantings word op 17 014 hektaar gestel.

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Goeie trekkerverkope in Januarie

  • 11 February 2022
  • 1012

Gedurende Januarie vanjaar is 20% meer trekkers verkoop in vergeleke met Januarie verlede jaar.

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Die prys van tamaties styg skerp

  • 04 February 2022
  • 1191

Die prys van tamaties het oor die afgelope ruk sodanig gestyg dat die jaar-tot-jaar styging op 41% gerealiseer het.

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Excellent South African plum crop

  • 04 February 2022
  • 1315

South African plum growers have reported excellent crop quality this season as the UK marketing campaign looks to inspire consumers to choose their fruit.

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What Ukraine-Russia tension means for SA agriculture and agribusiness

  • 04 February 2022
  • 1291

While we have started the year focusing on domestic factors affecting South Africa's agriculture and agribusiness, especially given the recent excessive rains that have worried some farmers, geopolitics factors have now also come to the fore.

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The impact of high 2022 summer rainfall on grain production

  • 04 February 2022
  • 1177

This article summarises recent rainfall statistics of the impact of excessive rainfall on summer crop production in the 2021/2022 season.

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Voorgestelde kragpryse te duur vir landboubedryf

Indien Eskom se pryse met die voorgestelde 20,5% verhoog word, sal dit die voorbestaan van talle landbou-ondernemings bedreig.

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Ruvasa | Toestande gunstig vir die uitbreking van slenkdalkoors

Toestande is gunstig vir ʼn uitbreking van slenkdalkoors en boere word gewaarsku om waaksaam te wees vir hierdie en ander veesiektes wat weens baie reën ʼn gevaar vir boere inhou.

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Agbiz supports BUSA’s call to review regulations relating to high cube containers

Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) earlier this week wrote to the Minister of Transport calling for an urgent review of Regulation 224 (b) of the National Road Traffic Act (Act 93 of 1996). Agbiz firmly supports this call.

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Senwes seder val

Mnr. Johan Dique, voormalige Groep Uitvoerende Beampte van Senwes en besigheidstrateeg, is op Maandag 25 Januarie 2022 oorlede.

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Trekkerverkope styg verder in Desember

  • 21 January 2022
  • 1101

Trekkerverkope van 660 eenhede in Desember is byna 44% meer as die 460 eenhede wat die vorige Desember verkoop is.

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Beware of the spread of the resistant Palmer amaranth in the summer rainfall region

  • 21 January 2022
  • 1354

One of the most aggressive weeds that has ever invaded South Africa, the Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri), has been confirmed on a maize farm in the Potchefstroom district of the North West Province.

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SA consumer food price inflation likely to moderate somewhat in 2022

  • 21 January 2022
  • 1174

The data released by Statistics South Africa shows that consumer food price inflation slowed marginally to 5,9% in December 2021 from 6,0% in November.

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Agri SA en affiliasies verwelkom rampverklaring

  • 21 January 2022
  • 1175

Die verklaring van die talle oorstromings in die land tot ʼn nasionale ramp word deur Agri SA en sy affiliasies verwelkom.

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The journey towards a thriving continental agrifood system

  • 14 January 2022
  • 1250

The year 2021 was one of critical conversations about global agrifood systems – the processes and methods through which farming produces food. Following on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic and a rise in global poverty, 2021 was a year for recovery and an urgent call to transform food systems if the world is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets by 2030.

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Nog neerslae verwag vir komende week

  • 14 January 2022
  • 1261

Die kans op 50 mm reën of selfs meer bly hoog oor die sentrale tot noordoostelike dele van die land en volgens Johan van den Berg, ʼn onafhanklike landbouweerkundige, kan dié vooruitsig tot en met volgende week duur.

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Rolspelers gekant teen regulering van teeltegnieke

  • 14 January 2022
  • 1245

ʼn Besluit dat nuwe teeltegnieke aan dieselfde streng regulasies as vir geneties gemodifiseerde organismes (GMO’s) onderwerp gaan word, het hewige reaksie vanuit verskillende oorde binne die landbousektor ontlok.

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Bayer invites global researchers to take part in novel Testing4Ag program

  • 14 January 2022
  • 1047

Bayer recently announced the launch of Testing4Ag, a new program which allows research scientists from around the world to submit novel chemistries to Bayer for testing in hopes of identifying potential new modes of action to control fungal diseases, insect pests, or weeds.

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Berries ZA launch first trade-focused campaign in Germany

  • 14 January 2022
  • 1062

Berries South Africa, the industry association for South African blueberries, raspberries and blackberries (Berries ZA) are running a B2B promotional campaign on blueberries, targeting key industry players in Germany ahead of Fruit Logistica.

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TLU SA | Laat brandstofprys verlaging by verbruikers uitkom

  • 07 January 2022
  • 1141

TLU SA is verheug oor die verlaging van die prys van diesel en petrol wat vroeër die week in werking tree, sê mnr. Henk van de Graaf, TLU SA streeksvoorsitter: Noord en lid van TLU SA se uitvoerende komitee.

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A wet summer ahead | South African Weather Service

  • 07 January 2022
  • 1310

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued the following Seasonal Climate Watch for the period January to May 2022.

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Sprinkaanplaag bedreig padverkeer in Karoo

  • 07 January 2022
  • 1296

Swerms bruinsprinkane beweeg tans oor paaie in die Karoo en kan toenemend ʼn padveiligheidskrisis in die gebied veroorsaak en dr Gerhard Verdoorn, bedryfsbestuurder van CropLife SA, maan motoriste om op hul hoede te wees.

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Waak teen haarwurmuitbrake na goeie neerslae

  • 07 January 2022
  • 1646

Die wydverspreide reën en warm toestande wat oor die somerreënvalstreek voorkom, kan lei tot probleme met haarwurm.

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Inskrywings vir SA Suiwelkampioenskap eersdaags ingewag

  • 17 December 2021
  • 1143

Is jy ʼn suiwelprodusent wie se produkte in die handel beskikbaar is? Indien wel, inskrywings vir volgende jaar se prestige SA Suiwelkampioenskap word vanaf Maandag, 10 Januarie 2022 ingewag.

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Wagyu wen gesogte beesvleiskompetisie

  • 17 December 2021
  • 1196

Net meer as ʼn jaar nadat die Protea Reserve Wagyu Company (PRWC) in Junie 2020 gestig is, is dié maatskappy onlangs as die wenner van die Suid-Afrikaanse Voerkraalvereniging en Alfa-ekspo se gesogte beesvleiskompetisie aangewys.

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Water | Agri SA bied terugblik en verwagtinge

  • 17 December 2021
  • 1284

Die landbousektor het gedurende die jaar ʼn aantal opmerklike gebeure ervaar met betrekking tot water. In hierdie opiniestuk bied Janse Rabie, Hoof: Natuurlike Hulpbronne, Agri SA, sy mening oor die gebeure tot op hede. Hy gee ook sy mening oor wat in 2022 verwag kan word.

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Garsoes daal merkbaar na rekordlopie

  • 17 December 2021
  • 1207

Dit word gereken dat vanjaar se garsoes sowat die helfte kleiner sal wees as 2020 se rekordoes van 588 000 ton. Die rede hiervoor is kleiner aanplantings en ongunstige weer.

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Rekord uitvoervolumes vir sagtesitrus

  • 10 December 2021
  • 1346

Volgens die Sitruskwekwersvereniging van Suid-Afrika oortref die 30,9 miljoen sagtesitrus (in 15kg-kartonne), verlede jaar se uitvoervolume van 26,6 miljoen kartonne. Dit verteenwoordig ʼn groei van 31%.

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Die jongste oor SA se bek-en-klouseer uitbreking

  • 10 December 2021
  • 1271

Aldus ʼn verklaring wat deur die Rooivleisprodusente-organisasie (RPO) uitgereik is, bevestig serologiese en kliniese waarneming deur die Direktoraat van Dieregesondheid dat die bek-en-klouseer uitbreking in KwaZulu-Natal voortgaan.

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Agribusiness Confidence Index rebounds in fourth quarter

  • 10 December 2021
  • 1251

After a slight retreat to 67 in the third quarter, the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) recovered to 74 points in the final quarter of this year.

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SA witnesses spike in tomato and potato prices

  • 10 December 2021
  • 1105

A spike in tomato and potato prices will force South Africans to reach even deeper into their pockets this festive season.

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Toename in hondsdolheidgevalle onder mense

  • 03 December 2021
  • 1208

Die aantal gevalle van hondsdolheid onder mense is tans die hoogste wat dit die afgelope vyf jaar was, aldus die Nasionale Instituut vir Oordraagbare Siektes (Nios). Dié toename in getalle word toegeskryf aan ʼn onlangse uitbreking van hondsdolheid onder troeteldiere.

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Groot swerms sprinkane byna daagliks gewaar

  • 03 December 2021
  • 1453

In die noordwestelike gedeeltes van die Noord-Kaap, by onder meer Concordia, Springbok, Boesmanland en Pofadder word daar daagliks groot uitbrekings van sowat 400 swerms sprinkane aangemeld.

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Senwes Equipment skitter tydens John Deere-toekenningsgeleentheid

  • 03 December 2021
  • 1284

John Deere is die voorloper in tegnologiese vooruitgang in die land­boubedryf en open ʼn hele nuwe wêreld van presisiemoontlikhede vir boere wat vertroud is met hulle stelsels.

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Blueberry industry the fastest-growing horticultural industry in SA

  • 03 December 2021
  • 1525

During their monthly Beanstalk.Global broadcasts, PMA Southern Africa and a panel of experts discuss key aspects of various types of fresh produce grown in South Africa and look into ways of expanding existing markets and entering new ones.

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Gerhard Bruwer is Agri SA se Jongboer van die Jaar

  • 26 November 2021
  • 1742

Gerhard Bruwer, ʼn produsent van Douglas in die Noord-Kaap is as die 17de wenner van die gesogte Agri SA se Jongboer van die Jaar-kompetisie aangewys. Bruwer boer met koring, mielies, aartappels en lusern.

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Somber November vir SA tabakbedryf

  • 26 November 2021
  • 1262

Onwettige tabakhandel in Suid-Afrika is buite beheer en daar word gevrees dat die begin van die einde van die plaaslike tabakbedryf se totale waardeketting aangebreek het. So lui ʼn verklaring deur die Suid-Afrikaanse tabaktransformasie-alliansie (Satta).

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Agricultural machinery sales the highest since 2014

  • 26 November 2021
  • 1337

In October 2021, the tractors sales of 856 units, up by 4% y/y, were the highest monthly volume since October 2014. Meanwhile, the combine harvesters' sales of 45 units, up by 73% y/y, were the highest monthly sale since March 2014.

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Senwes en Agri Securitas slaan saam af vir landelike veiligheid

  • 26 November 2021
  • 1364

Die jaarlikse Agri Securitas gholfdag het op Dinsdag, 23 November 2021, plaasgevind met Senwes as ʼn hoofborg van die geleentheid.

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Skrap suikerbelasting vir die behoud van die suikerbedryf

  • 19 November 2021
  • 1388

Die meesterplan vir die suikerbedryf sal nie werk voordat die suikerbelasting geskrap word nie, aldus die Suid-Afrikaanse Suikerrietkwekersvereniging.

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MPO herstrukturering lei tot personeelvermindering

  • 19 November 2021
  • 1334

In die proses van herstrukturering by die Melkprodusente-organisasie (MPO), was die organisasie genoodsaak om die personeeltal met bykans 60% te verminder.

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