🇿🇦 South Africa
Current and comprehensive agriculture, market and development news in South Africa.
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Politics
Troubled South Africa sugar industry pushes for biofuel subsidy
South Africa’s sugar industry is in talks with the government over a potential subsidy that could see it convert more…
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Crops
Unique regional status to South Africa’s rooibos tea can turn fortunes for crop
Come December, when farmers near Cape Town harvest rooibos leaves, they will become the first generation to grow and sell…
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Poultry
Namibia bans South African poultry imports after avian flu spreads
Namibia has banned all imports of poultry and poultry products from South Africa after further outbreaks of avian influenza were…
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Services
BEKA Schréder’s LED lighting solution for animal feed manufacturer
BEKA Schréder has supplied the LED lighting retrofit solution for Meadow Feeds, who are one of the market leaders in…
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Investing
South Africa launches fund to boost Black farming
South Africa has set up a 5 billion rand ($340 million) fund to help Black farmers gain access to capital…
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News
Rise Against Hunger Africa partners with business to support communities during Covid-19
Rise Against Hunger Africa has partnered with local Cargill businesses to pack and distribute over 250,000 meals in KwaZulu Natal…
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Investing
South Africa’s Tongaat to sell eSwatini sugarcane farm for $21 million
Indebted South African sugar producer Tongaat Hulett said on Wednesday it would sell a sugarcane farm in eSwatini to the…
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Markets
Farmers turn to commercial banks as South African lender stalls
South African farmers are increasingly turning to commercial lenders to top up their working capital as the Land and Agricultural…
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