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Suid Afrika -Sedert die aanvang van Desember tot nou was daar minstens 33 plaasaanvalle en sewe plaasmoorde. In sommige gevalle is die slagoffers aangerand en selfs gemartel. Hierdie ontstellende tendens het landelike gemeenskappe toenemend kwesbaar gelaat en ernstige kommer oor veiligheid, voedselsekerheid en ekonomiese stabiliteit laat ontstaan. Die toename in plaasaanvalle is onaanvaarbaar. Hierdie aanvalle bedreig nie net menselewens nie, maar stel ook die toekoms van ons land se landbousektor in gevaar. Dis jammer dat ons nie uitsprake hoor van ons Landbouminister en ander leiers nie- Die edelagbare President is steeds stil en het nog glad enigsins uitlating hieroor gemaak nie- behalwe dat hy dalk nog ontken dat daar niks is nie.
A new maize disease, Goss bacterial wilt and leaf blight, has hit the South African maize industry after it landed here from America. It has the potential to cause extensive in a maize field under ideal conditions, and it could potentially have an effect on exports. In an international notification on Monday 14 January the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially confirmed that the disease, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis (Goss’ wilt), is already present in four provinces in South Africa. . It was already observed in places last season, but due to its phytosanitary implications on the maize industry, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DALRRD) (now the Department of Agriculture) first thoroughly investigated and positively identified it before it was officially announced.
Peter Ackroyd, voorsitter van die Campaign for Wool, het die bedryf geprys: “Die Suid-Afrikaanse Merinowolbedryf lewer voortdurend hoëgehalte produkte wat aan internasionale omgewingstandaarde voldoen. Hierdie uitstalling het die wêreld gewys hoekom Suid-Afrika ’n voorloper in volhoubare wolproduksie is.” Suid-Afrika huisves ongeveer 8,000 kommersiële wolboere en meer as 45,000 individuele gemeenskapsboere, wat afhanklik is van wolproduksie vir hul inkomste. Hierdie bedryf speel ’n deurslaggewende rol in die volhoubaarheid van talle plattelandse gemeenskappe.
The African Union (AU), has adopted a new agricultural development strategy that will see the continent increase its agrifood output by 45 per cent by 2035 and transform its agri-food systems as part of its new plan to become food secure in a decade. This is after the African Union Extraordinary Summit on the Post-Malabo Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) held in Kampala, Uganda, adopted the 10-year CAADP Strategy and Action Plan, and the Kampala CAADP Declaration on Building Resilient and Sustainable Agrifood Systems in Africa, which will be implemented from 2026 to 2035. In the Kampala declaration, the 55 AU member states set forth six commitments that should transform and strengthen the agri-food system on the continent.
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La Niña is one phase of the climate pattern called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which forms in the tropical Pacific. La Niña is the “cool” phase of ENSO, since the waters in this part of the Pacific are cooler than average. El Niño is the “warm” phase of ENSO, as the waters in the tropical Pacific are warmer than average. While the focus is typically on El Niño and La Niña, there is also a neutral phase. The neutral phase of ENSO basically means everything in this part of the Pacific Ocean is at or near their averages. READ MORE
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Agricultural production declined in the third quarter of 2024, leading to the economy unexpectedly contracting by 0.3%, after growing in the second quarter. GDP from agriculture decreased to R85 698 million from R120 386 million in the second quarter. READ MORE
The 2025 Russian winter grain harvest is forecast to be the worst in 23 years. Unfavorable weather conditions are partly to blame, but more signs point toward the onset of a systemic crisis in the grain industry. The share of winter crops in poor conditions is estimated to be close to 38%, ProZerno, a Moscow, Russia-based think tank, reported, citing data from the Hydrometeorological Center. Only 31% of crops are in good condition, against 74% a year ago. READ MORE
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Die regering wil ’n fonds van R100 miljard op die been bring om eksklusief swart sakeondernemings by te staan . . . en die private sektor moet daarvoor opdok indien hulle nie gestraf wil word nie. Die transformasiefonds word deur Parks Tau, minister van handel, nywerheid en mededinging, beplan en word geoormerk om swart sakeondernemings by te staan met ekwiteitsfinansiering, skuldverligting en toelaes. Tau sê in antwoord op ’n parlementêre vraag dit sal gefinansier word deur verdere kodes vir breëbasis- swart ekonomiese bemagtiging (BBBEE) op die private sektor af te dwing. “Entiteite word verplig onder verklaring 400 van die BBBEE-kodes van goeie praktyk om die ekwivalent van 3% van hul jaarlikse netto wins ná belasting by te dra vir die ontwikkeling van swart verskaffers,” lui Tau se antwoord op ’n parlementêre vraag van Toby Chance, DA-LP.
South Africa introduced a national minimum wage (NMW) in 2019 – however, as the figure has risen, so has outright non-compliance and the use of tactics like cutting work hours to get around the laws.This is according to a study conducted for the NMW Commission by academics from the University of Cape Town.
Onlangse verslae dui aan groen alternatiewe kan Afrika se landbou-voedselstelsels herskep en beduidende voordele meebring. Omgewingskundiges sê as Afrika se jeug die nodige hulpbronne en geleenthede het, sal hulle waarskynlik die vermoë van boerderygemeenskappe bevorder om aan te pas by klimaatskrisisse.
Onlangse verslae dui aan groen alternatiewe kan Afrika se landbou-voedselstelsels herskep en beduidende voordele meebring. Omgewingskundiges sê as Afrika se jeug die nodige hulpbronne en geleenthede het, sal hulle waarskynlik die vermoë van boerderygemeenskappe bevorder om aan te pas by klimaatskrisisse.
Ná jare van probeer, het ’n pêl van my en sy vrou uiteindelik vrede gemaak met die hartseer werklikheid dat hulle nooit ’n kind van hul eie sal hê nie. Dat dit net hulle twee sal wees op die afgeleë bergplaas, veral ná die ontydige afsterwe van sy pa.
No one wants to hear about higher prices in January, when there is so much stress on people returning to work and sending kids to school, but we can expect South African coffee prices to increase soon. Brazil and Vietnam are major producers of coffee beans. We import from both and both have had bad weather — drought and heavy rains in the case of Vietnam — which have affected production.
The ban has been in place since foot-and-mouth disease broke out in Limpopo in January 2019.In a notice to livestock industry stakeholders, the chief director of Zimbabwe’s directorate of veterinary services, Dr PV Makaya, wrote that cloven-hoofed animals and their products may be imported to Zimbabwe again from Gauteng, North West, the Northern Cape and Western Cape.
AfriForum het ‘n dringende vergadering aangevra met die polisieminister, Senzo Mchunu, om die oplewing in plaasaanvalle hok te slaan. Daar is sedert Desember verlede jaar 33 aanvalle en sewe moorde aangemeld, met van die slagoffers wat gemartel is. Jacques Broodryk van AfriForum sê daar bestaan ‘n behoefte aan daadwerklike optrede om landelike gemeenskappe te beskerm en die landbousektor te beveilig
The cattle market is booming, reminiscent of the 1970s' inflationary market, but low inventories, rising prices, and carcass sizes don't align with comfortable cycles, suggesting underlying variables. Larger carcasses—up 175 pounds since 2000—require 20% more days on feed and greater corn consumption. Who is driving carcass size? It doesn't feel like producers.
Africa has adopted a new agricultural development strategy that will see the continent increase its agrifood output by 45 per cent by 2035 and transform its agri-food systems to become food secure in a decade.
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting in Davos will be significant for South Africa as the country takes its seat bearing the presidency of the Group of 20 (G20). This is according to Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana, who addressed the pre-WEF breakfast session held in Sandton on Thursday.
The Rand has weakened significantly again, currently trading at R18.75 against the US Dollar, with the Dollar receiving strong support from employment figures indicating solid economic growth.
As Peru's blueberry harvest volumes reached normal levels again with increased exports, the global blueberry market has returned to normal. Growers in China are seeing ideal weather that enhances the flavour of blueberries this year. South Africa's season, which is coming to an end soon, has seen blueberry exports increase by 7%. More blueberries for North America are anticipated in 2025.
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Debunking the cow methane myth:
— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) January 17, 2025
After 10 years, cow methane is broken down into CO2, entering a biogenic carbon cycle absorbed by plants via photosynthesis, carbon sequestration in the soil, converted into cellulose, eaten by cows and the cycle repeats. True sustainability. pic.twitter.com/pCCBWcfnDc
