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Met die aanbreek van herfs in Maart en April, verhoog kouefronte die risiko vir stormagtige weer en hael in Suid-Afrika. Volgens Johan van den Berg, 'n onafhanklike landbouweerkundige, is daar twee spitstye vir sulke toestande: Oktober tot Desember (begin van somerreën) en Maart tot April (einde van somer). Kouefronte wat met warm tropiese vog bots, skep gunstige omstandighede vir storms en hael, veral aan die begin en einde van die somerseisoen. Voorspellings dui op verdere reën in Maart en April oor die somerreëngebied, maar met ongelyke verspreiding. Tropiese stormaktiwiteite in die Mosambiekkanaal en naby Madagaskar kan reënpatrone onseker maak. Tog kan reën wes- en suidooswaarts skuif, wat moontlik beter toestande bring vir suidelike Namibië, Noord-Kaap en Oos-Kaap. In die winterreëngebied word min reën verwag vir die westelike dele (Swartland en Wynland), maar die Suid-Kaap se vooruitsigte verbeter effens in die komende weke. Die risiko vir hael en storms bly dus hoog oor die volgende twee maande.

Santam has reported a two-fold jump in claims for natural catastrophes over the past two decades, underscoring the escalating effect of climate-change induced disasters such as floods on the insurance industry. In its full-year earnings report for the year to end-December, SA’s largest short-term insurer showed that the average annual claims for natural disasters rose from less than R1bn in the 2005-15 period to about R2bn in the past 10 years. It highlights the heightened frequency and severity of extreme weather events. In 2024, Santam paid out R748m in claims from weather-related catastrophes, a slight increase from R744m in 2023. The Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal were particularly hard hit by flood losses.

President Donald Trump het aangekondig dat die VSA vanaf 2 April tariewe op "eksterne" landbouprodukte sal instel, as deel van 'n breër plan om handelsbeperkings op ingevoerde goedere op te lê. Hy het Maandag op sosiale media gesê Amerikaanse boere moet gereed maak om meer produkte vir die binnelandse mark te produseer. Hierdie stap volg nadat die VSA se landbouhandelstekort 'n rekord van $49 miljard bereik het, met voedselinvoere wat toeneem, volgens die Amerikaanse Departement van Landbou (USDA).  Die tariewe sal veral vrugte, groente, neute (wat sowat 50% van invoer uitmaak), suiker, koffie en kakao tref, wat 15% van invoere uitmaak. Invoer van gebruikte kookolie uit China vir biobrandstof kan ook geraak word, wat VSA-sojaboonolie sal bevoordeel. Meksiko, die VSA se grootste landbouverskaffer, het in 2023 $45,4 miljard se produkte gestuur, terwyl Kanada en die EU saam $73 miljard gelewer het.

Despite a midsummer drought affecting grains and oilseed harvests, South African agricultural exports rose 3%, reaching a record high of almost $14 billion (R258 billion) in 2024. According to a report by the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) released on Monday, this marks the sixth consecutive year of growth in the sector's export trade.  The strong fruit harvest, along with the rebound in livestock and improved grain reserves from the prior season, bolstered South Africa's agricultural export growth in 2024.  African countries comprised 44% of the trade, followed by Asia and the Middle East at 21%, and the European Union at 19%. Amid concerns about the possible termination of AGOA, the report emphasises that the US comprises 4% of South African agricultural exports. 

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The legal challenge, filed in the Pretoria high court in December, “relates to the duty of the minister” to decide and to establish an annual export quota for the 2024 and or 2025 calendar years for the trade in lion bones, bone pieces, bone products, claws, skeletons, skulls and teeth for commercial purposes”, Sapa president Johannes Wessels said in his founding affidavit. READ MORE 

If the US imposes tariffs on EU food and agriculture products, US importers would initially face higher costs, making EU goods pricier and weakening the competitive edge of EU exporters. An analysis suggests agricultural machinery would be hit hardest, with beverages, fruits and vegetables, dairy, and seafood facing moderate impacts.  READ MORE 

South Africa lacks favourable climatic conditions to grow rice and palm oil and thus relies on imports of these products. Regarding wheat, South Africa imports nearly half of the annual consumption. In the Free State province, which used to be amongst the major wheat-growing regions of the country, production has declined notably over time because of the unfavourable weather conditions and profitability challenges of wheat relative to other crops. Meanwhile, imports are around 20% of the annual domestic consumption of poultry. READ MORE 

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