Agri SA is an agricultural representative organisation that is committed to the development of agriculture in South Africa. We are a non-profit organisation that is helping to develop a stable, profitable agricultural environment within this country.

THE 2018 EDITION of the BFAP South African Baseline presents an outlook of agricultural production, consumption, prices and trade in South Africa for the period 2018 to 2027, within the context of the current uncertainty regarding land reform policies. The information presented is based on assumptions about a range of economic, technological, environmental, political, institutional, and social factors.

Farm profitability can be measured using earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization (EBITA), net farm income, operating profit margin ratio, rate of return on farm assets, and rate of return on farm equity.

When you pick up a handful of dirt from your garden, you are holding more living organisms than there are people on Earth. Underneath your feet is another world of living organisms—eating each other, fighting for resources, working together to survive.

Although one might think that farming would benefit the environment by providing people and animals with food sources, it often does more harm than good.

Due to the declining health of the planet, sustainable farming is a priority.

Early projections suggest that the La Niña weather phenomenon, which brought above-normal rainfall across the summer crop-growing areas of South Africa and much of Southern Africa, leading to higher crop yields, has ended.

The integration of modern technology in agriculture has garnered significant attention over the past decade. Both governmental and private entities, often collaborating through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), have made concerted efforts in this domain.

• The solid production conditions in South Africa's agricultural sector continue to be reflected in the employment data.

Global organic farming area increased by over 49 million acres in 2022, reaching more than 237 million acres worldwide.

Six years ago, Hawaii became the first state in the U.S. to ban the toxic insecticide chlorpyrifos from use in agriculture. The rest of the U.S. and the European Union followed.

A few years ago, Cory Krieg wasn’t particularly worried about earthworms.