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  • La Nina Weather Patterns: What Southern Africa Should Know

    Finally hope for Southern Africa seems to be here! After years and years of going through the El-Nino induced drought, the region is expected to receive normal to above normal rainfall for the 2020-21 cropping season, as per the latest report from the Global Agricultural Geo-monitoring Initiative (GEOGLAM).

  • VIEWPOINT-Global ENSO Forecasts for South Africa's 2025/2026 Summer Season

    Global climate models, including those from the US Climate Prediction Center (CPC/NCEP/NWS) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), confirm the development of La Niña conditions in September 2025, with a high probability (around 70-71%) of persistence through the first half of South Africa's summer (October 2025–February 2026).

  • VIEWPOINT- The South African government must carefully control the water out of the overflow dams.

    AsrecentheavyrainspushkeyreservoirsliketheVaalDamto105%capacityandtheBloemhofDamto99%,agriculturalstakeholdersareissuingastarkwarningtotheDepartmentofWaterandSanitation(DWS):controlledwaterreleasesfromoverflowingdamsmustprioritizeprecisionandfarmerinputtoavertthecatastrophiclossesinflictedonruralcommunitiesearlierthisyear.
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    South Africa, one of the world’s driest nations, faces a looming challenge as the government considers stricter water usage controls, which could jeopardize food security.
  • VIEWPOINT- South Africa’s Big Climate Plan

    South Africa has just handed in its homework to the United Nations — and it’s aR3.7-trillion to-do list.
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    In the sun-baked fields of the Western Cape and the vast plains of the Free State, South Africa's farmers are quietly rewriting the story of modern agriculture—one harvest at a time.
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    The launch of theRed Meat Industry Services (RMIS) traceability platform’s second phase in Pretoria marks a leap forward for South Africa’s red meat sector.
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    In an era of finger-pointing at every industry for planetary woes, cattle farming has become public enemy number one—not just for climate change, but for supposedly shredding the ozone layer with every burp and belch.
  • VIEWPOINT- South African Agriculture and Farmers performance

    South Africa's agricultural sector in 2025 has showcased remarkable resilience and growth in several key areas, even as persistent challenges threaten long-term sustainability.
  • VIEWPOINT- Climate-Smart Agriculture – The Urgent Shift

    Agriculture contributes14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with livestock (especially cattle) responsible for 7.1 Gt CO₂e annually and nitrogen fertilizers driving 70% of ammonia emissions.
  • VIEWPOINT- AI's Bureaucratic Reckoning

    In the sterile glow of government cubicles across South Africa, where the hum of air conditioners drowns out the clack of keyboards, a quiet revolution is brewing – one that doesn't require marches or manifestos, just algorithms and code.
  • VIEWPOINT- What South African Farmers Can Expect in 2026

    As 2025 wraps with bumper summer grains (20.2 million tonnes, +30% y/y) and robust exports (US$11.7 billion in nine months, +10%), South African agriculture enters 2026 with measured optimism.
  • VIEWPOINT- Why Regenerative Agriculture Is the Best Long-Term Bet Farmers Can Make Today

    The real power of regenerative agriculture isn’t a slightly better harvest next season; it’s the creation of land that keeps making money even when everything else is falling apart.
  • VIEWPOINT- Reconciliation Day in South Africa 2025

    As South Africa commemorates Reconciliation Day on December 16, 2025—a public holiday dedicated to promoting unity, healing, and nation-building in the post-apartheid era—the nation reflects on three decades of efforts to bridge deep racial, cultural, and economic divides.
  • VIEWPOINT- South Africa’s Foot-and-Mouth Disease Crisis Deepens in Early 2026

    As the new year begins, South Africa’s agriculture sector remains gripped by one of the most severe foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks in recent memory.
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  • In the next 50 years, South Africa is going to see some dramatic changes during the dry season, a new climate change study says. Dry spells will be longer, the entire dry season will be longer, and it will get quite a bit hotter while the rains stay away.
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