Tag: Agbiz
Climate change causes observable disruptions to agriculture
We are currently witnessing the impact of climate change on the agricultural sector, both on the local and global fronts. These effects...
Agriculture contributes to economic shrinkage
The South African economy, the most industrialised economy on the African continent, has been struggling to gain momentum and has not grown...
#AgriMarkets: Rain in the US to dampen global maize supplies
When the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its preliminary estimates for the 2019/20 global grains and oilseeds production, the sentiment...
Somergewas-oesskatting neem nóg verder toe
Die hersiene oppervlak- en vierde produksieskatting vir somergewasse vir die 2019-produksieseisoen, is deur die Nasionale Oesskattingskomitee vrygestel.
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Agbiz responds to new cabinet appointment by president Ramaphosa
“Agbiz has noted the appointment of the new cabinet for the sixth administration of democratic South Africa by president Cyril Ramaphosa. We...
#AgriMarkets: SA agricultural trade surplus expands
If we do not write about South Africa’s first quarter of 2019 agricultural trade figures, one would assume that there have been...
Hortgro: Are you ready for the future?
The territory has not become more forgiving and likely never will. Whether the grower’s orchard is faced with perpetual onslaughts by unrelenting...
SA fruit industry’s protection lies in visibility
There is a tendency to treat social transformation and economic growth as two distinct matters, but Stephanie van der Walt believes that...
#AgriMarkets: SA to benefit from increased global grain supplies
As the 2019/20 production season begins in a number of countries in the northern hemisphere, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
#AgriMarkets: Winter crops will benefit from positive weather
The Western Cape is the leading producer of South Africa’s winter crops, which are wheat, barley and canola. It is also in...