Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has signed a landmark stone fruit trade protocol with China’s General Administration of Customs Minister Sun Meijun. The agreement opens the Chinese market,... 

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has concluded South Africa’s citrus export season for the year with a 19% year-on-year increase in volumes handled across the country’s ports. TPT says South Africa... 

South Africa’s wine industry is preparing for a promising new harvest following a favourable winter and spring, with the 2025 post-harvest period having set the stage for the start of the 2026... 

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has returned from a visit to the US, where he held talks with government and private sector stakeholders in Washington DC, Atlanta and New York City. The US has been... 

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has returned from a visit to the US, where he held talks with government and private sector stakeholders in Washington DC, Atlanta and New York City. The US has been... 

Following the successful disposal of Tiger Brands’ Langeberg & Ashton Foods business to a consortium of local fruit producers for R1 in May, the company has reported the restart of operations,... 

In a renewed effort to urge consumers, retailers and businesses to choose locally produced sugar over imported sugar, industry body SA Canegrowers has launched a ‘Save our Sugar’ campaign. The... 

Medical cannabis investment company Cilo Cybin Holdings has listed on the main board of the JSE as a fully-fledged trading entity, after listing as the first cannabis special purpose acquisition... 

The South African Fruit and Vegetable Canners Export Council (SAFVCEC) has announced that some of South Africa’s best canned fruits and vegetables will be showcased at the Anuga International Food... 

The business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of Tongaat Hulett have successfully opposed further High Court proceedings instituted by RGS Group Holdings in the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court... 

As the final day for inspection of Valencia oranges destined for Europe nears on September 20, which will conclude the 2025 export season, the Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA)... 

With global trade fragmenting, protectionism rising and markets turning inward, agriculture market diversification is not just a good idea, but a commercial imperative, FNB senior agriculture... 

With the start of the planting season for hemp and cannabis plants in South Africa, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) has highlighted its role in developing and... 

Nkosinathi Msweli's sugar cane farm in KwaDukuza - a rural, largely poor region on South Africa's eastern coast - has for three decades been a solid, albeit small, economic success story, employing... 

The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) has welcomed Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen’s announcement, this week, of efforts to procure additional vaccines to mitigate against... 

A return of La Nina may start to affect global weather patterns from September, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday, adding, however, that temperatures are still likely to... 

The Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) decreased by two points to a headline level of 63 in the third quarter, with respondents having cited foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks and trade... 

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has lauded the efforts of industry bodies Agri SA and the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) to improve critical agricultural transport... 

South African food inflation accelerated again in July, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) think tank has pointed out in its latest 'Food Inflation Brief'. The increase was 5.7%... 

The Land Bank Insurance Company has announced that it will expand its pilot product “index insurance” by introducing Area-Yield Index Insurance (AYII) This offering is designed to safeguard... 

The frequency and severity of veld fires are expected to continue increasing in South Africa and the damage could result in higher food prices, as this severely impacts on farm production costs,... 

Deciduous fruit marketing and distribution company Tru-Cape says the 2025 harvest season has delivered a record 1.48-million cartons of Flash Gala apples, which represents a 41% increase from the... 

Despite the immense uncertainty having been created by the US announcing impending import tariffs on South African goods earlier this year, the agriculture sector has recorded 26% higher exports... 

In line with industry projections made in the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy’s (BFAP’s) ‘Baseline 2025’ report, industry body South Africa Wine has identified strategic priorities to... 

Industrial solutions provider BMG has a comprehensive range of power transmission components, including Italian-manufactured ZMC industrial conveyor chains, that offer dependable service in diverse... 

Industry organisation the South African Cane Growers' Association (SA Canegrowers) has called on food and beverage manufacturers and retailers to commit to buying mainly local sugar in order to... 

The agricultural sector in South Africa outperformed the rest of the economy significantly over the past 20 years, despite input costs rising faster than inflation and, in most cases, rising faster... 

Industry organisation the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) has welcomed the government’s “Plan A” for long-term trade resilience and competitiveness, which was jointly announced... 

South Africa submitted a revised trade offer to the US on August 12, after its previous ‘Framework Agreement’ submitted in May failed to avert the institution of 30% ‘reciprocal tariffs’ on South... 

South Africa now faces a 30% tariff on its exports to the US, and the country’s agricultural products are at a disadvantage relative to those of competitor countries, such as Peru and Chile, that... 

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) on July 31 announced the launch of an Export Support Desk to serve as a direct point of contact for companies affected by the imminent 30%... 

Local sugarcane growers are expecting a significantly improved harvest this season, following a rebound in rainfall after last year’s drier-than-normal conditions, says industry body SA... 

With the US import tariff of 30% on goods from South Africa to take effect by the end of the week, the citrus industry stands to lose between 500 ha and 1 000 ha, that will simply become... 

Applied science and research and development agency, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), reports that a field trial of biobased and biodegradable agricultural mulch films is... 

Africa spends about $109-billion on food imports every year, including vegetable oils, sugar and grain, despite having ample arable land and other resources to produce these food staples itself,... 

US President Donald Trump's tariffs on South Africa could cause around 100 000 job losses, with the agriculture and automotive sectors hardest-hit, central bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said on... 

The Department of Agriculture (DoA) has been allocated R7.6-billion in funding for the 2025/26 financial year, which is a reduction from the prior year’s R7.9-billion allocation. Over the... 

The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) has welcomed the formal resolution of the temporary suspension on poultry imports from Brazil. The association, in a statement on July 7,... 

Industry body Grain SA has appointed Sibusiso Mabuza CEO of its farmer development arm Phahama Grain Phakama (PGP). Grain SA CEO Dr Tobias Doyer says Mabuza brings to the position 20 years of... 

Vision Investments subsidiary Vision Sugar South Africa has reaffirmed its commitment to the acquisition of embattled sugar producer Tongaat Hulett despite various litigation efforts having been... 

The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD), together with the National Empowerment Fund (NEF), have announced a R100-million blended financing facility to support...