International company Industrial Commodities Holdings (ICH) has finalised the sale of the ICH fertiliser business to Fertiva, an entity which is now majority-owned by German fertiliser supplier K+S... 

Industry body Potatoes SA will host a Research Symposium on July 18 and 19, themed “roots in the ground with the future in mind”. The symposium will review and discuss the Potatoes SA research... 

Pieter Taljaard will soon step down as CEO of industry body Grain SA to pursue an ‘undeniable’ farm managing opportunity in Canada. Taljaard says in a statement issued on July 3 that his leaving... 

Development finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an $11-million equity investment in BluePeak Private Capital Fund toward its $155-million target for final close.... 

Steel, tube and engineering product supplier Stewarts & Lloyds’ Pipes & Fittings branch has secured a multimillion-rand order for high pressure valves with the Chris Hani district municipality, in... 

Fast-moving consumer goods retailer Pick n Pay has concluded an agreement to acquire the business operations of abattoir and meat processing and packaging company the Tomis group of companies for... 

New European Union (EU) pest control rules will cut South Africa's orange exports to Europe by 20% this year, threatening thousands of jobs, the Citrus Growers Association (CGA) has said. The new... 

South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation – hereafter to be referred to simply as food inflation – dropped “sharply” last month, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, to 11.8%, the... 

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), which is an agency of the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), has highlighted the launch of a programme to deploy localised weather stations to... 

The Kingdom of the Netherlands and South African State-owned power utility Eskom have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the development and implementation of just energy transition (JET)... 

State-backed firms from the Netherlands will help create a $1-billion green hydrogen fund for investment in South African projects as part of Dutch and Danish investments in renewable energy... 

Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa chief economist Wandile Sihlobo has asserted that the implementation of the Agriculture and Agroprocessing Master Plan (AAMP) is still doable. However,... 

The Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) / Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) was unchanged in the second quarter, following a five-point... 

Industry body Agri SA says it had a constructive meeting with officials from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on the recently published draft regulations regarding procedural... 

US agribusiness Bunge agreed to buy Glencore-backed Viterra for $8.2-billion in stock and cash, creating a trading giant capable of competing with the world’s biggest agricultural players. Viterra... 

Industry body Raisins South Africa (Raisins SA) and the Kgodiso Development Fund have launched the Vine Academy and model farm in Kakamas, in the Northern Cape. The Vine Academy provides... 

During its annual general meeting on June 7, industry organisation the South African Cane Growers Association (SA Canegrowers) elected Andrew Russell as its chairperson, and Kiki Mzoneli and... 

Busari Kasali once lived with the fear that his cassava - a staple crop in his native Nigeria - would spoil before it got to market. Today, the 76-year-old says his main concern is keeping up with... 

Creditors of embattled sugar producer Tongaat Hulett on Tuesday almost unanimously voted in favour of the rescue plan for the company's property arm, which is to be wound down. With 92% of... 

In its latest “Food Inflation Brief”, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) reported that South Africa’s food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation (hereafter to be referred to... 

The organisers of Commercial UAV Expo, the world’s leading commercial drone trade show and conference, have announced an impressive list of more than 135 top unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)... 

Industry organisation the Citrus Growers' Association of Southern Africa (CGA) has called on Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan to announce a turnaround to fix the current freight rail... 

Embattled sugar manufacturer Tongaat Hulett’s business rescue plan is still due to be released at the end of May. The company, together with its subsidiary Tongaat Hulett Developments (THD), on... 

More than half of the world's large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and... 

The 2023 wine grape season in South Africa commenced harvesting at the usual time in early February, at which point experts were impressed by grape analysis, which showed low pH levels and high... 

With orange exports now underway to the European Union (EU), Citrus Growers’ Association (CGA) of South Africa CEO Justin Chadwick is urging Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel... 

Industry body Agri SA has welcomed government addressing numerous failings in the veterinary and animal biosecurity systems in a report published by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and... 

Modern agriculture, including in South Africa, has reached such a level of technological sophistication that it is now vulnerable to the effects of space weather, South African National Space... 

To safeguard the future of sugarcane growers and the sugar sector as a whole, industry body SA Canegrowers believes it is critical that both government and all industry stakeholders commit to... 

The growing African population and consequent rising demand for food continues to drive the need for processing equipment that can increase food production in the most efficient manner possible,... 

JSE-listed integrated poultry producer Astral Foods expects to report an 87% to 92% decrease in headline earnings per share (HEPs) for the six months ended March 31. The company advises that HEPS... 

US-based think tank the Milken Institute, together with local nonprofit the Motsepe Foundation, has named a Tanzanian biotech company NovFeed as the winner of the inaugural Milken-Motsepe Prize for... 

Frozen food manufacturer McCain Foods has officially launched the second of three Farm of the Future farms in Lichtenburg, North West. This follows the launch of the group’s first Farm of the... 

The Bureau for Food and Agriculture Policy (BFAP) on Tuesday highlighted, in its latest “Food Inflation Brief”, that South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation (hereafter,... 

The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) warns it is becoming increasingly more expensive for farmers to produce eggs. Eggs remain one of the most affordable, versatile and nutritious animal...