Tag: maize

Africa's food production has already slowed by 34% and a multinational report released earlier this week, sounds further alarm around the impact of climate change on the continent's ability to ...

A traditional healer and businessman who wants to make it in the farming industry, is leaving no stone unturned to succeed while empowering others. Tshepiso Jantjies sets the bar high ...

Ask the crop specialist: A new maize farmer is concerned about leaf disease and how to manage it if it occurs. Experts Rikus Kloppers and Vicky Coetzee give their advice ...

Every Friday, we feature one of the rising farm stars participating in the FarmSol Youth Ambassador programme. This week, we travel to the Free State to meet father-and-son team Lehotla ...

Every Friday, we feature one of the rising farm stars participating in the FarmSol Youth Ambassador programme. This week, we travel to Mpumalanga to meet Mduduzi Mnisi, a young farmer ...

This year’s yields in major field crops, horticulture and wine export threaten to exceed last year’s second-largest export earnings record of $10.2 billion, says Agbiz chief economist Wandile Sihlobo. Sihlobo ...

When Zimbabwe suspended maize imports from South Africa on 20 May 2021, it came as a shock to the local industry. In the marketing year prior to the ban, Zimbabwe ...

In what is described as a serious threat to crops, the minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, Thoko Didiza, urges farmers to take precautionary measures in controlling the ...

Producers anticipate that consumers will have to pay more for red meat sometime this year based on rising animal feed prices, which are already hurting feedlot owners. The cost of ...

The growth prospects in Mzansi’s agriculture sector for 2021 are looking positive, predicts Dr John Purchase, chief executive of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz). Purchase indicates that ...