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This week’s agriculture events: 08 to 12 August 2022

by Vateka Halile
8th August 2022
This week’s agri events calendar features considerations for choosing your farm business structure, an Open Range Beefmaster production sell-off, and a strategic farming series webinar are also included. The Agrico virtual conference, followed by the annual Kragdag Expo top it off. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

This week’s agri events calendar features considerations for choosing your farm business structure, an Open Range Beefmaster production sell-off, and a strategic farming series webinar are also included. The Agrico virtual conference, followed by the annual Kragdag Expo top it off. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

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This week’s agri events calendar features considerations for choosing your farm business structure, an Open Range Beefmaster production sell-off, and a strategic farming series webinar are also included. The Agrico virtual conference, followed by the annual Kragdag Expo top it off. Add your event to the calendar by emailing info@foodformzansi.com 


Greetings Mzansi, on Monday we kickstart the week with a webinar on considerations for choosing your farm business structure hosted by the Agriculture Law Education Initiative. 

On Tuesday, we feature an open range Beef Master production auction, brought to you by BKB, followed by the Strategic Farming Series webinar hosted by the University of Minnesota and other sponsors on Wednesday. On Thursday, we feature AGRICO International convention hosts in their webinar on Agri-education. And on Friday you can look forward to the annual Kragdag Expo hosted by TLU-SA, focusing on solar energy solutions. 


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Monday, 8 August 

Considerations for choosing your farm business structure 

The Agriculture Law Education Initiative extends their invitation to you, especially new agriculture entrepreneurs. This will help you to recognise your options while deciding on a business structure, industrial coverage wishes and issues, accounting and tax implications of commercial enterprise systems, and characteristic farmer audio systems. 

Click here for more information. 

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Tuesday, 9 August 

Open Range Beefmaster production auction 

You are all cordially invited to participate in the BKB Beefmaster production auction, which will take place at Leeuwkop Devon in Mpumalanga. 

There will be a total of 40 stud bulls and 40 stud heifers with calves up for grabs at this sale. 

The goal is to breed bulls with a medium frame who are early maturing and versatile using all of the years’ worth of genetics that they have used both locally and in the United States. 

Click here for more information. 

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Wednesday, 10 August 

Let’s #GatherToGrow

Mzansi loves our potatoes Why not start growing them? On this week’s #GatherToGrow, Food For Mzansi tweeps get insight into the industry and the 101 of growing these beloved spuds from experts. Tune in on Wednesday at 18:00 CAT on Twitter!

Click here to join the conversation.

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Thursday, 11 August 

Agrico International Convention   

The 9th International Conference on Agriculture 2022 (Agrico 2022) will take place from 11 – 12 August virtually. They hope the Agrico 2022 unites diverse researches and case studies from all over the world, in parallel sessions while offering many networking and publishing opportunities. Discover the latest trends and challenges in the field at this leading conference and enjoy everything the virtual conference has to offer.

Click here for more information. 

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Friday, 12 August

The annual Kragdag Expo 

TLU SA offers their invites to their potential day expo, which will be held in Rhenosterfontein in Tshwane. The annual Kragdag Expo offers a rousing and instructional day with a festival air. The expo includes solar energy solutions, water reaping and cleansing, 3D printers, guns, cutting tools, miscellaneous national and local arrangements, bug control, food production (containing aquaponics and hydroponic systems), energetic buses, internet resolutions, happening equipment, geothermal strength, boreholes, pumps. 

Click here for more information. 

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Vateka Halile

Vateka Halile grew up in rural areas of Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape. She was raised in a traditional family setting and found writing to be a source of comfort and escape. Vateka participated in an online citizen journalism course through Food For Mzansi, and her passion for health and medicine-related stories was born. Her dedication to community work and love for social justice and solidarity spaces is evident in her quality time with the community when she isn't working.

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