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The European Union (EU) has announced plans to partially relax citrus black spot (CBS) regulations on fruit exported from South Africa from June 1. The European Commission decided earlier this month that South African citrus exports […]

South African wheat prices climbed to a record as duties on imports of the grain were set to climb about 30%, following a decline in global prices and a drop in the local currency. Wheat for […]

Through innovation, producers were better-able to survive the current drought than previous droughts. This was according to Wessel Lemmer, senior agricultural economist at Absa, who spoke to Farmer’s Weekly at the Nampo Harvest Day. “The drought […]

Emerging fruit farmers in the Western Cape can look forward to better times, following the establishment of a multi-million rand fund aimed at supporting smallholder farmers to reach commercial status. The R120m fund is a partnership […]