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May 27, 2016

EU eases black-spot rules on South African citrus

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 […]
May 27, 2016

Wheat prices hit record high

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 […]
May 26, 2016

2017 could be a good year for maize

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 […]
May 26, 2016

Fund is established to support emerging fruit farmers

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 […]