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Durbanville Producers Lead New Division at 194th SA Young Wine Show

Durbanville viticulturists and winemakers made history at the 194th edition of the South African Young Wine Show, demonstrating exceptional agricultural resilience and technical precision across the 2026 vintage. Historically competing under the Stellenbosch umbrella, producers from the Durbanville Valley spearheaded the creation of the...

Agri-Tourism Leadership: Vergelegen Secures Back-to-Back Best Wine Farm Experience Awards

Vergelegen Estate has once again underscored the immense commercial...

BigBucks Gala Secures European Plant Breeders’ Rights After Eight-Year Wait

In a historic milestone for South Africa’s agricultural sector,...

Wellington Pinotage Crowned Overall SA Champion at 2026 SA Young Wine Show

On 21 August at the Percheron Hall at Elsenburg...

SA Olive Awards 2026: What International Judges Look For in South Africa’s Top EVOOs

The SA Olive Awards return on 15 September at the Grande Roche in Paarl to celebrate South Africa’s premier extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) producers following rigorous blind sensory evaluations held from 17...

Cultivating the Future: South Africa’s Search for the 2026 Young Farmer of the Year

With Edri Vorster of the Mahela Group recently announced as the Agri Limpopo Young Farmer of the Year during the AAgri SA ugust provincial congress, South Africa’s annual Toyota SA / Young Farmer of...

Pieter Ferreira: Global IWC Lifetime Award Validates Four Decades of Cape Viticulture

Pieter Ferreira, affectionately known across the agricultural sector as “Mr Bubbles,” has spent more than four decades driving technical excellence and category growth in South African winemaking. On 7 September in London, the...

Western Cape’s Coordinated FMD Response Sees 82% of Provincial Herd Vaccinated

The Western Cape’s aggressive strategy against Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) has achieved a significant milestone, with 82% of the provincial herd now vaccinated. Following a recent meeting of the Western Cape Department of Agriculture's...

MacDay on the Road 2026: Bringing Global Strategy Directly to the Orchards

South Africa’s macadamia industry is shifting its approach to grower engagement this spring. Moving away from a single, centralized conference, Macadamias South Africa (SAMAC) has announced its new MacDay on the Road 2026 regional roadshow. The highly anticipated series of intensive, full-day events will travel directly across the country's four major growing regions throughout September: Mpumalanga: 8 September 2026 | The Capital Mbombela, Nelspruit Limpopo: 10 September 2026 | The Ranch Resort, Polokwane KwaZulu-Natal: 17 September 2026 | Premier Splendid Inn, Umhlanga (Durban) Western Cape: 22 September 2026 | ANEW Resort, Wilderness As South Africa continues to lead the global macadamia sector, SAMAC CEO Lizel Pretorius emphasizes that this leadership is forged by on-farm...