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Swartland Marks 40 Years of Agricultural Innovation

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The Swartland Wine & Olive Route is celebrating a remarkable milestone in 2026 as it marks 40 years since its establishment. Over four decades, the region has transformed itself from relative anonymity into one of South Africa’s most recognised wine-producing regions, helping to spark...

The New Era of South African Farm Fashion

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Walk into any local agribusiness or homestead today, and...

Grain SA Rejects Wheat Tariff Decision: ‘SA Cannot Afford to Lose Its Wheat Producers’

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Grain SA has strongly rejected the final outcome of...

BKS-stryd: Wes-Kaapse benadering suksesvol toegepas by Braams Voerkraal

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In die stryd teen bek-en-klouseer (BKS) in Suid-Afrika bly...

Road Ahead for Tongaat Hulett: What Follows the High Court Ruling?

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The Durban High Court’s decision on 17 June 2026,...

Western Cape Agriculture: The Hard Road Back After Catastrophic Flooding

Following a preliminary assessment on 11 June 2026, which revealed a staggering provincial damage bill of over R9 billion, the Western Cape agricultural community continues to grapple with the aftermath of May’s unprecedented...

Beyond Supermarkets: Multi-Channel Strategy Farmers Need in a 1.3% Growth Market

The latest retail trade sales data from Statistics South Africa points to a lean 1.3% year-on-year increase for April 2026. While a 1.3% uptick might satisfy economists looking for signs of broad economic...

Karoo Winter Wool Festival Celebrates 5th Edition at Dwarsvlei

The fifth national Karoo Winter Wool Festival officially returns from 3 to 4 July 2026, setting up camp 15km outside Middelburg on the fully operational sheep farm, Dwarsvlei Karoo Guest Farm. As a...

Big Harvests Mask Brutal Squeeze on SA Farms

Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA) first-quarter GDP data for 2026 reveals a headline expansion of 1.2% for agriculture. Driven by resilient field crops and early citrus, the sector’s quarterly economic contribution surged to...

Red Meat Export Crisis: Bottlenecks Costing Farmers Billions

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The recent SA-Italy Agriculture Business Forum in Cape Town highlighted a strong Italian appetite for local beef, signalling potential growth for South Africa's livestock sector. However, industry representatives warn that chasing new European horizons is meaningless if the government continues to neglect existing, highly lucrative trade channels that are already open but currently blocked by red tape. According to the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of Southern Africa (AMIE), the primary challenge facing local red meat producers is not a shortage of global buyers. Instead, the association points to a persistent failure by internal state mechanisms to finalize and maintain access to international markets that are already commercially ready. The...

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