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Heavy Weather Lashes Western Cape: Rural Infrastructure and Logistics Under Strain

The Western Cape’s agricultural heartlands are facing a significant challenge as a series of severe weather systems continue to sweep across the province. In response to the escalating crisis,...

Context is King: 2026 Summit to Address Economic and Climatic Pressures on SA Wine

The South African wine industry is preparing to gather at the Stellenbosch University Conservatory...

Record Harvest Meets Port Bottlenecks: 2025/26 Joint Grape Marketing Forum Season Wrap-Up

The 2025/26 South African table grape season was a study in contrasts, defined by...

Nampo 2026: Waar die Bedryf die Toekoms in die Oë Kyk – en ’n Plan Maak

In die hartjie van die somergraangebied, waar die stof van Bothaville gewoonlik net deur...

RVS-FMD: A Strategic Breakthrough or an Administrative Minefield?

The publication of the Routine Vaccination Scheme for Foot and Mouth Disease (RVS-FMD) on...

Data-Driven Lifeline: New Partnership to Fix Free State Farm Roads

What began as urgent deliberations between industry leaders and government at the NAMPO Harvest Day exhibition has officially shifted from conversation to concrete action....

150 Days of Uncertainty: Navigating the New 15% U.S. Import Tariff

The landscape for South African agricultural exports shifted dramatically following a historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling on 20 February 2026. In a landmark decision,...

President Appoints Wandile Sihlobo as Presidential Envoy on Agriculture and Land

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) and a member of the Presidential...

Arrival of FMD Vaccines Accelerates National Fight Against Disease

The arrival of the first major consignment of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines on 21 February 2026 marks a significant acceleration in South Africa’s national...

Western Cape to Scale Up FMD Vaccine Drive to Over 400,000 Doses

Premier Alan Winde and the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism, Dr Ivan Meyer, have stated that the rollout of doses...

SA Ships First Stone Fruit to China, Marking a New Chapter for Fruit Exports

South Africa has reached an important milestone in agricultural trade with the departure of its first shipment of locally produced stone fruit to China....

Biosecurity Over Tradition: 2026 Show Season Pivot as FMD Declared National Disaster

As of mid-February 2026, the South African agricultural sector is demonstrating extraordinary resilience in the face of a National State of Disaster. Following President...

Harvest 2026 Celebrated Across Durbanville Wine Valley

The Durbanville Wine Valley invites wine lovers to celebrate the height of Harvest 2026 with the return of its much-anticipated Tasting Under the Stars...

The Biological Clock: Tongaat Mills Face April Shutdown

The South African sugar industry is navigating its most significant crisis in a generation. What began as a corporate scandal in 2019 has culminated...

Tru-Cape Opens Heritage Orchard to Showcase the Roots of SA’s Fruit Industry

Tru-Cape will open its Heritage Orchard at Oak Valley Estate in Grabouw to the public on Saturday, 28 February, offering a guided walk through...