Harnessing Precision Farming Technologies for Modern Agricultural Practices
Precision farming is a practice that involves the use of integrated crop management techniques and devices to increase profitability and sustainability and protect the...
Eco-Friendly bird abatement gains ground as poison loses favour
Although pest control is critical for a number of industries, from food manufacturing and pharmaceuticals to airport, retail, and renewable energy, poisoning is increasingly...
Fans are on. But is your poultry house really under control?
Lei Gommers, Global Business Development Manager – Agriculture Drives, ABBThe way air moves through a poultry house can determine whether a farm thrives or...
Corteva Agriscience: Boosting SA’s farming future
As South African farmers prepare for 2026, the year ahead presents both challenges and opportunities. As a critical contributor to the national economy and...
Africa’s farm mechanization needs a new approach to succeed
By Beth BechdolFor decades, Africa’s agricultural mechanization has been guided by a stubborn assumption: if tractors transformed farming elsewhere, surely, they would do the...
2025 – the year when land reform underwent a baptism of fire
Land Reform - 2025 was the year that subjected the land reform programme to the most rigorous litmus test yet. The enactment of...
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Crisis Moves Beyond Talk as Saai Demands Immediate State Action
The Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) confirms that Saai, Free State Agriculture, and Sakeliga’s attorneys has sent a formal demand to the Minister of...
“1/3 of global food emissions tracked, but 82% of net zero targets unverified. New...
Agriculture and food systems produce nearly one-third of global GHG emissions, much of it at the farm and land-use level (Our World in...
International Day of Education (24 January 2026): Farms as Learning Spaces
Education does not only happen in classrooms. It happens wherever people are supported to learn by doing. Where knowledge is tested against reality, mistakes...
Tru-Cape selected as host for Harvard Business School immersive field course
Tru-Cape recently had the opportunity to host a group of students from Harvard Business School in Somerset West as part of the school’s Immersive...