Unpredictable weather is pushing farmers to plan ahead, says Omnia’s Louis Strydom
The 2025 Santam Insurance Barometer Report highlighted a persistently tough economic environment, rising crime, infrastructure risks and climate change as the key challenges facing...
Bollo and ClemenGold Join Forces: Win-Win for SA Growers and EU Retail
Europe’s leading brand-driven citrus company Bollo Natural Fruit (BNF) and South African based ClemenGold International, the house of brands for such giants as ClemenGold®...
ILRI, CIMMYT sign new MoU to deepen crop–livestock research collaboration
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed...
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...
Meet the Predators Protecting Your Cassava, Maize, and Vegetables
One of the most sustainable farming methods to counteract harmful pests in African farms is Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Introducing certain predatory insects to...
“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...
Joint agricultural development project celebrates first harvest of 2026
The joint agricultural development project of Saai, AfriForum and Thabake Business Enterprise that has been running outside Phokeng in North West since 2022 kicked...
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...
Simple shift in pigeonpea planting could boost yield by 20 per cent – research
A simple change in how pigeonpea is established in the field could raise yields by nearly 20 per cent, according to new research by...
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...