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A Promising Wine Grape Harvest for 2026 in South Africa
It appears that South Africa may have an excellent wine grape harvest and possibly a good wine season in 2025-26. This would be a welcome development, as the industry has faced various challenges i.....
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A Decline in Fuel Prices is a Welcome Development at this Crop Planting Season in South Africa
It is increasingly clear that we will get a reprieve on fuel prices in November 2025. The diesel price (0.05% wholesale inland) could decline by 33 cents per litre, while the petrol price (95 ULP inla.....
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South African wheat farmers have started delivering the new crop
It is a busy time in South Africa's agriculture. In the northern regions, the farmers are tilling the land for the 2025-26 season. In horticulture, some fruit harvests will begin soon. In winter crops.....
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Some Rain Would be Helpful for a Timely Start of the 2025-26 Crop Season
Some showers in the next few days across much of South Africa would help to ensure that the 2025-26 plantings in the western regions of the country begin on time.In the western regions of the country,.....
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Reframing the Narrative on South Africa’s Fruit Sector – Agbiz Media Day WC 2025
Agbiz hosted a highly successful Western Cape Media Day on 23 October 2025 at Percheron Hall, Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute, under the theme “Reframing the Narrative on South Africa’s Frui.....
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We remain optimistic about South Africa’s 2025-26 agricultural season
As we begin the 2025-26 summer season, the evolving weather conditions will remain a central focus in South Africa’s agriculture. We are in another year of La Niña, a weather phenomenon that typically.....
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Poverty in South Africa
This morning in the Business Day, Shoprite, one of South Africa’s retailers, reminded us of the worsening level of poverty in the country. The organisation attributed the worsening poverty, in part, t.....
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South Africa's Agricultural Conditions in Q3, 2025
On 13 October 2025, the Agricultural Conditions Assessment Committee of South Africa (ACAC), under the Department of Agriculture, held its third quarterly meeting for 2025.Methodology and statistics m.....
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Cultivating Innovation and Partnerships in Practice: Building Shared Agricultural Futures
AGDA celebrates 5 years of impact with a call for collaboration, inclusion, and technology-driven growth in agriculture. The Agricultural Development Agency (AGDA) marked its 5th anniversary with.....
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Rural road investment - managing expectations and complexities
On the 27th of August, the Ministry of Agriculture issued a media statement commending Agbiz and Agri SA for our support in fixing rural roads. Recognition is always welcome and the political will to .....
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