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A potential easing of U.S. import tariffs on food products will be beneficial to consumers and exporting nations.
We welcome the discussion about the U.S. potentially adjusting the tariffs on foodstuffs. This would be beneficial for U.S. consumers and equally helpful to those in the agriculture, food, and beverag.....
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Robust Citrus Exports Typify the Potential Agricultural Export Success for South Africa in 2025
South Africa's agricultural exports have been superb so far in 2025. The large volumes of production for various products, combined with improvements at the ports, have led to encouraging export activ.....
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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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AGDA: Agricultural Stakeholder Roundtable Dialogue
Agbiz attended the Agricultural Stakeholder Roundtable Dialogue, hosted by the Agricultural Development Agency (AGDA) in partnership with Absa and other sector stakeholders. The event gathered represe.....
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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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