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South Africa’s Wheat Harvest Progressing Smoothly
The wheat farmers in South Africa are working hard to complete the harvest for the 2025-26 season. They have already made impressive progress. But the harvest will likely continue into early January 2.....
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South Africa will now vaccinate its whole cattle herd for foot and mouth disease
A MAJOR POLICY STEP JUST HAPPENED. South Africa’s Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, has just announced that South Africa will now vaccinate the entire national cattle herd for Foot and Mouth .....
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What would a potential exclusion from AGOA mean for South Africa’s agriculture?
I have noticed in the news that United States Senator John Kennedy has introduced a new bill to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for two years, which would explicitly exclude South.....
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Agbiz at the B20 Conference – Insights from the Food, Fuel and Fibre Session
The Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) attended the 2025 B20 Conference, where global leaders, policy experts, and private-sector executives gathered to confront one of the world’s most critical ch.....
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The SA-EU summit shows our efforts to nurture existing relations that are key to the farming sector and other sectors of our economy
At a time when strengthening ties with other countries is so important, I was happy to see the South Africa–European Union (SA-EU) Bilateral Summit proceed smoothly on October 20, 2025, ahead of the G.....
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Agbiz’s Temba Msiza wins Youth Communicator of the Year at National Farmer of the Year Awards
Agbiz is proud to announce that our Digital Communications Officer, Temba Msiza, has been awarded the Youth Communicator Award at the 2025 National Farmer of the Year Awards, hosted by Agricultural Wr.....
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Agbiz Congress 2026: Embracing Collaboration to Shape the Future of Agribusiness
Registration Now Open | Early Bird Until 28 February 20263–5 June 2026 | Boardwalk International Convention CentreRegistration for the Agbiz Congress 2026 is now open. The event will take place from 3.....
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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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