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      • Indigenous and locally developed breeds
      • Meat goats
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      • Mutton (sheep)
      • Ostriches
      • Pork and Pig Farming
      • Rabbits
      • Poultry and Chicken Farming
      • Speciality fibre production
      • Wildlife ranching
      • Wool (sheep)
    • Services and Technologies
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      • Biotechnology & plant breeding
      • Conservation Agriculture
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      • Abattoirs and the meat industry
      • Agro-processing
      • Baking
      • Canning and preserving
      • Dairy processing
      • Dried fruit
      • Essential oils
      • Fruit and vegetable juice
      • Hides, skins and leather
      • Hunting
      • Milling
      • Small and micro milling
      • Tourism and agriculture
      • Wood, pulp and paper
    • Natural Resource Management
      • Biodiversity and ecosystems services
      • Birds and farming
      • Conservancies and farming
      • Environmental legislation
      • Fire
      • Invasive alien species (IAS)
      • LandCare
      • Rangeland (veld)
      • Soils
      • Waste management
      • Weather and climate
      • Wetlands
      • Wildlife on farms
    • Farming Inputs
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      • Animal health
      • Biocontrol
      • Chemicals in agriculture
      • Compost and organic fertiliser
      • Crop protection
      • Earthworms and vermicompost
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      • Seeds and seedlings
      • Speciality fertilisers
    • Forestry and Industrial Crops
      • Bamboo Farming
      • Cannabis
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    • Horticulture
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      • Cut flowers
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      • Indigenous food crops
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      • Mushrooms and truffles
      • Olives
      • Potatoes
      • Subtropical fruit
      • Table grapes
      • Tree nuts
      • Vegetables
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  • Chapters
    • Introduction
      • Agriculture in the Provinces
      • Labour and agriculture
      • Organised Agriculture
    • Livestock
      • Animal improvement and breeders
      • Animal husbandry
      • Aquaculture
      • Beef Cattle Farming
      • Beekeeping
      • Dairy cattle farming
      • Dairy (goats and sheep)
      • Donkeys
      • Gamebirds and other poultry
      • Horses – the equine industry
      • Indigenous and locally developed breeds
      • Meat goats
      • Mohair (goats)
      • Mutton (sheep)
      • Ostriches
      • Pork and Pig Farming
      • Rabbits
      • Poultry and Chicken Farming
      • Speciality fibre production
      • Wildlife ranching
      • Wool (sheep)
    • Services and Technologies
      • Agricultural media & ICT
      • Aquaponics
      • Biotechnology & plant breeding
      • Conservation Agriculture
      • Consultants
      • Digital Agriculture
      • Drones
      • Fertigation
      • Food safety and traceability
      • Hydroponics and undercover growing
      • Laboratories and Agriculture
      • Legal aid and legislation
      • Mapping
      • Organic farming
      • Permaculture
      • Precision farming
      • Precision livestock farming (PLF)
      • Research and development
    • Marketing & Finance
      • Agribusiness
      • Agricultural shows and events
      • Co-operatives
      • Commodity trading
      • Exporting
      • Finance for new farmers and SMMEs
      • Fresh Produce Markets
      • Livestock auctions
      • Marketing
      • Providers of financial services
      • Risk management and insurance
      • Supply Chain Management
    • Adding Value
      • Abattoirs and the meat industry
      • Agro-processing
      • Baking
      • Canning and preserving
      • Dairy processing
      • Dried fruit
      • Essential oils
      • Fruit and vegetable juice
      • Hides, skins and leather
      • Hunting
      • Milling
      • Small and micro milling
      • Tourism and agriculture
      • Wood, pulp and paper
    • Natural Resource Management
      • Biodiversity and ecosystems services
      • Birds and farming
      • Conservancies and farming
      • Environmental legislation
      • Fire
      • Invasive alien species (IAS)
      • LandCare
      • Rangeland (veld)
      • Soils
      • Waste management
      • Weather and climate
      • Wetlands
      • Wildlife on farms
    • Farming Inputs
      • Animal feeds
      • Animal health
      • Biocontrol
      • Chemicals in agriculture
      • Compost and organic fertiliser
      • Crop protection
      • Earthworms and vermicompost
      • Fertiliser
      • Fuels and lubricants
      • Seeds and seedlings
      • Speciality fertilisers
    • Forestry and Industrial Crops
      • Bamboo Farming
      • Cannabis
      • Cassava
      • Chicory
      • Coffee
      • Cotton
      • Fibre crops
      • Forestry
      • Herbs and spices
      • Honeybush
      • Indigenous medicinal plants
      • Moringa
      • Rooibos (redbush)
      • Sugarcane
      • Tobacco
      • Wine and wine grapes
    • Horticulture
      • Berries and exotic fruit
      • Citrus Fruit
      • Cut flowers
      • Deciduous fruit
      • Floriculture and nursery crops
      • Fruit – general fruit chapter
      • Indigenous food crops
      • Macadamia nuts
      • Mushrooms and truffles
      • Olives
      • Potatoes
      • Subtropical fruit
      • Table grapes
      • Tree nuts
      • Vegetables
    • Agronomy
      • Barley
      • Canola
      • Dry beans
      • Fodder crops
      • Groundnuts (peanuts)
      • Maize (corn)
      • Sorghum
      • Soybeans
      • Sunflower
      • Wheat
    • Mechanisation
      • Animal traction: the use of draught animal power
      • Forklifts, loaders and light industrial machines
      • Implements
      • Pumps and generators
      • Spare parts and fleet maintenance
      • Tractors, combines and balers
      • Trailers
      • Trucks and heavy machinery
      • Tyres
      • Vehicles – other
    • Farm Infrastructure
      • Boreholes and windmills
      • Building supplies and structures
      • Fencing
      • General farm equipment
      • Grain storage and handling
      • Irrigation
      • Natural building
      • Packaging and handling systems
      • Rainwater harvesting
      • Water storage
    • Issues Here and Beyond Our Borders
      • AgriBEE
      • Biosecurity
      • Climate change and global warming
      • Emerging farmer support
      • Energy
      • Fisheries and the ocean economy
      • Food security
      • Renewable and alternative energy
      • Rural Crime and Farm Safety
      • HIV and AIDS
      • Water
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 RSA Group Secures 100% Food Safety Accreditation at Tshwane Market
By Craig Macaskill
In Blog
Posted 2021-03-24

RSA Group Secures 100% Food Safety Accreditation at Tshwane Market

In a South African first, RSA Group, the country’s leading fresh produce sales agency, has expanded its food security accreditation at the Tshwane market to cover all its floors and product lines.

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 Motsepe Foundation’s sustainable agriculture, land development and reform philanthropic projects and partnerships
By Craig Macaskill
In Blog
Posted 2021-03-15

Motsepe Foundation’s sustainable agriculture, land development and reform philanthropic projects and partnerships

The Motsepe Foundation is continuing with its sustainable agriculture, land development and reform philanthropic projects and partnerships with kings, queens, traditional leaders and their [...]

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 SA’s economic performance in 2020: Agriculture a beacon of hope
By Craig Macaskill
In Blog
Posted 2021-03-12

SA’s economic performance in 2020: Agriculture a beacon of hope

The Department of Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has recently released the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures for the final quarter of 2020, which offered a sobering overview of the year.

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 Agriculture: Another Look at the Budget
By Craig Macaskill
In Blog
Posted 2021-03-05

Agriculture: Another Look at the Budget

Wellington Sikuka drafted a response for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) titled “Mixed Reactions to the 2021 National Budget by the South African Agricultural Sector” (2 March 2021).

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 Asking help from agriculture
By Craig Macaskill
In Blog
Posted 2021-03-04

Asking help from agriculture

We’ve mentioned before that we get queries every week regarding one aspect or another of agriculture. These vary from the polite, sincere and well-thought out emails to the simple and abrupt.

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 “South Africa poised to become big player in saffron market”
By Craig Macaskill
In Blog
Posted 2021-03-02

“South Africa poised to become big player in saffron market”

Plans are in place that could see South Africa becoming a significant player in the farming and export of saffron. For the South African economy, this offers an invaluable source of foreign [...]

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 Camera traps reveal the wildlife of the Cape Winelands
By Craig Macaskill
In Blog
Posted 2021-03-02

Camera traps reveal the wildlife of the Cape Winelands

A suite of camera traps supplied to WWF Conservation Champion farms in the Cape Winelands are revealing some surprise visitors – from leopards to aardwolf – and helping conservation-minded [...]

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