February 25, 2026
Landboumiddels: Uitspraak bring meer vryheid, maar groter verantwoordelikheid
’n Onlangse uitspraak in die hooggeregshof in Kaapstad skep duidelikheid oor wie sogenoemde “beperkte landboumiddels” mag koop en toedien – maar die bedryf waarsku dat dié verligting in die regulatoriese vereistes nie beteken dat die risiko’s of verantwoordelikhede minder word nie.Read More
February 25, 2026
Riaan Taljaard wys hoe noue bestuur groot resultate lewer
Met noukeurige bestuur kan Riaan Taljaard – met ’n relatief klein werksmag – spog as ’n Graanboer van die Jaar-finalis. Hy boer op watertafelgronde naby Hoopstad in die Vrystaat met mielies, sojabone, sonneblomme, pekanneute en wild.Read More
February 25, 2026
‘Waterbeskadigde’ mieliepitte saai verwarring
Die verwysing na sogenoemde “waterbeskadigde” mieliepitte, wat steeds in die gewysigde regulasies vir die gradering van mielies genoem word, verwar belanghebbendes in die graanbedryf, en Graan SA stel voor dat eerder na “watergevlekte” pitte verwys word.Read More
February 25, 2026
Aansoekvorms vir BKS-entstof beskikbaar
Die departement van landbou het die vorms beskikbaar gestel waarmee boere kan aansoek doen om entstof teen bek-en-klouseer (BKS) te bekom en waarmee hul private veeartse kan aansoek doen om die entstof toe te dien.Read More
February 24, 2026
Bek-en-klouseer: Só vorder inentings in Wes-Kaap
Die Wes-Kaap staan gereed om 30 000 inentings te ontvang uit die een miljoen dosisse wat die afgelope naweek in Suid-Afrika aangekom het.Read More
February 24, 2026
Biosekerheidsprentjie verander ná ook koedoe positief vir BKS toets
Bek-en-klouseer (BKS) is nie net meer ’n probleem vir beesboere nie, het dr. Jacqui Marais, private veearts van KwaZulu-Natal, gesê nadat ’n koedoe in dié provinsie onlangs positief vir die siekte getoets het – ’n verwikkeling wat die biosekerheidsprentjie vir boere ingrypend verander.Read More
February 24, 2026
Buffel-aanval: ‘Eksteen was ’n plaasseun en uitstekende wildveearts’
Die landbougemeenskap, en veral die wildbedryf, betreur die dood van dr. JW Eksteen (51), bekende wildveearts, wat op 9 Februarie vanjaar deur ’n buffel gegaffel is. Sy bydrae tot die Noord-Vrystaat en die land se wildbedryf word as van “onskatbare waarde” bestempel.Read More
February 24, 2026
Bek-en-klou | Eerste geval in Lesotho bevestig
Teen Vrydag het die laboratoriumtoetse bewys dat 6 van die 17 beeste positief getoets het vir die gevreesde bek-en-klouseer. Geen dier het al gevrek of is geslag nie.Read More
February 24, 2026
‘Tongaat Hulett-likwidasie moet laaste uitweg wees’
Al meer regeringslede spreek hul kommer uit oor die potensiële likwidasie van die suikermeul-reus, Tongaat Hulett. Die departement van handel, nywerheid en mededinging sê dat die likwidasie van die maatskappy slegs oorweeg moet word as alle ander vorme van sakeredding uitgeput is.Read More
February 23, 2026
Eerste BKS-geval in Lesotho aangemeld
Die eerste geval van bek-en-klouseer is die naweek in Lesotho bevestig, het die Wêreldorganisasie vir Dieregesondheid laat weet.Read More
February 23, 2026
BKS-entstof: ‘Geen vooraf-registrasie nodig!’
Instansies wat aan boere sê dat hulle vooruit moet betaal om entstof te kan bekom of op stelsels moet registreer om vir entstof te kwalifiseer “praat loutere onsin”, sê die bedryfskoördineringsraad.Read More
February 23, 2026
NWK se ‘ysters’ sweet R1m vir Agri Securitas los
NWK-werknemers en -direksielede, hul familielede en ander Lichtenburgers het met hul deelname aan die Ysterman-kompetisie R1 miljoen vir Agri Securitas ingesamel.Read More
February 25, 2026
Agri sector calls for fair taxes, policy certainty in Budget 2026
As Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares to table the 2026 National Budget this afternoon, agricultural stakeholders say his speech will reveal whether government is serious about protecting jobs, managing risk, and supporting the sector’s long-term growth.Read More
February 24, 2026
Sugar industry crisis prompts call for state intervention
The South African Canegrowers Association has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa and several Cabinet ministers, requesting urgent action to prevent the liquidation of Tongaat Hulett and stabilise the wider sugar industry.Read More
February 24, 2026
Western Cape Nguni breeders, experts gather to share knowledge
The Western Cape Nguni Club hosted an information day on 17 February in Darling, where industry experts and breeders discussed breed characteristics, the economic impacts of bull selection, and optimal feed programmes, and a panel took questions from local farmers.Read More
February 24, 2026
Relief for SA agri exporters as US temporarily cuts import tariff to 10%
After Friday’s Supreme Court ruling that US President Donald Trump had violated federal law by unilaterally imposing sweeping global tariffs, Trump announced a 10% import tariff on all imports, later threatening 15%. However, the rate published on Monday morning remained at 10%.Read More
February 24, 2026
Rail Revitalisation: Overberg Business Case to Unlock Grain Export Potential
The Western Cape Government has unveiled the initial findings of the Overberg Rail Business Case, marking a decisive step toward revitalizing the region’sRead More
February 24, 2026
Data-Driven Lifeline: New Partnership to Fix Free State Farm Roads
What began as urgent deliberations between industry leaders and government at the NAMPO Harvest Day exhibition.Read More
February 23, 2026
150 Days of Uncertainty: Navigating the New 15% U.S. Import Tariff
The landscape for South African agricultural exports shifted dramatically following a historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling on 20 February 2026.Read More
February 23, 2026
Presidential envoy outlines five priorities for agri growth in 2026
Newly appointed Presidential Envoy on Agriculture and Land Wandile Sihlobo says South Africa must move from policy conversation to implementation if it is to unlock inclusive agricultural growth this year.Read More
February 23, 2026
Wandile Sihlobo appointed Presidential Envoy on agriculture and land
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Wandile Sihlobo as Presidential Envoy on Agriculture and Land, where he will support government efforts in land reform, rural development and agricultural trade.Read More
February 23, 2026
First one million FMD vaccine doses land in SA
South Africa marked a significant milestone in its fight against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on 21 February when the first one million doses of high-potency vaccine arrived at OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Gauteng.Read More
February 23, 2026
President Appoints Wandile Sihlobo as Presidential Envoy on Agriculture and Land
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) and a member of theRead More
February 23, 2026
Arrival of FMD Vaccines Accelerates National Fight Against Disease
The arrival of the first major consignment of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines on 21 February 2026 marks a significant acceleration.Read More
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