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            <title>Grain SA dismayed about JSE's maintained single reference point approach for soybeans</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African grain and oilseed producers are operating under severe financial pressure with narrow margins, rising input costs and substantial production risk, and can therefore not afford additional inefficiencies resulting from a location differential methodology that may not adequately reflect the geographic distribution of soybean production and consumption. Industry body Grain SA says, in this regard, that the JSE's intention to return to a single reference point can create artificial transport assumptions and expose producers in certain production regions to deductions that do not correspond with actual commercial stock movements.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Apple and pear packhouse Ceres Fruit Growers has completed major infrastructure and technology upgrades to increase throughput capability at its packaging facility in Ceres. Ceres Fruit Growers handles between 130 000 t and 145 000 t of apples and pears every year.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[International business district that drives the flow of global trade through Dubai, DMCC, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Botswana Stock Exchange Group (BSE), operator of the Botswana Mercantile Exchange (BMX), to strengthen Botswana's access to global commodity markets by connecting BSE's emerging commodities exchange with Dubai's international trading, finance and logistics ecosystem. The partnership marks a significant step in expanding trade and investment links between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Botswana, establishing Africa's first sister-hub trading corridor between Dubai and Gaborone, while supporting Botswana's economic diversification agenda and ambitions to increase the global reach and value of its commodity exports.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry organisations Agri SA and Business Against Crime South Africa (Bacsa) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen collaboration on rural crime and safety data to improve the evidence available to law enforcement, policymakers and the agriculture sector in identifying, investigating and prosecuting crime. The partnership establishes a framework for the collection, validation, analysis and reporting of rural crime data, leaning on Bacsa’s flagship E2-Plus crime-fighting platform.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Agriculture (DoA) and industry organisations Sakeliga, Southern African Agri Initiative and Free State Agriculture have reached a settlement on the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) litigation terms after the Pretoria High Court in May ruled that vaccines may be privately procured and distributed. The litigation and its settlement have resulted in a process by which the State recognises and supports the right of livestock owners and managers to vaccinate their animals, with record-keeping suited to the State's purposes for monitoring FMD outbreaks.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Unusual lemon season with larger crop sizes, earlier timing coming to a close – CGA</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry organisation the Citrus Growers' Association of Southern Africa (CGA) has reported a strong lemon season for this year, marked by the larger size of the crop and the earlier timing of the season's course, which are unusual by historical standards. The current export estimate figure for the entire lemon season remains unchanged at 49.4-million 15 kg cartons.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Namibia secures China deals on infrastructure, mining and energy with state visit</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[China on Friday said it would step up cooperation with Namibia in the Southern African state's energy, farming, infrastructure, and minerals sectors during talks in Beijing between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Nandi-Ndaitwah has been on a seven-day visit to China since Sunday, seeking investment from the world's top lender and second-largest economy to help implement election pledges to create jobs and diversify the Namibian economy.]]></description>
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            <title>Sub-Saharan Africa may well become world’s solution to agriculture land shortages, BMI says </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the world’s most important future sources of agriculture supply growth, with the region holding about 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land. According to research agency BMI, sub-Saharan Africa has robust acreage potential, with an estimated expansion potential of about 200-million hectares; however, substantial productivity gaps remain within existing farmland – yields are often well below global averages for key crops such as rice and other grains.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>RenEnergy appointed as EPC contractor at large Free State commercial farming operation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A Free State commercial farming operation Belle Rive, spanning more than 2 000 ha, has appointed solar energy company RenEnergy Africa as its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor to design and deliver what will become one of South Africa’s largest offgrid agricultural solar-plus-storage systems. The installation – a ground-mounted 4.89 MW solar PV array paired with a 20 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) – is under construction. Once complete, the system will distribute power across the farming site through about 17 km of medium-voltage (MV) reticulation.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Fast-moving consumer goods producer Tiger Brands has successfully secured 100% of the oranges required to produce its iconic Oros beverage products from South African growers for a second consecutive citrus season. The development marks a notable turnaround from previous years, when the company was required to supplement local supply with imported oranges owing to challenges affecting domestic citrus production.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Agriculture organisation TLU SA has expressed concern about political uncertainty amid Cabinet reshuffle moves that included appointing Willie Aucamp as Agriculture Minister in John Steenhuisen's stead. While political change is part of any democracy, especially in the lead-up to municipal elections on November 4 and considering political developments within the Government of National Unity, TLU SA warns that the agriculture sector cannot afford the consequences of political uncertainty and Cabinet reshuffles.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry body Agri SA has welcomed the National Energy Regulator of South Africa's (Nersa's) publication of the Draft Market Inquiry Report into fixed charges and Eskom's Retail Tariff Plan. The findings of the report confirm the concerns Agri SA has consistently raised regarding the disproportionate impact of recent tariff reforms on agriculture, the industry body says.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>AGRICULTURE &amp; ELECTRICITY</category>
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            <title>South African food inflation continued to decelerate in May</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African year-on-year (y-o-y) food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation declined again in May, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has highlighted. It was 1.9% during that month, compared with 2.9% in April. South African Consumer Price Index (CPI) y-o-y headline inflation in May was 4.5% (which was an increase over the April figure of 4%). Food and NAB inflation contributed 8.9% of the y-o-y CPI headline inflation in May. (All these figures are from Statistics South Africa.) Y-o-y food and NAB inflation is thus trending down, while CPI headline inflation is trending up. The food category with the highest y-o-y inflation in May was meat, at 7.3%. This was followed by NAB, at 4.9%, and then fish and seafood (3.6%), sugar (2.4%), oils and fats (1.7%), and dairy and eggs (0.9%). Cereals saw deflation of -1.4%, while the figure for vegetables was -6% and for fruits and nuts -8.5%.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Agriculture (DoA) has approved new Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) control measures that will reportedly provide farmers, veterinarians and veterinary authorities with a clear and practical, science-based framework for managing outbreaks while minimising economic losses. The measures will consolidate and replace previous directives under Section 9 of the Animal Diseases Act, including the 2019 FMD Contingency Plan.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) has revised its export estimate for the 2026 lemon season upwards from 45.8-million 15 kg cartons to 49.4-million cartons, which reflects the dynamic and somewhat unpredictable nature of the current season. The adjustment is largely attributed to favourable growing conditions across key producing regions. Although the season started later than usual, three significant cold fronts accelerated fruit colour development, contributing to improved readiness for export. Increased rainfall in many lemon-producing areas has resulted in a positive growth curve, supporting larger fruit sizes, ultimately resulting in higher carton volumes.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Grain SA mulls measures to appeal govt’s decision to keep wheat reference price unchanged</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry body Grain SA strongly rejects the final outcome of the wheat tariff amendment investigation, following confirmation in the Government Gazette that the dollar-based reference price (DBRP) for wheat will remain unchanged at $279/t and that no automatic trigger mechanism will be implemented. The application, submitted by Grain SA and the South African Cereals and Oilseeds Trade Association (Sacota), requested an increase in the wheat reference price from $279/t to $289/t, as well as a more efficient mechanism to address delays between tariff triggers and implementation.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Tau, parliamentary committee welcome Tongaat agreement, liquidation withdrawal</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has welcomed the withdrawal of the liquidation proceedings of sugar milling company Tongaat Hulett and praises stakeholders who worked to secure a viable path forward for one of South Africa's most important agro-industrial companies. Tongaat Hulett is a strategic asset within South Africa's agricultural and manufacturing sectors. Its operations support thousands of direct and indirect jobs and underpin the economic wellbeing of communities across KwaZulu-Natal and other parts of Southern Africa.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of Tongaat Hulett have reached an agreement with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) and the Vision Group of companies to preserve Tongaat Hulett’s business rescue, maintain trading operations and support implementation of the approved business rescue plan. This agreement will see the IDC become a significant shareholder in Vision companies across South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Botswana, while extending post-commencement finance (PCF) support to Tongaat Hulett to the end of September.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Independent, farmer-led steering committee representing the South African livestock value chain, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Response SA, has implored government to act without delay in releasing millions of FMD vaccines directly to private veterinarians so that they can administer the vaccines at farm level for all farmers. 

This comes as FMD outbreaks continue to spread across South Africa, causing significant economic losses and suffering among livestock. 
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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's agriculture sector recorded a trade surplus of $1.55-billion in the first quarter of this year, marking the highest first-quarter surplus in South Africa's agriculture trade history . 

The trade surplus also represents a 16.1% improvement on the first quarter of last year, according to Agri SA's latest ‘Quarterly Trade Report’. 
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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry body the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) has elected PG Strauss chairperson and Lukeshni Chetty and Francois Swanepoel as his deputies during the organisation’s yearly congress on June 4. 

Strauss is also group CEO of agriculture solutions VKB Group and brings to Agbiz in-depth experience in agriculture and international trade. 

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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Steenhuisen gets ahead of potential HPAI outbreaks by setting framework for vaccination in place  </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) welcomes the initiative by Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen to introduce a regulatory framework that allows for vaccination as part of South Africa's strategy to combat Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).

The Minister announced on June 3 his intention to amend the Animal Diseases Regulations to allow for HPAI vaccinations in the country and confirmed that interim control measures would be put in place while the policy shift is being formalised. 
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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>AGRICULTURE</category>
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            <title>Italy’s SDF agricultural machinery group sets up shop in the Western Cape</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Western Cape has secured another international investment, with Italian agricultural machinery manufacturer SDF opening its South African commercial subsidiary in Paarl. The 100-year-old company behind Same tractors, Deutz-Fahr tractors and Gregoire grape harvesters, will oversee the operations of its brands in South Africa, through existing importer and dealer partnerships, from its new office in the Cape Winelands.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
            <category>AGRICULTURE</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Parliamentary Committee warns on Tongaat; proposes enabling biofuels framework</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/parliamentary-committee-warns-on-tongaat-proposes-enabling-biofuels-framework-2026-06-03</link>
            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition has warned that the future of Tongaat Hulett remains a major threat to the sugar industry’s recovery, and that viable diversification options that facilitate inclusive growth and transformation are critical for the industry. “Flexibility within the sugar value chain is essential to ensure its long-term sustainability,” said committee chairperson Mzwandile Masina.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>SUGAR INDUSTRY</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/study-indicates-commercial-potential-for-biofuels-but-south-africa-needs-base-price-to-drive-development-2026-05-27</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The South African Sorghum Bioethanol Study, produced by market research and strategy company BluePrint and commissioned by the Localisation Support Fund, shows that there are viable commercial opportunities for the production of bioethanol from crops in South Africa. However, farmers and chemicals industry professionals attending a roundtable discussion held at the Industrial Development Corporation, in Sandton, on May 27, emphasised that there was little incentive for farmers to plant crops, if there was not clear demand, addressable markets and minimum prices for the crops.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>BIOFUEL</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 17:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>High Court makes landmark ruling that FMD vaccines may be privately procured, administered </title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/high-court-makes-landmark-ruling-that-fmd-vaccines-may-be-privately-procured-administered-2026-05-26</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Pretoria High Court has granted a landmark interim order that Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines may be procured and administered privately, without State veterinary involvement.

The court also interdicted Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen from interfering in private commercial relations of those who lawfully import FMD vaccines into South Africa.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Kgodiso fund to grow presence as innovative farmer funding, support model boosts sector</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/kgodiso-fund-to-grow-its-presence-as-farmer-funding-support-boost-sectors-resilience-2026-05-25</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Agriculture and farmer development fund the Kgodiso Development Fund (KDF), which was established by food and beverage multinational PepsiCo in 2022 as a condition of its acquisition of Pioneer Foods, reports success in its mandate of funding the development of farmers and aims to grow its presence and impact in the coming years. Since its establishment, the fund had approved R246-million for black entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector, including R233-million in loans to entrepreneurs and R12-million to small, medium-sized and microenterprises in the agricultural services and agroprocessing value chain, KDF executive director Diale Tilo said in a May 25 briefing, in Johannesburg.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry bodies Grain SA and the South African Cereals and Oilseeds Trade Association (Sacota) have taken formal legal steps following continued delays in the implementation of the revised wheat tariff. This follows an application submitted to the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) in June 2024 to amend the current tariff-based reference price and automate the tariff publication process.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/sugarcane-milling-season-off-to-positive-start-despite-continuing-pressure-on-industry-sa-canegrowers-2026-05-18</link>
            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s 2026/27 sugarcane milling season has started strongly, with early deliveries tracking ahead of previous years, says industry organisation South African Canegrowers' Association (SA Canegrowers). All sugar mills in the country, except for the three mills of distressed sugar miller Tongaat Hulett, have opened for the season, and early season statistics show that 48% more raw sugarcane has been delivered to the mills by growers compared with the same period in the prior year.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Rentech highlights long-term solar value for farming sector</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Energy solutions company Rentech is highlighting the long-term financial and operational benefits of solar energy for the agricultural sector, despite persistent concerns among some farmers about upfront costs and system viability. Speaking to Engineering News at Nampo Harvest Day 2026, Rentech business manager Jaco Weideman said rising electricity tariffs were improving the business case for solar installations, enabling farmers to generate savings that could be reinvested into their operations.]]></description>
            <author>Mariaan Webb</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified chemicals group Omnia is using Nampo Harvest Day 2026 to highlight its response to global fertiliser market uncertainty, with the company having made significant supply chain investments to secure input availability ahead of the summer planting season.

Engineering News spoke to Omnia executive director Stephan Serfontein, who outlined the group’s response to ongoing instability in the Middle East. He said the company had invested heavily in its supply chain to maintain security of supply for farmers, despite the pressures bearing down on input costs globally.]]></description>
            <author>Mariaan Webb</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Telecommunications firm MTN is commercialising a suite of AI-driven Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions for the agricultural sector, while identifying private network infrastructure as an important enabler of wider digital agriculture adoption in rural areas.]]></description>
            <author>Mariaan Webb</author>
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            <title>Dube TradePort announces its AgriZone 2 is ready to open</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[KwaZulu-Natal province’s Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone has announced that it is getting ready to open its latest development, the 18-ha Dube AgriZone 2. This is a fully-serviced development centred on agriculture and intended to create opportunities for smaller growers, emerging farmers, horticulturalists and trailblazing agri-entrepreneurs. It will provide the province’s small-scale farmers with a link to previously inaccessible high-value markets. Dube TradePort is located within the precinct of Durban’s King Shaka International Airport (KSIA). Its AgriZone 1 was established as a key centre for growing perishable produce, as well as post-harvesting handling and distribution.]]></description>
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            <title>Africa AgriTrade Coalition financial initiative launched at summit in Kenya</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[French development finance institution Proparco has announced the launch of the Africa AgriTrade Coalition, to scale up agricultural value chain trade financing across the continent. In addition to Proparco, the coalition embraces 16 major financial institutions, both within and without Africa, with a total combined balance sheet of about $430-billion. The initiative is aligned with the aims of the African Continental Free Trade Area, including regional integration and the development of intra-African agricultural trade. The other members of the coalition were AFG Holding, Banque El Amana, Banque Mauritanienne de l’Investissement, Banque pour le Commerce et l’Industrie, BPER Banca, Co-operative Bank of Kenya, Coris Holding, CRDB Bank, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, Equity Group Holdings, KCB Bank, Mauritius Commercial Bank, NSIA Holding Financière, Qatar National Bank, UBCI, and the Union de Banques Arabes et Françaises.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Government’s Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) eradication approach is most likely to fail owing to the vaccination rollout being fundamentally inadequate and slow at farm-level, farmer-led initiative FMD Response SA states.

The organisation deems it between 90% and 95% probable that government’s current approach to vaccination will not mathematically achieve the herd immunity required by World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). 

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            <description><![CDATA[With the Department of Agriculture (DoA) having gazetted the Routine Vaccination Scheme on May 4, Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen announced farmers now have a fast-track option allowing them to take the lead in their own biosecurity efforts without first having to wait for the national rollout of vaccines to reach their area. The scheme was established under Section 10 of the Animal Diseases Act, which followed DoA considering more than 300 submissions in record time to ensure Constitutional compliance with public participation processes.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A new trade platform focused on processing technologies for Africa’s food, beverage and pulp and paper industries has been launched by trade exhibition organiser Montgomery Group Africa. The exhibition, called AgroPro Africa, will have a strong emphasis on advancing the agro-processing value chain and is expected to take place in March 2028.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Urine beneficiation startup PeeCycling is advancing a decentralised fertiliser production model that recovers nutrients and water from human urine, offering a climate-resilient solution for agriculture. Peecycling was shortlisted for the 2026  Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. PeeCycling co-founder and University of Cape Town’s Professor Dyllon Randall explains that the process begins with the collection of urine that has not been diluted with flush water, using urinals or no-mix toilets in buildings and at events or stadiums.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African wine industry organisations South Africa Wine and Wines of South Africa (WoSA) have welcomed the zero-tariff regime on South African wine exports to China, which is expected to come into effect from May 1. Under the new tariff rate arrangement, qualifying South African wine exports that meet rules of origin and customs requirements will benefit from 0% tariffs for a two-year period.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Competition Tribunal has approved, with conditions, the merger in which Fairfield Dairy will acquire the entire issued share capital of Ladismith Cheese, after which it will be solely controlled by Fairfield and its owner company Woodlands Dairy. The approval is subject to conditions aimed at promoting historically disadvantaged persons, small and medium-sized enterprises and workers.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's government said on Wednesday that it had received 2 million doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine from Turkey, as authorities intensify efforts to contain the country's worst outbreak in years. The vaccine, supplied by Türkiye's Dollvet, will be distributed to provinces in the coming days based on animal population and risk, the agriculture department said in a statement.]]></description>
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