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Industry body Agri SA has welcomed the National Energy Regulator of South Africa's Draft Market Inquiry Report into fixed charges and Eskom's Retail Tariff Plan, published on June 26. The inquiry confirms that recent tariff reforms have disproportionately affected agriculture, with a typical 250 kVA irrigated farming operation seeing electricity costs rise 32% in a single season, from about R408 000 to R539 000 a year, making electricity the second-largest input cost after labour.
Agriculture sector records highest first-quarter trade surplusSouth Africa's agriculture sector achieved a trade surplus of $1.55-billion in the first quarter of 2026, the highest first-quarter surplus in the country's agriculture trade history and a 16.1% improvement on the same period in 2025. The surplus was driven primarily by a 10.6% decline in imports to $1.76-billion rather than export growth, with total agricultural exports reaching $3.3-billion, broadly in line with the previous year.
Fuel supply constraints and price volatility threaten crop productionAgri SA and Agbiz have warned that fuel supply disruptions and rising diesel prices linked to the Middle East conflict pose material risks to South Africa's 2026/27 crop seasons, despite government extending temporary fuel levy relief through May and June. Surveys indicate farmers are receiving partial diesel deliveries or facing delays during critical planting periods, with wheat plantings expected to contract by around 6% to the lowest level in 12 years owing to lower global prices, rising input costs and production uncertainty.
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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...
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...
Agricultural organisations AgriSA and the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) have welcomed the extension of the temporary fuel levy relief measures through May and June, saying...
Agriculture representative bodies AgriSA and Agbiz have welcomed the announcement by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe of a R3-a-litre...
Industry bodies Agri SA and the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) have confirmed some rural areas are already starting to experience fuel supply constraints as a result of...
Although it is regrettable that there is contention about government’s approach to dealing with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the country amid one of the worst outbreaks and animal crises ever...
Farmers in South Africa are heading into the winter planting season with surging diesel prices and tightening supplies – triggered by the Middle East conflict – threatening production in...
Industry bodies Agri SA and the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) have formalised a strategic partnership with Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) to prioritise critical...
The Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) has stressed the need to follow up commitments with “real action”, following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SoNA)...
Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has appointed an Industry Coordination Council to support implementation of the country’s national long-term Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) strategy. The...
South Africa will increase the national minimum wage for this year by more than the rate of inflation and exceeding the expectations of businesses and analysts. The hourly minimum will rise 5% to...
As government advances various pieces of legislation and policy on land, labour, natural resources, rural safety and trade, industry body Agri SA calls in its ‘2026 Policy Outlook’ for a renewed...
South Africa’s Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), which is the local partner for the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO’s) Inventor Assistance Programme (IAP), is...
Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has appointed an Industry Coordination Council to support implementation of the country’s national long-term Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) strategy. The...
Industry body Agri SA has welcomed Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen’s announcement of a stronger, long-term national Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) strategy and the Department of Agriculture’s...
By AgriSA CEO Johann Kotze South Africa's agricultural sector is facing one of its most significant trade shocks in years, as new tariffs in the United States place fresh pressure on exporters in...
Organised agriculture has evolved and shifted from being merely the “voice of the farm” to enablers of growth, with increased involvement in the value chain and innovation through cross-value...
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