Government says the draft rules are to address the disparities in access to water use left over from apartheid
An extraordinary low-voltage power supply in the Coligny area caused the deaths of Herman du Preez’ broiler chickens from suffocation
The medium-term budget policy statement has received criticism and praise from civil society
About half of South Africa’s maize crop and 100% of the soya crop is genetically modified — it’s grown with the use of glyphosate. But Bayer South Africa disagrees that it causes…
Agri SA lashed out at the police for reporting inaccurate details to the media around the brutal shooting of a farm worker in Krugersdorp.
The agricultural association has serious concerns about how farmers’ compensation would be calculated under the Expropriation Bill.
A proposal for the state to expropriate and pay for 50% of farms into a trust for farm development has been welcomed by Cosatu but opposed by AgriSA.
The brouhaha over the appointment of judges by the JSC has meant that a judgment of considerable importance has passed almost unnoticed.
Fed-up farm workers have bypassed unions and political parties and have taken matters into their own hands, writes Sean Christie.
One minute and 52 seconds. That is how much Agri SA bought with Jacob Zuma by having a stand at the business exhibition of the ANC policy conference.
The Orange River has broken its banks in the Cape, leaving farmers’ income under water.
New Bill would make it more difficult to evict farm workers, but critics say it is unfair.
Agri SA on Friday welcomed an announcement by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa that crime-fighting units would be reinstated in rural areas.
A farmers’ group on Wednesday warned of an exodus of foreign investors from the country’s agriculture sector over land-reform policies.
The Republic of the Congo has offered Agri SA 10-million hectares for South African farmers to produce maize and soya beans.
Deserted and without running water, an ostrich farm near Pretoria is an example of SA’s wobbly efforts to bring black South Africans on to farmland.
Agri SA has welcomed a Pretoria High Court ruling that the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act is effectively expropriating unused, old order mineral rights.
The SADC ruling that fair compensation be paid to evicted Zimbabwean farmers holds implications for SA, organised agriculture said on Tuesday.
Legislation is partly to blame for the agricultural sector’s under-par contribution to South Africa, agricultural body AgriSA said on Wednesday.
South Africa produced 30% more genetically modified (GM) crops in 2007, with 1,8-million hectares of GM maize, soya and cotton being planted, Agri SA said on Wednesday. This…
