Disease outbreaks, high maintenance costs and a fluctuating market remain constant risks for piggeries. As a result, farmers ...

UD Trucks Southern Africa is positioning itself as a long-term strategic partner to fleet operators navigating an ...

As South Africa’s red meat industry faces mounting pressure from animal disease risks, climate volatility and shifting market requirements, role players are increasingly turning to research-led ...

Opening the Nedbank Agri Webinar 2026 in Johannesburg on 28 January, which focused on the macro-economic climate, Daneel Rossouw, head of sales for agriculture at Nedbank Commercial Banking, said that ...

Foot-and-mouth disease is destabilising South Africa’s meat supply chain, shutting down export markets, forcing the ...

A farm is purchased with capital, but cash flow keeps it running. From maintenance to insurance, the cost of ownership is often higher than new buyers expect. Andreas Greeff, managing director of ...

Giel Swiegers’s Boer goats aren’t the farm’s main income, but by grazing once-unused slopes, they play a vital role in keeping his farm, Witrivier, resilient and productive.

The foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Eswatini, first reported in May 2025, has spread extensively across the country, ...

South Africa has resumed sending foot-and-mouth disease field virus strains to the UK’s Pirbright Institute for the first time in more than a decade, marking a critical step in boosting outbreak ...

Modern goose farming faces several challenges, including competition from cheaper poultry alternatives like chicken, ...

Malawi had a bumper tobacco year in 2025, selling more than 221 000t, up 66% year-on-year. Farmer’s Weekly spoke to the ...

Livestock farmers around the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) quarantine area near Gouda in the Western Cape are growing ...