The Northern Cape is experiencing a veld fire season that is remarkably different from and more intense than previous years. According to historical data, the Northern Cape has not experienced many wildfires in the past. In recent years, however, this picture has...

Agri SA says the devastating effects of continuous fire outbreaks in the Free State, North West and Northern Cape will be felt long after the fires have been extinguished. “Wildfires can cause great damage to plants, animals and communities and also threaten food...

Your donation can make a huge difference to the lives of the agricultural community in drought areas of the Northern Cape. People like Berto Archer, who farms near Kamieskroon, and Elton Vries, who farms near Springbok. They tell their stories in the video below.Make...

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Die projek Boks-vir-‘n-Boervrou, wat vroeër van stapel gestuur is om hulp aan vroue op plase in droogtegeteisterde dele van die land te verleen, het ‘n boervrou van Mpumalanga geïnspireer om haar eie projek te begin. Elria Steinberg, ‘n boervrou van hul plaas  tussen...

Personal message - Annatjie Hibbert Radio Pulpit Visioton and Agri Noord Kaap for the farmers. We are a group of people that will be hiking 21-27th March in the Northern Karoo.  We want to use the opportunity to give back to the community and want to raise funds...

In order to organize and promote the development, sustainability, profitability and stability of organized agriculture in the Northern Cape region, Agri Northern Cape holds the following challenging position for a dynamic, energetic and self-driven individual. GENERAL...

Die gemeenskap van Aggeneys in die Khai Ma-munisipaliteit van die Namakwa-distrik van die Noord-Kaap is gereed vir die besoek van adj.-pres. David Mabuza aan die droogtegeteisterde gebied. Hy sal ook ’n afvaardiging van die gebied se georganiseerde landbou te woord...

Discussion 1 - The Land Debate and Risks               Discussion 2 - Economic Risks in terms of Energy Costs and Certainty               Discussion 3 - Climatological Risks and Disaster Support

Prices expected to decrease over next 3 months. Volumes are up all around once again this week and prices have subsequently all declined except for onion prices which increased by 7% w/w. Tomato and Potato prices declined the most this week by -22% and -13%...

For Max Ndamane, 2004 was a nightmare year. He lives in Richmond in the Northern Cape Karoo, a small town alongside the N1. Up until that year, he’d had steady contract work for a series of companies that maintained the highway. But that year, the company said they...

Dit is vir my aangenaam om u mee te deel dat Agri NK die dienste van Janine Möller bekom het as Bedryfsbeampte Ekonomie, Handel en Watersake. Sy sal ook sosiale media skakeling hanteer. Janine beskik oor B.Com. Ekonomie en Internasionale handel asook...

On October 11, I wrote an article in Business Day challenging the view which suggested that 'farmers might reduce planting', possibly due to uncertainty caused by land reform. At the time, I used South African Agricultural Machinery Association data which indicated...

A recent report released by the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP), points to current and future production difficulties within South Africa's agricultural sector. BFAP recently published an objective report regarding the agricultural output for...

Agri SA noted the statement by the ANC that 139 farms will be targeted for expropriation without compensation. The ANC said previously that they wanted to test the limits of section 25 of the Constitution regarding the compensation in the courts. "Agri SA...

Funded by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture, the Agribusiness Investment Unit (AIU) secured project investments amounting to R150m during the first quarter of 2018/2019. This will help create 300 new jobs in the agribusiness sector. Although the drought in...

The land reform debate in South Africa is dominated by a political agenda. This is a pity because other more relevant economic viewpoints on the subject are being ignored. In 2015, when the last census took place, more than every second South...

Frans Wiid, nasionale skaapboer van die jaar vir 2017, het as deel van sy prys ’n baie geslaagde boeredag op sy plaas naby Hopetown aangebied. Sowat 200 mense het die verrigtinge bygewoon en verskeie sprekers het opgetree. Dawie Maree, hoof van landbou-inligting en...

Researchers on Tuesday unveiled a genetic modification that enables plants to use a quarter less water with scant reduction in yield. By altering a single gene, scientists coaxed tobacco plants - a model crop often used in experiments - to grow to near normal size...

The South African agricultural economy grew by 17.7percent in 2017, following an extended contraction caused by the El Niño-induced drought in 2015 and 2016, which resulted in failed crops and livestock deaths.    The Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz)...

Vergadering met Mmaphaka Tau (PhD) Deputy Director-General (Head): National Disaster Management Centre Department of Cooperative Governance (DCOG) te Calvinia oor die impak van Prosopis in die Noordkaap sowel as die effek van die rampdroogte in dele van die Noordkaap....

Nkomazi Fuel & Oil has opened a branch in Kathu in the Northern Cape. The company is now operational in six provinces. “Our vision is to become South Africa’s most respected independent energy business,” general manager Deon Valks explained. Nkomazi Group of...

Die Nasionale Rampbestuursentrum het op 13 Februarie 2018 die voortslepende droogte in die Wes-, Oos- en Noord-Kaap as ‘n nasionale ramp verklaar. Dit beteken dat ingevolge die Nasionale Wet op Rampbestuur van 2002, die uitvoerende gesag (d.w.s. die Kabinet) met die...

Despite a slight uptick in the number of agriculture jobs created in the fourth quarter of 2017, the sector recorded the second-highest number of jobs lost on a year-to-year basis. Stats SA said in its fourth-quarter labour force survey on 13 February that South...

The Speedy family’s journey towards holistic grazing management started in the 1960s. At the time, the likes of botanist John Acocks, and red meat producer, Len Howell, were championing the counter-intuitive claim that grazing in South Africa was deteriorating because...

How many recipes can you make using apples as an ingredient? Apple sauce, apple pie, apple crumble… when I was a child on an apple farm in the Western Cape where my father worked for the farmer, there were weeks in every year when we got sick of apples. In season,...

The preliminary area estimates of today (30 January) are mainly based on the results of a non-probability survey conducted by the Directorate: Statistics and Economic Analysis of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Less favourable rainfall and warm...

With its high start-up costs and complex export rules, the subtropical fruit industry presents formidable barriers to new entrants. Alita van der Walt spoke to ZZ2’s Tommie and BJ van Zyl about the models that the company is putting in place to assist developing...

It’s not only farmers who have to adapt to the fundamental changes occurring in world agriculture, or go out of business. Agricultural economists also have to adapt. This is the warning from Bongiswa Matoti, president of the Agricultural Economists’ Association of...

“Hierdie jaar se interskou tussen jongooiklubs gaan meer suksesvol wees as laasjaar”, sê Diederik Vermeulen, koordineerder en reelingskomitee. Groot was die verbasing toe daar laasjaar meer as 400 boere, ramtelers, skoliere en besigheidsmense van omliggende dorpe en...

SADC agriculture experts have called for urgent financial support to governments to ensure effective management of the fall armyworm in Southern Africa. This came out at the recent stakeholder meeting held in South Africa. Fall armyworm is a new pest in Southern...

The announcement of the winners in the Tractor of the Year competition is one of the highlights at Agritechnica, the world’s leading international exhibition for agricultural machinery and equipment. At Agritechnica 2017, an international jury composed of 24...

Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season. May 2018 bring you abundant joy and happiness. The Agri NC office will close on 15 December 2017 and re-open on 8 January 2018. Happy New Year!

On 1 December the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) hosted the CEO Forum Meeting, a platform that allows for engagement between CEOs in the agricultural sector and government. Leaders of agricultural companies and organisation such as WRSA,...