Farmer’s Weekly

Farmer’s Weekly provides insights, analysis, and detailed articles on various topics including business, crops, livestock, game, the growing farming sector, lifestyle, and the latest news and research. The magazine caters to a diverse audience, cutting across racial, gender, and age lines. Its focus is on the goals, interests, and values that resonate with its readers. The brand is dedicated to promoting and supporting a sustainable agricultural industry.

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Motorists urged to safeguard themselves during Easter weekend traffic

1 week ago | farmersweekly.co.za | Glenneis Kriel

KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and the North West reported the highest incidents of fatal crashes, with KwaZulu-Natal accounting for 17 and Gauteng and North West for 10 each. Most of the fatal crashes (26,6%) occurred on Easter Saturday and the least (12,3%) on Easter Monday. SafeguardingIn a press statement, Dipesh Radia, chief commercial officer at Momentum Insure, urged South Africans to be proactive and make safety a central part of their Easter travel plans.
Agri Western Cape warns members to look out for ‘misinformation’

2 weeks ago | farmersweekly.co.za | Glenneis Kriel

At the congress, Villiers Loubser, president of Agri Western Cape, said that while Agri SA was sometimes criticised for taking too long to communicate new information, this was because the organisation and its provincial affiliates wanted to ensure the information they released was entirely accurate and based on facts. “We do not want to spread falsehoods or create sensation, but rather focus on communicating information that is relevant to the agriculture sector,” he said.
Paving the way for a greener dairy industry

3 weeks ago | farmersweekly.co.za | Glenneis Kriel

In January 2022, Milk South Africa (Milk SA), in conjunction with ASSET Research, initiated the development of a web-based tool called Dairy Environment Sustainability, or DESTiny for short, to help dairy producers analyse and calculate their carbon footprints. Riana Reinecke, who developed DESTiny as part of her doctorate in sustainable dairy production at Stellenbosch University, says the tool is much more than a carbon calculator, as it considers a farm’s environmental impact holistically.
Tractor power doubles in 20 years as demand for efficiency grows

3 weeks ago | farmersweekly.co.za | Glenneis Kriel

AGFACTS Newsbrief estimated the total tractive power in the South African tractor park at 8,72 million kW in 2024. This is 6% higher than in 2023 (8,21 million kW), 32% higher than a decade ago (6,48 million kW), and nearly double the 4,37 million kW of 2004. The tractive power of tractors younger than ten years old is currently 5,33 million kW, up 13% on the 4,71 million kW of 10 years ago, and almost 86% up on the 2,87 million kW of 20 years ago.
The nurse who became an award-winning vegetable producer

3 weeks ago | farmersweekly.co.za | Lindi Botha

Sophy Litshani Musabeni always knew she wanted to farm. But following her parents’ advice to first obtain a professional qualification, she studied to be a nurse. Once she completed her studies and started working, it was evident that her passion for farming had not waned, and she still longed for the land. She spent all her free time researching farming practices online and saved all the money she could to fund her dream.
China offers SA avocado producers many growth opportunities

3 weeks ago | farmersweekly.co.za | Glenneis Kriel

This followed after the Chinese market opened up to South African avocado exports. Since then, South African has shipped one 40ft container carrying 21t to China in 2024. While this only represented 0,03% of South Africa’s total avocado exports of 81 012t, Derek Donkin, CEO of the South African Subtropical Growers’ Association, told Farmer’s Weekly that the Chinese market presents huge growth opportunities for South African exporters and producers.
Promising outlook for summer crops

4 weeks ago | farmersweekly.co.za | Glenneis Kriel

The CEC expects South Africa’s commercial maize crop to amount to 14,56 million tons, which is 4,6% higher than the previous forecast, and about 13% higher than the 12,85 million tons produced last year. Maize production, nevertheless, remains more than 4% below the five-year average of 15,27 million tons. White maize production was revised upward by 4% to 7,7 million tons, which is 26% higher than the 6,06 million tons produced the previous season.
Fresh Produce Market Inquiry comes under the spotlight at conference

4 weeks ago | farmersweekly.co.za | Glenneis Kriel

Panellists at the Fresh Solutions event of the International Fresh Produce Marketing Association (IFPA), recently held near Somerset West in the Western Cape, shared their thoughts on the findings and recommendations of the FPMI report.
Farmers urged to be on the lookout for second African armyworm strike

1 month ago | farmersweekly.co.za | Glenneis Kriel

Dr Gerhard Verdoorn, operations and stewardship manager at CropLife South Africa, said that South Africa recently experienced one of its biggest infestations of African armyworm on record, with the outbreak spread across the summer rainfall region. While African armyworm usually only attacked pastures and veld, soya bean, maize and sunflower crops were also struck this season due to the large scale of the infestation. Fortunately, damage to these crops have been minimal, said Verdoorn.
‘Look east and forget about Trump’

1 month ago | farmersweekly.co.za | Lindi Botha

This was the sentiment expressed by speakers at the AgBusiness day of the Africa Agri Tech conference that took place from 18 to 20 March in Pretoria. A panel discussion on growing global protectionism looked at how South Africa could better position itself for expanded trade with its neighbours and the world. Political and economic analyst JP Landman said South Africa would soon be exempted from the African Growth and Opportunity Act, but that it was not “the end of the world”.