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SA’s economic performance in 2020: Agriculture a beacon of hope

The Department of Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has recently released the Gross Domestic Product...

Senseless murders of farmers and police officers

“Agri SA strongly condemns all murders of South Africans but especially the murder of farmers...

Government is really scraping the bottom of the proverbial fiscal barrel

With gross loan debt amounting to R5.2 trillion in 2023/24 and an estimated tax deficit...

Agri SA submits commentary on Expropriation Bill

Agri SA submitted its commentary on the Expropriation Bill electronically to the Portfolio Committee on...

2021 National Budget Speech – an opportunity to return to best practice

Agri SA is looking forward to the minister of finance, Tito Mboweni’s National Budget Speech...

SONA: Importance of agriculture celebrated, but timeous and effective implementation of policies lacking

The president presented arguably his most important State of the Nation Address (SONA) owing to...

National Agro-meteorological Committee (NAC) Advisory on the 2020/21 summer season

Statement from Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction

Agricultural sector shocked as sector inputs are ignored on national minimum wage for farmworkers

The immediate equalisation and increase in wages for farmworkers would be unsustainable for the agricultural...

President must involve commercial sector on a large scale

President Ramaphosa will have to spell out the role of the commercial sector very clearly...

AMIS Market Monitor – February 2021 – No. 85

As COVID-19 maintains its strong grip on the world, food markets will need to remain...