The profitability of pork production will be under pressure from April to June due to increased animal feed prices.

The South African government is continuing with a number of interventions to support the domestic poultry industry, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said.

One of our less discussed and yet more important commodities is wool. But it has now surfaced as a key concern following the suspension of South Africa’s greasy wool imports by the Chinese authorities due to the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak earlier in the year.

One of the less discussed, yet an important agricultural commodity is wool. But it has now surfaced as a key concern following the suspension of South Africa’s all greasy wool imports by the Chinese authorities because of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak earlier in the year.

A researcher in Edinburgh is leading efforts to develop gene-edited farm animals for poor farmers in Africa.Prof Appolinaire Djikeng is developing cows, pigs and chickens that are resistant to diseases and more productive.

The late rainfall during the planting window of maize threatens to limit the output of the crop in the 2019/20 marketing year.