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The United Nations food agency's world price index rose in April for the first time this year, but is still some 20% up on a record high hit in March 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 127.2 points last month against 126.5 for March, the agency said on Friday. The sugar price index surged 17.6% from March, hitting its highest level since October 2011. FAO said the rise was linked to concerns of tighter supplies following downward revisions to production forecasts for India and China, along with lower-than-earlier-expected outputs in Thailand and the European Union.
Dit is ironies dat die ANC-regering volhard met sy beleid van transformasie. Binne die woord word verskeie aspekte verpak wat elk die afgelope bykans 3 dekades meegedoen het om Suid-Afrika se instellings disfunksioneel te maak. Hier dink ons aan dinge soos gelyke indiensneming, swart ekonomiese bemagtiging en sekerlik die gevaarlikste van almal, kader ontplooiing. Met die oorgang na die nuwe regering is funksioneel doeltreffende instellings ontvang wat elk ’n wesenlike bydrae gelewer het tot die ondersteuning van ons land se werking.
The sugar price index surged 17.6% from March, hitting its highest level since October 2011. FAO said the rise was linked to concerns of tighter supplies following downward revisions to production forecasts for India and China, along with lower-than-earlier-expected outputs in Thailand and the European Union.
The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (Amie) has supported the government’s move to reject the EU’s planned unilateral imposition of tariffs on carbon-intensive imported products such as poultry. “The potential impact of the EU’s decision will have a profound, and possibly debilitating effect on many, if not most, of its trading partners. While the EU will have its own various reasons for imposing tariffs, the imposition of tariffs (in any sphere) raises the costs of doing business, of job creation, lower foreign investment, and dampens the incentives for substantive local competition and innovation.
South Africa's only driver's licence printing machine has broken down and will only be fixed in two to three weeks' time, the Department of Transport announced on Wednesday. The department said the machine had broken down just after undergoing routine maintenance in April. "The routine maintenance started on 5 April”, lasting till 19 April. Another boo- boo from the ANC - According to the Automobile Association, the department has only one driving licence printing machine in a bid to prevent giving corrupt officials the opportunity to produce fraudulent licences.
The shortage of strategic vaccines in the livestock and animal industries has now caused a state of disaster in the red meat industry. " "Commercial and emerging producers are now suffering serious losses due to bluetongue outbreaks which cause up to 50% mortality among herds and African horse sickness among horses and donkeys which play a supporting role in the production process of red meat" says the Chairman of the national RPO, James Faber . READ MORE -
Trading activity in the Urea market was very limited this week. Producers and traders with long positions were bullish on prices after the $30/t upward tick in prices over the last 3 weeks but buyers are well-aware that urea supply far exceeds demand and they can play the waiting game secure in the knowledge that product is available should they need it. Urea analysts are suggesting urea prices could be firm for the next few weeks until the next Indian urea tender comes out (which is expected to put severe downward pressure on the price) – we simply don’t see there being much support for prices currently. It will only take one producer to accept a $20/t discount to move a cargo and prices will come tumbling down. READ MORE
Caffeine can cross the placenta into the growing fetus’s bloodstream. Fetuses can’t break down the caffeine, so it remains in their circulation. As the pregnancy proceeds, the mother becomes slower at clearing caffeine from her metabolism. This potentially exposes the fetus to caffeine for longer READ MORE -
Former Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter warned that widespread load-shedding exemptions would pose a serious and unacceptable risk of a national blackout, but a recent court ruling ignored his caution. On Friday, the North Gauteng High Court ruled hospitals, clinics, state schools, and police stations should not be subject to load-shedding. The former Eskom CEO explained that the exempted facilities are embedded in distribution networks containing other residential and non-residential loads. To exclude them from load-shedding, you must exclude the other customers who share those distribution networks. Who is going to SUFFER- The man who pay the bills- We all know that the ANC have never been an will not be in the future have the ability to govern South Africa- People need to except that they do not have the skills to buildt, manage or govern- It seems that they are very clever in corruption- because that is all we see.
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Wanneer ons oor die krisis van die Suid-Afrikaanse bedeling en ook oor die krisis van die moderne wêreld praat, is dit belangrik om soms net weer te gaan vasstel hoe ons voorouers oor sekere dinge gedink het, en om te gaan kyk of hulle nie dalk al lankal antwoorde gehad het vir vandag se probleme nie. Tradisie is ’n stel oplossings is waarvan ons die probleme al vergeet het. Ons mag dalk net vind dat ons moderne probleme juis nou opduik, omdat die oplossings wat ons voorouers reeds vir daardie probleme ontwikkel het, juis vandag met die badwater uitgegooi word. Johann Pretorius.
Women in agriculture deserves recognition. These women are in most cases graduated or with some form of post-school tertiary qualification and a leader in hear community, church, at the local school, clinic and plays a role in keeping the daily activities on the farm, running.A Women who forms part of the decision making on the farm, support her husband to adapt to the changes in weather, government rules, managing the finances of the farm as a business.A Women who offers an input before agricultural meetings and conferences. This Women has a direct input in the management of the farm and allows her husband to be a farmer and allows him to farm. A Women without a platform to raise her own voice.The reality is that men as farmers compete in competitions, wins luxury vehicles and invited to international agricultural trade and study tours, but never such an opportunity for women in agriculture.
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A wind farm in Namibia and a floating solar farm on Zimbabwe's massive Kariba Dam are among the new green energy projects Chinese companies are looking at investing in this year after Beijing pledged to help African countries address their energy problems with renewable sources rather than fossil fuels.
The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (Amie) has supported the government’s move to reject the EU’s planned unilateral imposition of tariffs on carbon-intensive imported products such as poultry.
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has announced that it is providing additional capacity for the export of manganese through the extension of the current Mamathwane crossing loop in the Northern Cape. TFR said in a statement that the development had the potential of additional revenue and an estimated R4.4 billion in foreign earnings for the South African economy.
The 2023 veld fire season could potentially develop into one of the most problematic fire seasons in recent memory. According to a statement issued by the Free State Umbrella Fire Protection Association (FSUFPA), one of the reasons for this was the abundant rain during the past three summers that resulted in a very high moribund biomass fuel load.
The United Nations food agency's world price index rose in April for the first time this year, but is still some 20% up on a record high hit in March 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Yara Animal Nutrition's operations in South Africa include a raw materials processing plant and sales office in Umbogintwini near Durban, as well as distribution depots across the country. Selling mineral feed supplements to feed producers and farmers across Southern Africa with sales in Australia, New-Zealand, Middle East and Argentina.
‘n Nuwe studie toon dat kameelperde ingewikkelde sosiale wesens is, soortgelyk aan olifante, maar meer subtiel. Vroulike kameelperde het vriendinne met wie hulle saam eet, hulle pas mekaar se kalwers op soos ‘n crèche en oumas speel ‘n belangrike rol.
South African mango orchards are currently in the postharvest maintenance phase, the first flowering will be in roughly a month’s time in Hoedspruit. The very last mangoes are now coming from the Western Cape, where (along with the Eastern cape) there’s increased interest in producing late mangoes as some look at alternatives to citrus.
Die Suid-Afrikaanse energiekenner Chris Yelland sê dit lyk of Eskom se kragnetwerk eers in Desember bykomende kapasiteit sal bykry met die terugkeer en herkoppeling van 4 opwekkings-eenhede by die Kusile-kragstasie. Dit blyk dat fase 6-beurtkrag en selfs hoër vlakke van beurtkrag die voorland is vir Suid-Afrikaners dié komende winter.
Mense wat nie vleis inneem nie, is geneig om ‘n swakker sielkundige gesondheid te hê as diegene wat wel vleis eet, het nuwe navorsing aan die lig gebring. Die navorsing het bevind vegetariërs/vegans het ‘n groter risiko om depressie en angstigheid te ervaar en hulself skade aan te doen.
Vleispryse is sedert die begin van 2023 onder druk, volgens die Herfs 2023-uitgawe van Absa AgriTrends. Volgens Absa is dit ‘n simptoom van toenemende druk op verbruikers se besteebare inkomste. In kontras hiermee het hoender pryse stewig gebly. Dié uiteenlopende neigings lei tot verskuiwings in die relatiewe pryse van vleisproduksie wat ook op sy beurt ‘n impak op kort termyn-bestedingspatrone het.
South African poultry producer Astral Foods has warned investors of a decline of as much as 92% in earnings for the six months to 31 March, as the impact of load shedding hits food producers countrywide.
Demand for rhino horn for traditional medicine, status gifts, and jewellery continues to be high; the only way this demand can be satisfied is via the procurement of illegal, poached horns as there is currently a 46-year ban on the international sale of rhino horn, binding on South Africa.
The latest update on global meat trade provides a mixed picture with a modest decline in pork exports while beef is expected to stagnate in 2023 according to the United States Department of Agriculture
Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt said, “I feel very sorry for the South African Reserve Bank”, which is trying to reduce inflation while government policy is accelerating it. Roodt made these comments in an interview on Newzroom Afrika, where he outlined his expectations for interest rates.
South Africans may not experience citrus fruit shortages this winter, but continuous loadshedding is putting the electricity-dependent citrus industry under a lot of strain, thus impacting both farmers and consumers.
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Large scale farming in the desert using nothing but sunlight and seawater pic.twitter.com/Tf0N27vb1e
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There’s nothing better than plowing with the old putt putt. Real farming at its best. Sweet corn patch is getting ready for another year. pic.twitter.com/lw1Fax7NBA
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EL NINO
Die El Niño-stelsel wat ontwikkel, kan ’n gunstige impak hê tydens die Noordelike Halfrond se somer, terwyl dit gunstig en ongunstig vir lande in die Suidelike Halfrond kan wees.
Die Niño-gebiede is reeds warmer as normaal, hoewel sommige Niño-gebiede nog nie die grens na ’n El Niño-stelsel oorgesteek het nie. See-oppervlaktemperature moet konstant ten minste 0,5 °C warmer as normaal wees vir ’n El Niño-stelsel om verklaar te kan word.
Die gekombineerde Niño-1+2 gebied (naaste aan Suid-Amerika) is reeds 2,7 °C warmer as normaal met die Niño-3-gebied 0,7 °C warmer as normaal en die Niño-4-gebied (naaste aan Australië) 0,4 °C warmer. Die gekombineerde sentrale gedeeltes (van Niño-3.4), wat gebruik word om voorspellings mee te doen, is tans ook 0,4 °C warmer as normaal.
“Voorspellings toon dat die Niño-3.4-gebied reeds in Mei die grens kan oorsteek om as El Niño verklaar kan word. Dit verteenwoordig ’n baie vroeë ontwikkeling, want gewoonlik word hierdie vlakke eers teen September of Oktober bereik,” sê Johan van den Berg, onafhanklike landbouweerkundige.
Die voorspelde maksimum intensiteit word tans beraam op van 1 °C (’n matige El Niño) tot ongeveer 2 °C (’n sterk El Niño). Daar is weermodelle wat temperature van 2,4 °C warmer as normaal voorspel. “Daar is egter ooreenstemming (tussen verskillende modelle) dat ’n El Niño-stelsel wel teenwoordig gaan wees tot ten minste Maart of April 2024. Die spits kan na verwagting teen ongeveer Desember vanjaar bereik word.”
Verskillende wêrelddele
Van den Berg sê die El Niño-stelsel het nog nie sterk genoeg ontwikkel om reeds ’n kenmerkende impak uit te oefen in die volgende maand of twee nie. “Vir die volgende paar maande gaan daar min voorspelbaarheid wees tot konstante El Niño-vlakke bereik word. Dit behoort van Junie of Julie af te wees.”
Van den Berg sê die stelsel kan verskillende wêrelddele so beïnvloed:
Amerika
As die El Niño-stelsel reeds teen Junie of Julie konstant gaan voorkom, kan dit bogemiddelde reëntoestande veroorsaak oor groot dele van Amerika, veral die noordelike tot noordwestelike dele. “Omdat dit in die kritieke blom- en saadvulstadiums van somergrane gaan wees, kan dit baie gunstige toestande skep vir groot oeste tensy te nat toestande en oorstromings gaan voorkom.”
Suid-Afrika
Gemiddelde reënval is moontlik vir die wintermaande van Mei tot Julie vir die winter- en die somerreëngebied. Van Augustus tot Oktober kan die sentrale, westelike en suidelike binneland gemiddelde tot bogemiddelde reënval verwag, wat gunstig is vir wintergraanproduksie. ’n Sterk negatiewe reënvalsein is duidelik vanaf November.
“Indien die El Niño-stelsel sy spits in Desember bereik, kan Februarie en Maart neig na gemiddelde reënval en kan die tydsberekening van reënval veroorsaak dat produksietoestande nie so sleg gaan wees nie. Dit is egter te vroeg om met sekerheid die draaipunt te kan voorspel.”
Argentinië
Ná drie seisoene van ondergemiddelde reënval lyk toestande baie beter van Augustus, met ver bogemiddelde reënval moontlik in veral die eerste deel van die somer tot Desember. Daar is ook ’n baie groot moontlikheid vir vloede.
Australië
Baie droë toestande word verwag vanaf ongeveer Julie tot Desember wat beslis ’n ernstige ongunstige impak gaan hê op dié land se wintergraanoes.
Europa
Bogemiddelde reënval word oor die grootste deel van Europa verwag gedurende die tweede deel van die Europese somer, dus van Julie tot September. Baie goeie somergraanproduksietoestande word verwag.
China
’n El Niño-stelsel kan ondergemiddelde reënval gedurende China se somer, van veral Julie tot September, veroorsaak. Dit sal graanproduksie nadelig beïnvloed.
“Die El Niño-stelsel kan ’n gunstige impak gedurende die Noordelike Halfrond se somer hê, veral vir die midsomer vanaf Julie tot September met die uitsondering van China. Dit kan ook gunstig wees vir graanoeste in Argentinië in die Suidelike Halfrond, veral van Oktober 2023 tot Maart 2024,” sê Van den Berg. “Australië se risiko is baie groot vir swak wintergraanproduksietoestande, terwyl die risiko hoog is vir swak somergraanproduksietoestande in Suid-Afrika.”
