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The major development in South Africa's agriculture this past weekend was on trade. The China-Africa Framework Agreement on Economic Partnership for Shared Prosperity (CAEPA) came into effect on 1 May 2026. China established the CAEPA as a framework to promote the common development of China and Africa, through boosting trade and investment.
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Missed deadlines by the Department of Agriculture spark outrage among agricultural organisations, as court proceedings reveal the state’s struggle to manage foot-and-mouth disease vaccination efforts.
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South Africa’s winter crop farmers face a challenging start to the 2026-27 production season.
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Major global agricultural exporting countries are approaching the current Middle East crisis differently than they did in other recent crises.
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Many small livestock farmers still see technology as something meant for large commercial operations with big budgets.
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Early projections suggest that the La Niña weather phenomenon, which brought above-normal rainfall across the summer crop-growing areas of South Africa and much of Southern Africa, leading to higher crop yields, has ended.
