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El Niño se ongunstige uitwerking op die klimaat van Suider-Afrika het nou eers werklik begin, sê Johan Van den Berg. “Dit is tipies wat in vorige El Niño-seisoene ook gebeur het. Die  eerste deel van die seisoen was nog redelik goed, maar die tydperk teen Februarie was baie droog en warm met graanoeste wat baie skade gekry het. “Volgens beramings kan mielies in die reproduktiewe stadiums, soos tans die geval is, tot 5% of meer oesverlies per dag ondervind indien baie droë en warm toestande voorkom. ’n Totale oes kan dus binne drie weke verlore gaan,” sê Van den Berg. “Dit is veral hoëdigtheidsaanplantings wat baie vinniger skade kry as landerye met laer plantestande en wyer rywydtes.” Van den Berg sê die vooruitsigte op reën wat verligting kan bring vir somergrane is nog baie swak oor veral die sentrale tot westelike dele van die graanproduksiegebied. Noemenswaardige reën word nie verwag voor ongeveer 5 Maart nie. “Met temperature wat in die distrik Bothaville byvoorbeeld 38 °C kan bereik tot einde Februarie, kan dit baie groot droogteskade aan somergrane veroorsaak.”   

Annual consumer price inflation rose to 5.3% in January from 5.1% in December last year, the first jump after two-consecutive months of moderation.  This is marginally higher that the 5.2% rise expected by 18 economists .  The categories in the CPI basket with the largest annual price increases were restaurants & hotels at 8%, food & non-alcoholic beverages (NAB) at 7.2%, and health at 6.5%. Annual inflation for food and NAB slowed to 7.2% in January from 8.5% in December and 9% in November, Stats SA said. All sub-categories recorded lower annual rates, apart from sugar, sweets & desserts, oils & fats, and cold beverages. Annual inflation for bread & cereal products declined from 7.5% in December to 6.5% in January. Meat inflation was also softer, cooling from 3.9% to 2.2%. A monthly decline of 5.2% in fuel prices between December and January was not enough to subdue the annual rate for fuel, which jumped from a decline of 2.5% in December to 3.3% in January. This contributed to a sharp rise in annual transport inflation to 4.6% from 2.6% in December. The consumer price index increased by 0.1% in January 2024, Statistics SA reported. 

The unemployment rate, according to the expanded definition, decreased by 0.1 of a percentage point to 41.1% in the fourth quarter. Stats SA’s quarterly labour force survey shows the youth, aged 15 and 34 years, remain vulnerable in the labour market, with fourth-quarter results showing that the total number of unemployed youth increased by 87,000 to 4.7-million. The industries that contributed to the net employment decline include the community and social services sector, which lost 171,000 jobs. Construction was also down by 36,000 jobs. Agriculture fell by 35,000 jobs, while trade and manufacturing fell by 28,000 and 1,000, respectively.

Chris Burgess, redakteur van Landbouweekblad, het die dag begin deur te verduidelik hoekom die publikasie die geleentheid aanbied. “Ons vertel al meer as ’n eeu lank die stories van die platteland. Wat op die platteland gebeur, is vir ons ’n diepe bekommernis. Maar die een ding van die platteland is die gemeenskappe wat self inspring en dinge wil regmaak. Om te gaan lê, gaan net mooi niks help nie. Die platteland se bate is sy mense. Hulle bring ons tree vir tree nader aan die land wat ons wil hê.” Op sý beurt het Francois Strydom, uitvoerende hoof van Senwes, gesê: “Hierdie is Bela-Bela 2.1. Kom ons vat terug wat ons s’n is. Die wêreld weet nie wat ons weet nie. Hulle eet wat hulle eet, want ons landelike gemeenskappe gee nie op nie!”

After a notable jump in the third quarter of 2023 to 956,000, South Africa's primary agricultural employment fell by 4% quarter-on-quarter to 920,000 in the last quarter of 2023. Jobs declined mainly in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.Still, when we view the agricultural jobs annually, these provinces employ many people. The last quarter of 2023 was still well above 2022 levels, except for Mpumalanga, where we saw a marginal decline in primary agricultural jobs. Notably, the 920,000 jobs in primary agriculture in the last quarter of 2023 is 7% up year-on-year and well above the long-term agricultural employment of 793,000.

The macadamia nut industry is entering a recovery phase as low prices stimulate demand and value-adding. Over the last two years, the crop fetched significantly lower prices as world economies took a downturn after the COVID-19 lockdowns. The increase in the global crop as a result of new plantings coincided with the lower demand, pushing prices further down. In 2023, farmers achieved on average US$8,25/kg (R152/kg at an average exchange rate) for kernel for the season. This was even lower than the average price of US$11,50 (R188/ kg at the 2022 exchange rate) in 2022, and US$16/kg (R236/kg at 2021’s average exchange rate) in 2021. This year, marketers expected a slight increase from the 2023 prices.

Outstanding articles of the week. 

Sexes also face different environmental pressures. For instance, in many mammals, males, but not females, disperse away from the family group when they mature. This sort of environmental pressure leads to differences in the strategies males and females use to pass on their genes, which can create differences in rates of reproductive ageing between the sexes. READ MORE 

Saai is looking for the best cases to challenge SAPS in courts to force them to act against trespassers on farms in terms of the law. Saai will set up a barometer for illegal trespassing and publish it on a weekly basis, in which incidents, follow-ups, arrests, charges and judgements will be displayed to make the data transparent and accessible for all to see. READ MORE 

Biodiversity can also refer to the variety of ecosystems—communities of living things and their environments. Ecosystems include deserts, grasslands, and rainforests. The continent of Africa is home to tropical rainforests, alpine mountains, and dry deserts. It enjoys a high level of biodiversity. Antarctica, covered almost entirely by an ice sheet, has low biodiversity. READ MORE 

The Food Systems Integrated Program (FSIP), co-led with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), will direct $252 million in project financing and $2.2 billion in co-financing to 32 countries.  READ MORE

CRA MEDIA is tans besig met die ontwikkeling van 3 nuwe insetels vir ons mediums.  Ons gaan binnekort ook toetree tot ander mediums wat Landbou op nog 'n beter vlak sal neem. Ons internasionale vennote wil baie graag betrokke raak by ons mediums.  Ons span is baie kreatief en is altyd besig met nuwe idees en programme-  Ons is tans besig met die beplanning van 'n baie eksklusiewe program een sy soort.  Ons sal eersdaags ons nuwe Ekonomiese afdeling in plek.

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