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While South Africa's agriculture has had a rough start to the year, characterised by El Niño-induced drought, the employment conditions remain encouraging. The data released by Statistics South Africa today shows that employment in primary agriculture lifted by 6% year-on-year to 941 000 in the first quarter of 2024. This is also up 2% from the last quarter of 2023. Admittedly, the significant drought damage has been concentrated on the summer grains and oilseed regions, not across all agricultural subsectors, which somewhat explains the resilience in job data. Moreover, there could also be a lag in fully accounting for agriculture's financial pressures and the impact on employment after that.

Ons nuusspan is die week in verskeie dele van die land en was gister by Nampo gewees in die Vrystaat. Twee van ons span lede vertrek na Suid Amerika op uitnodiging en een van ons ander spanlede besoek Australia aan die einde van Mei 2024-  Nampo is soos gewoonlik groot- opwindend en vol nuwe tegnologie- en elkeen probeer sy plek in die mark vind.  Dis 'n lekker atmosfeer wat daar heers en daar is iets vir almal. Die stadsjapies is in hulle duisende teenwoordig en geniet die vryheid vir 'n week.  Kos en drank is volop- Uitstallers is baie positief en sien uit na goeie besigheid- dit kos baie geld om by Nampo uit te stal. Daar is uitsonderlike uitstallings en baie nuwe tegnologie- en oorvloed van manne en vroue met video opname toerusting en mikrofone- wat links en regs met almal onderhoude wil voer.  Elke jaar sien jy nuwe gesigte en ook gesigte wat ouer geword het.  Die boere kuier lekker- gesels groot stories en geniet die somerson van die Vrystaa t(wat gister so bietjie skaars was)  - As jy reeds 30 jaar deel is van Nampo en sy begin jare dan is jy werklik trots om te sien hoe hierdie skou gegroei het- Suid Afrika landbouers is voorwaar die hoeksteen van ons land en presteer jaar op jaar met alles wat hulle aanpak. 

Angola has emerged as one of the big winners from last week’s US-Africa Business Summit held in Dallas, Texas, where it was announced that Africa Finance Corporation will invest €381.5 million in upgrading the country’s road network. The Nigeria-based investment bank will make available €85 million of the total capital expenditure (capex), while it is understood that the Export-Import Bank of the US and the US Private Export Funding Corporation have committed to the lion’s share of the rest. Standard Chartered Bank, Portuguese civil engineering firm Conduril and US bridge construction company, Acrow, are the remaining capex partners. Upgrading of Angola’s dilapidated road network is said to be concentrated around the Lobito Corridor connecting Angola’s port on the Benguela coast with the Copperbelt in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). A total of 186 bridges, many of which are either non-existent or in a bad state of disrepair, will form part of the extensive project.

The South African poultry industry has called on Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, to implement a process to streamline access to vaccinations against the H7N6 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). The SA Poultry Association (Sapa) made the call this week as the industry struggles to recover from significant losses incurred, including the culling of 9.5 million birds, due to outbreaks of avian flu across the country. The industry is sounding the alarm for immediate intervention to avert another catastrophic outbreak. Traditionally reliant on a stamping out policy, the industry acknowledges the inefficiency of this approach against the H7N6 strain,” Sapa said. “With no compensation mechanism in place for culled birds, producers shoulder the heavy burden of financial losses, including the costs associated with cleaning infected premises and restocking farms.”

Outstanding articles of the week. Summary of some news Headlines in the Farming and Agriculture media.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected in dairy cows in nine US states. The virus was also identified in milk and dairy products, though the FDA says that pasteurized milk remains safe. We outline what you need to know about HPAI in the US dairy sector, including the measures the USDA is taking to prevent spread, and the implications for dairy operations, markets, and human health. READ MORE 

With reports of another sharp price increase on the cards for mass-market olive oil, global production has dropped to the lowest level in more than a decade, while demand has soared, driven by the growing popularity of the Mediterranean diet, which is rich in vegetables, pulses and olive oil, the increasing use of olive oil as a beauty product, and crime.  READ MORE  

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