Weeklikse Afrikaanse Landbou Nuusoorsig - Die Afrikaanse Nuus is die afgelope paar dae op AGRI NEWS NET geplaas, saam met nog ander artikels. 

Die bruto binnelandse produk (BBP) van net drie provinsies het in 2022 met meer as 2% gegroei: Gauteng (2,8%), die Wes-Kaap (2,6%) en die Oos-Kaap (2,1%). Die landwye gemiddelde groei in die BBP vir 2022 is tot 1,9% hersien (van 2% af). Dit blyk uit die eerste provinsiale BBP-syfers wat Statistieke Suid-Afrika (SSA) in vier jaar uitgereik het – en ook vir eers net as ’n  besprekingsdokument. In 2019 het SSA ’n enorme projek aangepak om die samestelling van die BBP-syfers te hersien en die basisjaar van 2015 na 2019 te verander. Dis waarom daar nie sedert 2020 provinsiale BBP-syfers uitgereik is nie. Die provinsiale syfers is nou ook bygewerk. SSA beklemtoon egter dat die syfers wat Dinsdag uitgereik is, “eksperimentele ramings” is wat vir kommentaar uitgereik word. Kenners word genooi om kommentaar te lewer op hoe die metodologie, databronne en enige ander aspekte verbeter kan word. Konsultasie hieroor word vir Oktober beplan.

The SA government plans to fast-track the use of vaccines to fight bird flu as virulent strains of the disease sweep across SA's poultry sector.  Making the announcement in a statement on Monday night, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DLARRD) said it had met with vaccine registration regulators and reached an agreement "that the registration of vaccine will be fast-tracked". The department said it has also assisted in importing fertile eggs for the broiler industry. "(A) similar request for the table eggs will be considered if received." But Gauteng is hardest hit by a new local, virulent H7 strain, which according to the South African Poultry Association (SAPA), is not found anywhere else in the world. H7 outbreaks were also being reported in Limpopo, Northwest, Free State and Mpumalanga. It estimated that more than 1.4 million birds had been culled or killed by the H7 strain. The department said as of 21 September, the country was dealing with a total of 50 outbreaks of H7 and 10 outbreaks involving the H5 avian influenza strain. A total of 37 of the H7 cases were in Gauteng. Astral Foods, the country's largest poultry producer, warned late last week of a shortage of table eggs and poultry meat in the coming months.

Die afgelope paar weke is heelwat geskryf oor die Brics-byeenkoms in Suid-Afrika, asook die nuwe lede wat vanaf Januarie 2024 deel gaan word. Eerstens moet ons erken dat daar min konkreets uit die byeenkoms vir die landbou gevestig het, behalwe dat ooreengekom is dat Suid-Afrika in die volgende jaar baie betrokke gaan wees in die tegniese landboukomitee, waar werklike onderhandelinge oor handel en investering gaan plaasvind. Dit is waar dat die aankondiging oor beesvleisuitvoer na Saoedi-Arabië en China wel die week in die aanloop van die beraad bekend gemaak is, asook ’n ooreenkoms oor avokado-uitvoer.  Saoedi-Arabië sowat $2,2 miljard se vleis in, suiwel van $1,28 miljard, en sitrus, vrugte en neute van $1,16 miljard. Iran voer sowat $4 miljard se graanprodukte.

The South African government is lobbying both the Republicans and Democrats for an extension to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) although the US Congress has not yet set a date for its renewal. Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel told joint parliamentary committees on Tuesday that the government wants the preferential trade agreement to be extended as it had benefitted the country by raising export earnings, and would boost investor confidence. Agoa has been in force since 2000 and covers more than 5 000 export products. It has already been extended three times. 

Voedselpryse het vanjaar skerp gestyg. Onlangse nuusberigte het gefokus op Statistieke Suid-Afrika se goeie nuus dat die verbruikersprysindeks vir Julie jaar-tot-jaar verminder het na 4,7%, maar dit skets nie die volle prentjie oor verbruikers se stryd om kos op die tafel te sit nie. Volgens onlangse data het inflasie vir kos en nie-alkoholiese drinkgoed in Julie jaar-op-jaar met 9,9% toegeneem. Die werklikheid is dat die Julie-styging gering is in vergelyking met vorige maande s’n – met Maart wat ’n skokkende 14% bereik het. Etlike maande van dubbelsyfer-inflasie het nou veroorsaak dat pryse vanjaar voedselsekerheid in baie huishoudings in gevaar stel. Hierdie stygende kospryse word gedeeltelik veroorsaak deur probleme waaroor die landbousektor al lank waarsku en waarin gesê is voedselsekerheid moet gewaarborg word.

However, the 2023/24 global wheat production prospects need a closer look as we continue to see reports of poor yields in the EU, Russia, Canada, Ukraine, Australia, the UK and Kazakhstan. The drier weather conditions over the past few months are the primary reason for the decline in yields in these countries. Consequently, the latest report from the International Grains Council places the 2023/24 global wheat production at 783 million tonnes, down 3% from the previous season. Still, this would be the second-largest global wheat harvest on record. In line with these downward revisions in production estimates and increased consumption, the 2023/24 global wheat stocks could fall 7% y/y to 263 million tonnes. READ MORE - 

Africa can be a world leader in food system transformation that also alleviates poverty and protects the environment, but it will take collaborative and co-ordinated work, argue Angela Churie Kallhauge, Exec Vice-President, Environmental Defense Fund, Ishmael Sunga, CEO, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions and Serah Makka, Exec Director, ONE Africa. When a continent with 65% of the world’s arable land struggles to feed its 1.4bn people, we know something is wrong and that the African and global food systems need a rethink. READ MORE 

Inflation on food and non-alcoholic beverages declined for the fifth consecutive month, to 8.0% in August 2023. This brings it in line with levels last observed between May 2022 and June 2022 and follows an 11-month period of sustained increases from May 2022 to March 2023. From January 2022 t April 2023 the gap between CPI Headline inflation and inflation on food and non-alcoholic beverages increased from 0.0 to 7.1 percentage points, recovering to a 3.2 percentage points gap in August 2023. READ MORE 

Feedlot calves begin their lives on pasture with the cow that produced them. They're weaned after six to nine months, then grazed a bit more on pasture. They're then "finished" for about 120 days on high-energy corn and other grains in a feedlot, gaining weight fast and creating that fat-marbled beef that consumers like. At about 14 to 18 months of age, they are sent to slaughter. (One downside of the feedlot system, as we've reported, is that a diet of corn can lead to liver abscesses in cattle, which is why animals who eat it receive antibiotics as part of their feed.) 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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