R1.5 Million Bio-fuels Plant for SA
PRETORIA - South Africa's agro-processing got a boost this week with news of a R1.5 billion investment in a bio-fuels processing facility.

World Meat Congress Set for Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA - The International Meat Secretariat is to hold its 17th World Meat Congress in Cape Town from 7-10 September 2008.

Food Riots of the 21st Century
SOUTH AFRICA - The risks of food riots and malnutrition will surge in the next two years as the global supply of grain comes under more pressure than at any time in 50 years, according to one of the world’s leading agricultural researchers.

Food and Fuel Prices Will Be 2008’s Driving Forces
SOUTH AFRICA - Consumers shouldn’t expect any financial relief soonThe New Year will be tough for the South African economy and economists say there is no end in sight to high food and fuel prices.

Obituary: Gerard Braak, Pig Industry Pioneer
PRETORIA - One of the pioneers of industrial and organised pig production in South Africa, Gerard Braak (Senior), has died. He passed away yesterday in Pretoria following a long illness.

Blue ear disease ravaging Western Cape pig farms
SOUTH AFRICA - Contaminated left overs in supermarkets and restaurants are suspected to have contributed to the outbreak of the blue ear disease ravaging pig farms in the Western Cape. Thousands of pigs have been culled in the province as a result of...

Blue Ear disease forces culling of pigs
SOUTH AFRICA - An outbreak of Blue Ear disease among pigs in parts of the Western Cape has led to more than 5,000 of the animals to be culled.

Pigs to be culled to combat outbreak
SOUTH AFRICA - Five thousand pigs from small farms in Caledon, Worcester and Malmesbury will have to be culled during the next few weeks to combat the outbreak of a deadly porcine disease.

Court ruling threatens to open the floodgates
SOUTH AFRICA - The way could be clear for cheap goods to flow into the country as SA clashes with trade partners. This follows a landmark court ruling against the state agency that administers trade tariffs, the International Trade Administration Commission...

Pig genetics deal foundation of new agribusiness
SOUTH AFRICA - Khehla Mthembu has bought into a thriving R500-million-a-year agribusiness. As Chairman of Kanhym Estates, he has joined forces with Afrikaners to clinch a major agricultural deal. It's a significant step for the founding member and former...

Importing of pigs permitted again
SOUTH AFRICA - Roadblocks prohibiting the import of pigs and raw pork products from the Eastern Cape to the Western Cape to prevent the spread of Swine Fever have finally been disbanded.

South Africa: Food prices to rise
SOUTH AFRICA - Meat is meat but people won’t eat as their pockets begin to shrink.

Tourists warned of swine fever in Northern Cape
SOUTH AFRICA - Holidaymakers have been asked to comply with regulations banning the movement of pork and pork products to control classical swine fever, said the Northern Cape agriculture department on Tuesday.

Biodiesel could fuel rural economic revival
SOUTH AFRICA - Research will be conducted into the use of biodiesel waste in animal feed.

Swaziland's ban on pig imports lifted
SOUTH AFRICA - The ban on the importation of pigs and related products from South Africa has been partially lifted with effect from today.