Agri SA
Agri SA responds to COVID-19
Organised agriculture’s role to ensure sustained food production amidst the COVID-19 pandemic Organised agriculture (Agri SA, AGBIZ, Grain SA, TLU SA) currently serves on the Department of Agriculture’s COVID-19 task team. This pandemic causes large-scale disruption within South African society. The government has introduced comprehensive lockdown measures to confine[...]
COVID-19: Tough times ahead for SA economy
Examples of COVID-19’s shorter-term economic consequences include falling demand for airline and tourism services, disruptions to supply chains and global food systems. South Africa’s economic challenges include amongst others, high and rising levels of government debt, electricity supply constraints and high unemployment. COVID-19 can intensify an economic slowdown amidst[...]
Agri SA and Aerobotics partner to offer free service for all South African farmers
Agri SA and Aerobotics have today announced a partnership to provide South African farmers with access to free satellite farming data and the latest Aeroview In-Field Scouting Application. The partnership aims to accelerate access to analytical information at scale to assist farmers in the early identification of pest and[...]
Agri SA promises to go to the highest court to protect property rights
Agri SA noted the statement by the ANC that 139 farms will be targeted for expropriation without compensation. The ANC said previously that they wanted to test the limits of section 25 of the Constitution regarding the compensation in the courts. "Agri SA will closely monitor this situation and[...]
Agri SA deputy the new Agri SETA chairperson
Agri SA proudly congratulates Christo van der Rheede as the new Chairperson and Neil Hamman as new board member of the Agri SETA board. Agri SETA is a government agency responsible for the administration and funding of training programs within the agricultural sector. The budget for the 2018/19 financial[...]