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Farmers: Understand your business risks
Farmers face various uncertainties that can put their agribusinesses at risk if they are not well prepared. Every day, you make decisions that impact on your farming operations, but you cannot accurately predict how every decision will turn out. This creates risks for your business. Risks can also increase[...]
Preparing farmers for a digital future
By MC Loock: Senior Manager Agribusiness at Standard Bank The digitisation of agriculture is transforming one of the oldest sectors in the world. These solutions are fast becoming integral in farming practices and will change the industry for the better. Precision farming, which refers to modern farming practices that[...]
Technology is ‘disrupting’ agriculture and will bring benefits to 21st century farmers
Technology is changing the face of agriculture by enabling farmers to increase production, reduce costs and streamline activity across the entire agricultural value chain to help ensure that long-term food security is maintained, says Standard Bank. Termed ‘disruptive technologies’ because they are changing the way that food has been[...]
Opportunities beckon with Stanbic
Let’s face it, agriculture in Zambia is not easy. Over the past two years especially, farmers were stuck on a rollercoaster ride that went predominantly downwards. The rise of input costs and the fall of prices of commodities such as maize, soy beans and wheat made life very difficult[...]
Standard Bank skenk R10-miljoen vir die Wes-Kaap
Standard Bank het ‘n vrygewige R10-miljoen geskenk aan mense wat op straat is nadat hulle huise afgebrand het in verlede week se storms en brande in Knysna en die Kaap. “Dit is met diepste simpatie dat ons gedagtes uitgaan na daardie mense wat hulle geliefdes verloor het in die[...]