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Agbiz Hosts Successful Media Day, Highlights Industry Confidence and Future Outlook

Agbiz Hosts Successful Media Day, Highlights Industry Confidence and Future Outlook

Pretoria, 5 December 2025 – Agbiz hosted another successful Agbiz Media Day 2025 in Pretoria, bringing together members of the media and the agribusiness community for a day of insights, reflections.....

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South Africa’s Wheat Harvest Progressing Smoothly

South Africa’s Wheat Harvest Progressing Smoothly

The wheat farmers in South Africa are working hard to complete the harvest for the 2025-26 season. They have already made impressive progress. But the harvest will likely continue into early January 2.....

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South Africa will now vaccinate its whole cattle herd for foot and mouth disease

South Africa will now vaccinate its whole cattle herd for foot and mouth disease

A MAJOR POLICY STEP JUST HAPPENED. South Africa’s Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, has just announced that South Africa will now vaccinate the entire national cattle herd for Foot and Mouth .....

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What would a potential exclusion from AGOA mean for South Africa’s agriculture?

What would a potential exclusion from AGOA mean for South Africa’s agriculture?

I have noticed in the news that United States Senator John Kennedy has introduced a new bill to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for two years, which would explicitly exclude South.....

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Agbiz at the B20 Conference – Insights from the Food, Fuel and Fibre Session

Agbiz at the B20 Conference – Insights from the Food, Fuel and Fibre Session

The Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) attended the 2025 B20 Conference, where global leaders, policy experts, and private-sector executives gathered to confront one of the world’s most critical ch.....

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The SA-EU summit shows our efforts to nurture existing relations that are key to the farming sector and other sectors of our economy

The SA-EU summit shows our efforts to nurture existing relations that are key to the farming sector and other sectors of our economy

At a time when strengthening ties with other countries is so important, I was happy to see the South Africa–European Union (SA-EU) Bilateral Summit proceed smoothly on October 20, 2025, ahead of the G.....

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Agbiz’s Temba Msiza wins Youth Communicator of the Year at National Farmer of the Year Awards

Agbiz’s Temba Msiza wins Youth Communicator of the Year at National Farmer of the Year Awards

Agbiz is proud to announce that our Digital Communications Officer, Temba Msiza, has been awarded the Youth Communicator Award at the 2025 National Farmer of the Year Awards, hosted by Agricultural Wr.....

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Agbiz Congress 2026: Embracing Collaboration to Shape the Future of Agribusiness

Agbiz Congress 2026: Embracing Collaboration to Shape the Future of Agribusiness

Registration Now Open | Early Bird Until 28 February 20263–5 June 2026 | Boardwalk International Convention CentreRegistration for the Agbiz Congress 2026 is now open. The event will take place from 3.....

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A potential easing of U.S. import tariffs on food products will be beneficial to consumers and exporting nations.

A potential easing of U.S. import tariffs on food products will be beneficial to consumers and exporting nations.

We welcome the discussion about the U.S. potentially adjusting the tariffs on foodstuffs. This would be beneficial for U.S. consumers and equally helpful to those in the agriculture, food, and beverag.....

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Robust Citrus Exports Typify the Potential Agricultural Export Success for South Africa in 2025

Robust Citrus Exports Typify the Potential Agricultural Export Success for South Africa in 2025

South Africa's agricultural exports have been superb so far in 2025. The large volumes of production for various products, combined with improvements at the ports, have led to encouraging export activ.....

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