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South Africa-Brazil Seminar Highlights Science-Based Solutions for Protein Security
In a high-level bilateral seminar hosted by the Brazilian Embassy and the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA), experts from Brazil and South Africa gathered to discuss strategies to strengt.....
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South Africa Has Its Second-Largest Maize Harvest On Record
I am unsure if most people noticed, but South Africa's 2024-25 maize crop of 16.44 million tonnes is the second-largest on record. The large harvest has boosted export supplies and lowered domestic pr.....
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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
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
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?
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
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
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 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
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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