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In 2025, South Africa’s beef industry is experiencing a robust recovery, with exports reaching a six-year high of 38,657 tonnes in 2024, a 30% increase from 2023, driven by fresh (57%) and frozen (43%) beef shipments to markets like China, Egypt, UAE, Jordan, Angola, Mozambique, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Mauritius. The opening of Saudi Arabia’s market, valued at over $647 million, has been a significant boost, alongside efforts to diversify into BRICS, the Middle East, and the EU. However, the industry faces hurdles, including a recent foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak that led to China’s temporary ban on South African beef in May 2025, threatening 14% of frozen beef exports.

Wandile Sihlobo beklemtoon die kritieke rol van uitvoere in die groei van Suid-Afrika se landbou, wat in die afgelope drie dekades in waarde en volume verdubbel het en in 2024 byna $14 miljard bereik het. Ongeveer die helfte van die landbouproduksie word uitgevoer, maar daar is potensiaal vir verdere groei met 2,5 miljoen hektaar onderbenutte regeringsgrond en voormalige tuislande, mits dit aan verdienstelike swart boere met titelaktes, finansiering en vennootskappe toegeken word. Die plaaslike mark kan nie al hierdie produksie absorbeer nie, wat uitvoerdiversifikasie noodsaaklik maak om finansiële lewensvatbaarheid en werkgeleenthede te verseker.

South Africa’s agricultural sector is a global success story, consistently producing surplus food despite challenges like drought, disease, and policy uncertainty. In the 2024-25 season, the country harvested 15.03 million tonnes of maize, 17% above the previous year, ensuring food security with exports of 428,975 tonnes in the first 13 weeks, primarily to the Far East and Southern Africa. The citrus industry, a major export driver, projects 180 million cartons for 2025, up from 164.1 million in 2024, supported by improved logistics despite record volumes. These achievements underscore the resilience and hard work of South African farmers, who operate without the heavy subsidies common in other countries.

’n Nuwe globale ontleding deur die VSA se Nasionale Droogte Mitigasie Sentrum en die VN se Konvensie om Verwoestyning te Bekamp (UNCCD), gepubliseer in Julie 2025, wys dat Botswana een van die lande is wat die meeste kwesbaar is vir erge droogtes in die komende jare. Na drie agtereenvolgende ekstreme landboudroogtes van 2023 tot 2024, het Botswana se gewasproduksie drasties gedaal, met meer as 10% van die bevolking wat nou voedsel- en voedingonsekerheid in die gesig staar. Die verslag, “Drought Hotspots Around the World 2023–2025,” beklemtoon hoe droogtes armoede, honger, energie-onsekerheid en ekosisteem-instorting vererger, met Botswana se hanteringsmeganismes wat onder druk is weens ernstige grondvogtekorte en plantegroeistremming.

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South African products exported to the US will be hit by a 30% tariff from 7 August, President Donald Trump has announced.South Africa faces the highest rate in sub-Saharan Africa, reflecting Trump's strained relationship with the government of President Cyril Ramaphosa. Other African nations, including Nigeria, Ghana, Lesotho and Zimbabwe have been hit with a 15% tariff, which will also come into effect in seven days. READ MORE

The South African Department of Agriculture has officially approved plant-based proteins marketed as meat alternatives. These products, made from processed soy, pea, and other vegetable proteins, are now legally allowed to be presented as meat substitutes in stores and restaurants. READ MORE

The centrality of the trade conversation on the U.S. tariffs in recent months is understandable, as there are immediate notable costs to various exporting businesses. READ MORE

In July, Brazilian soybean farmgate prices declined by 2% compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, average grower prices from January to July remained 2% higher than the same period in 2024.In July, farmgate corn prices fell by 4% compared to the previous month, driven by a record Brazilian corn harvest and the ongoing progress of the safrinha harvest.In June 2025, Brazilian soybean exports reached 13.4m metric tons, 5% lower than the previous month. READ MORE

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Die Suid-Afrikaanse regering het 'n belangrike stap geneem met die implementering van die Klimaatveranderingswet deur regulasies vir koolstofbegrotings en mitigasiestrategieë te publiseer. Oortreders riskeer tronkstraf en swaar boetes. Die regulasies, op Vrydag deur die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing aangekondig, spesifiseer hoe groot uitstoters koolstofbegrotings toegeken sal word en verplig die indiening van mitigasiestrategieë.

The South African government must balance urgent trade issues, particularly the U.S. 30% tariff on exports, with persistent domestic agricultural challenges like foot and mouth disease (FMD), which continues to cause significant financial losses for cattle farmers and beef producers.

Die regering sê hy sal Suid-Afrika se nasionale handelsbelange verdedig na die VSA se besluit om ‘n 30-persent-tarief op plaaslike uitvoere in te stel. Nagenoeg agt-persent van Suid-Afrika se totale uitvoere gaan na die VSA, wat dit die land se derde grootste handelsvennoot maak.

All channels of communication remain open to engage with the US, President Cyril Ramaphosa writes in his weekly newsletter, published days after President Donald Trump confirmed that reciprocal tariffs of 30% would be implemented on South African goods from August 7. “Our foremost priority is protecting our export industries.

Hittegolwe wêreldwyd vererger en gebeur meer gereeld weens mensgemaakte klimaatsverandering, met Japan wat geen uitsondering is nie. Die stad Komatsu, in die sentrale streek van Ishikawa, het vandag ‘n nuwe rekord van 40,3-grade Celsius aangeteken. Toyama-stad, ook in die sentrale streek, het 39,8-grade Celsius aangeteken, die hoogste temperatuur sedert rekords begin hou is.

China’s imports of South African apples and pears have grown steadily, nearing 10,000 metric tons by June 2025, with increased visibility in supermarkets during the peak summer sales season.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse regering het 'n belangrike stap geneem met die implementering van die Klimaatveranderingswet deur regulasies vir koolstofbegrotings en mitigasiestrategieë te publiseer. Oortreders riskeer tronkstraf en swaar boetes.

Although a smaller chunk of South Africa’s table grape exports had to be diverted away from Cape Town this season, bottlenecks remain a risk.Thanks to favourable weather conditions, the table grape industry diverted 40% less of its total export volumes through the Eastern Cape ports of Port Elizabeth and Ngqura in the 2024-’25 export season than in 2023-’24.

Baie koue toestande het die afgelope naweek oor die sentrale en suidelike binneland, asook oor die Hoëveld geheers en minimum temperature van so laag as -10 °C het in die omgewing van Smithfield in die Suid-Vrystaat voorgekom.

The imposition of a 30% U.S. tariff on South African exports, effective August 7, 2025, threatens severe economic consequences, particularly for factory workers, fruit pickers, and entrepreneurs, rather than politicians.

‘n Nasionale uitvoerende komiteelid van die ANC, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê die kwessie van ekonomiese groei en die nastrewing van swart ekonomiese bemagtiging is nie onversoenbaar nie. Hy sê die besluit van president Donald Trump om ‘n straftarief van 30-persent op Suid-Afrikaanse uitvoere in te stel, het niks te doen met ‘n beleid soos Swart Ekonomiese Bemagtiging of die onteiening van grond sonder vergoeding nie.

On October 8, 2024, Zimbabwe’s government announced a new land tenure policy, converting 99-year leases, offer letters, and permits from the 2000 Land Reform Programme into bankable, registrable, and transferable documents to enhance tenure security and allow beneficiaries to use land as loan collateral or sell it.

Gerugte dat burgers van Lesotho glo militêre opleiding op Vrystaatse plase ontvang, het nuwe vrese laat ontstaan oor die reeds brose veiligheidstoestand aan die grens tussen Suid-Afrika en Lesotho. Boere aan die grens ly reeds onder ernstige veediefstal, onwettige beweiding, brandstigting en selfs fisieke aanvalle. Nou dui bronne uit Lesotho daarop dat daar opleidingskampe in die Vrystaat bestaan waar militêre opleiding plaasvind.

The South African poultry industry, a vital R59 billion sector employing over 100,000 people, is facing significant challenges due to the government’s apparent lack of consultation regarding import tariffs, particularly with the United States. This issue has been exacerbated by recent U.S. tariff policies, which threaten to disrupt trade and impact local producers, consumers, and food security.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse sitrusuitvoerseisoen van 2025 verloop logistiek goed ondanks 'n rekordoes van 180 miljoen kartonne, teenoor 164,1 miljoen in 2024, en die grootste oes ooit. Mitchell Brooke van die Suider-Afrikaanse Sitruskwekersvereniging (SKV) skryf die sukses toe aan Transnet se nuwe toerusting en bestuursingrypings, met verdere verbeterings verwag.

During the World Ranger Day commemoration on July 31, 2025, South Africa’s Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr. Dion George, described rangers as “outnumbered, outgunned, and overlooked” despite their critical role in combating crime syndicates targeting wildlife and natural resources.

The Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) has called for the immediate withdrawal of the Mpumalanga Nutrition Sourcing Bill, 2025, describing it as a “constitutionally indefensible and economically catastrophic” attempt at central planning that will devastate the province’s agricultural sector and compromise food security.

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Drie kouefronte sal van 4 tot 7 Augustus 2025 koue toestande, reën en sneeu tot 10 cm diep in dele van Suid-Afrika veroorsaak, veral in die noordelike binneland van die Oos-Kaap, Lesotho, en bergagtige gebiede van die Noord-Kaap, Wes-Kaap, Oos-Vrystaat en Noordwes. Minimum temperature so laag as -10°C is in die Suid-Vrystaat aangeteken, en verdere fronte word van 11 tot 13 Augustus verwag. Reën van 30 mm of meer word in die Wynland, Kaapstad en Weskus (Paarl, Stellenbosch, ens.) voorspel, terwyl die Overberg en suidkus minder as 15 mm sal ontvang. Ligte reën (10 mm of minder) word op 5-6 Augustus in die Noord-Kaap, Vrystaat en Oos-Kaap verwag, met swaarder neerslae op 7 Augustus in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga en Limpopo. Sterk bewolking sal Augustus domineer, met beperkte sonskyndae in die Paarl, wat gunstig is vir koue-eenheid-opbou. Winter bly kragtig, met ondergemiddelde temperature en moontlike ryp tot in Oktober, ondanks kort warmer periodes.

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Product Name	Price	Quantity Type		Date	Change		Previous Price
White maize	R 4 661,00	per Ton		2025-08-04	-3.00 %		R 4 805,00
Yellow maize	R 4 030,00	per Ton		2025-08-04	-1.83 %		R 4 105,00
Soybeans	R 7 200,00	per Ton		2025-08-04	-0.26 %		R 7 219,00
Sunflower seed	R 9 799,00	per Ton		2025-08-04	2.34 %		R 9 575,00
Wheat	R 6 720,00	per Ton		2025-08-04	0.60 %		R 6 680,00
Sorghum (IPP)	R 4 505,00	per Ton		2025-08-01	3.11 %		R 4 369,00
Groundnuts (IPP)	R 23 779,00	per Ton		2025-08-01	1.77 %		R 23 365,00
Cotton (IPP)	R 10 060,00	per Ton		2025-08-01	2.24 %		R 9 840,00
Soy Meal (US derived price)	R 11 447,00	per Ton		2025-08-01	1.75 %		R 11 250,00
Lusern (Grade 1)	R 4 000,00	per Ton		2025-08-01	0.00 %		R 4 000,00
Chop	R 3 650,00	per Ton		2025-08-01	1.39 %		R 3 600,00
Product Name	Price	Quantity Type	Date			Change	Previous Price
Bananas	R 7,57	per Kg	2025-08-01			8.61 %	R 6,97
Apples	R 10,12	per Kg	2025-08-01			1.81 %	R 9,94
Oranges	R 4,29	per Kg	2025-08-01			10.28 %	R 3,89
Avocados	R 21,10	per Kg	2025-08-01			12.53 %	R 18,75
Grapes	R 55,83	per Kg	2025-08-01			-5.15 %	R 58,86
Mangos	R 163,72	per Kg	2025-08-01			395.07 %	R 33,07
Pears	R 9,08	per Kg	2025-08-01			-1.84 %	R 9,25
Pineapples	R 9,79	per Kg	2025-08-01			0.20 %	R 9,77
Peaches	R 350,73	per Kg	2025-08-01			10.15 %	R 318,41
Lemons	R 5,05	per Kg	2025-08-01			-5.08 %	R 5,32
Nectarines	R 59,53	per Kg	2025-08-01			3.71 %	R 57,40
Naartjies (Mandarins)	R 5,14	per Kg	2025-08-01			-26.88 %	R 7,03
Blueberries	R 75,50	per Kg	2025-08-01			-5.81 %	R 80,16
Grapefruits	R 6,09	per Kg	2025-08-01			-3.33 %	R 6,30

Product Name	Price		Quantity Type		Date		Change		Previous Price
Potatoes	R 46,36		per 10Kg		2025-08-01		-3.42 %		R 48,00
Tomatoes	R 8,88		per Kg		2025-08-01		1.72 %		R 8,73
Carrots	R 6,23		per Kg		2025-08-01		5.77 %		R 5,89
Onions	R 59,72		per 10Kg		2025-08-01		-1.65 %		R 60,72
Cabbage	R 3,04		per Kg		2025-08-01		-7.88 %		R 3,30
Garlic	R 65,07		per Kg		2025-08-01		-8.83 %		R 71,37
Spinach	R 3,06		per Kg		2025-08-01		-14.76 %		R 3,59
Sweet Potatoes	R 4,58		per Kg		2025-08-01		-4.58 %		R 4,80
Peppers	R 25,30		per Kg		2025-08-01		4.07 %		R 24,31
Chillies	R 16,00		per Kg		2025-08-01		3.96 %		R 15,39
Pumpkins	R 5,06		per Kg		2025-08-01		5.86 %		R 4,78
Mushrooms	R 90,95		per Kg		2025-08-01		9.50 %		R 83,06
Butternuts	R 7,06		per Kg		2025-08-01		11.89 %		R 6,31
Green beans	R 14,10		per Kg		2025-08-01		28.53 %		R 10,97
Product Name		Price		Quantity Type		Date		Change	Previous Price
Sheep A2/3		R 106,19		per Kg		2025-08-01		0.24 %	R 105,94
Feeder Lamb (Dual Purpose)		R 50,40		per Kg		2025-08-01		3.58 %	R 48,66
Sheep AB2/3		R 82,62		per Kg		2025-08-01		-21.73 %	R 105,56
Sheep B2/3		R 76,89		per Kg		2025-08-01		0.00 %	R 76,89
Sheep C2/3		R 73,43		per Kg		2025-08-01		0.01 %	R 73,42
Wool 20 micron - Non RWS		R 168,00		per Kg		2025-06-13		0.00 %	R 168,00
Wool 20 micron - RWS		R 180,00		per Kg		2025-06-13		0.00 %	R 180,00
Mohair		R 376,42		per Kg		2025-06-13		0.00 %	R 376,42

Product Name	Price		Quantity Type		Date		Change		Previous Price
Beef A2/3	R 71,77		per Kg		2025-08-01		-15.56 %		R 85,00
Weaners (200-250kg)	R 36,35		per Kg		2025-08-01		-1.17 %		R 36,78
Beef AB2/3	R 68,72		per Kg		2025-08-01		3.37 %		R 66,48
Beef B2/3	R 57,98		per Kg		2025-08-01		2.02 %		R 56,83
Beef C2/3	R 58,17		per Kg		2025-08-01		3.69 %		R 56,10
Product Name	Price	Quantity Type		Date		Change		Previous Price
Kids (under 30kg)	R 65,71	per kg		2025-08-01		3.51 %		R 63,48
Medium (30-40kg)	R 55,19	per kg		2025-08-01		3.78 %		R 53,18
Large (above 40kg)	R 48,55	per kg		2025-08-01		17.50 %		R 41,32
Ewes (Goats)	R 60,99	per kg		2025-08-01		2.23 %		R 59,66

Product Name	Price		Quantity Type		Date		Change		Previous Price
Poultry Frozen	R 34,95		per Kg		2025-08-01		0.40 %		R 34,81
Poultry fresh	R 39,37		per Kg		2025-08-01		0.41 %		R 39,21
Poultry IQF	R 35,38		per Kg		2025-08-01		0.00 %		R 35,38
Product Name		Price		Quantity Type		Date		Change	Previous Price
Pork Porkers		R 34,98		per Kg		2025-08-01		0.40 %	R 34,84
Pork Baconers		R 34,58		per Kg		2025-08-01		0.44 %	R 34,43
Pork Sausage		R 27,17		per Kg		2025-08-01		0.44 %	R 27,05

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