Pieter Nortjé, a farmer from Sitrusrand near Kirkwood in the Eastern Cape, was named the 2026 Grain SA/Syngenta Grain Producer of...

Southern Africa’s food security faces mounting pressure as geopolitical conflict, rising energy and fertiliser costs, disrupted gl...

There is no bigger motivator for fine-tuning a crop nutrition programme than the rising cost of fertiliser. Soil analysis is a pow...

Protected production provides greater control over growing conditions, but success still depends on healthy plants, sound manageme...

Vegetable farmer Sophy Litshani Musabeni has won the Agricultural Development Agency’s (AGDA) 2026 Agricultural Business Pitch Com...

An unusual crop is helping a Gauteng farming enterprise explore opportunities in the fresh produce and preserves markets. What beg...

Vaccines are only as effective as the protocols behind them. Dr Noluvuyo Magadla, director of animal health at the Western Cape De...

Millions of years after animals first conquered land, some took an extraordinary evolutionary U-turn and returned to the water. Us...

A cannabis-derived ingredient commonly found in sleep gummies may be more habit-forming than previously thought, with new research...

A major new study reveals that drinking just two alcoholic beverages a day is associated with a 1 in 25 lifetime risk of death fro...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new clue to why the Mediterranean diet is so good for the heart, brain, and healthy aging....

Keeping lamb and wool relevant requires more than increasing production. The sheep industry must understand what consumers value,...

A story of resilience, survival, good fortune and a minuscule plant that saved the Karoo from a radioactive fate are all wrapped u...

With the Meteorological Services Department of Zimbabwe forecasting below-normal rainfall nationwide, three farmers in different d...

Scientists have discovered that switching off a protein called Mitch makes human cells burn more fat and prevents new fat cells fr...

Herbicides have become central to weed control in conservation farming, but resistance is forcing producers to rethink how much of...

Heritage brands are starting to react to the influx of Chinese cars into the local market by offering more affordable models. Hyun...

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s announcement of a R10 billion fuel levy intervention and additional funding for agricultural e...

Sheila Storey, a consultant for Nemlab, spoke to Octavia Avesca Spandiel about why healthy soil biology is becoming just as import...

Tongaat Hulett’s delisting from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange marks progress in its business rescue plan, as practitioners work...

When is the best time to buy or sell a farm? It’s a question almost every farmer, investor, or heir has asked. The truth is that w...

South Africa’s groundnut industry ended the 2026 season on a high note, with improved yields, favourable prices, and renewed inves...

South African farmers already know what it takes to operate amid insecurity and failing infrastructure. Prof Abel Esterhuyse of St...

A surprising two-year clinical trial found that fish oil supplements successfully delivered omega-3s to the brain but failed to im...