Why SA potato prices exploded by 140% in just four months

An unusually cold winter in Limpopo has hurt the early part of the harvest.

Agri groups now believe massive SA live sheep exports to Kuwait will be back on track soon

The Middle East has a huge appetite for live sheep, but importers there have struggled...

A floating poultry farm is coming to the Netherlands, and it's an architectural masterpiece

This floating chicken farm is designed to house 7,000 hens, with space for growing...

The SA govt now suggests social distancing for pigs, as African swine fever spreads

The type of thinking used to combat the coronavirus can also be useful in pig farming,...

A robot dog now herds sheep in New Zealand — here's how it works

Recently, the robot has also been used to enforce social distancing in Singapore, and to...

Some rural SA towns may survive Covid-19 better than cities – but other types are in big trouble

Towns with economies based on food production will be okay, one economist believes. Those...

Kenya is being menaced by swarms of billions of locusts, and only has 5 small planes spraying pesticide to fight back

A single swarm can have as a many as 150 million locust, regional authorities told the AP.

The US government listed Black Panther's Wakanda as an official free-trade partner

US agriculture officials added the fictional African nation and its supposed exports to...