Determining the rental value of land
How does one determine the value of rental land? This is one of the most common questions asked in the agriculture sector today. There is not just one answer to this question either. Usually,...
The ins and outs of farming tax
What is different about farming tax? One of the most significant differences is that, unlike other businesses where depreciation can be claimed over time on certain expenditure, producers can deduct capital expenditure in full...
Rusland maak oorlog … maar wat beteken dit vir plaaslike produsente?
Suid-Afrikaners het die oggend van 24 Februarie 2022 wakker geword met die ondenkbare nuus: Rusland het begin met ’n volskaalse oorlog teen die Oekraïne. Markte het onmiddellik gereageer met die daaropvolgende tydperk wat gekenmerk...
Manufacturers grapple with steel shortages
The South African agricultural sector has not been spared the global trend of steel shortages created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtually without exception, major steelmaking economies around the world struggled to meet the rebound...
Legal exemptions for agricultural vehicles and equipment explained
The legislation applicable to agricultural equipment, haulage tractors, mobile cranes and other industrial equipment is covered by the National Road Traffic Act of 1996 and Regulations (NRTA).
This equipment includes drilling machines, mobile cranes, fork...
Can Foskor produce a turnaround?
It is estimated that Foskor’s Phalaborwa mines hold ore reserves of more than 1,5 billion tons of some of the best phosphoric rock in the world. This is equivalent to 92 more years of...
Voedselsekerheid in Suid-Afrika daal
Die bekostigbaarheid van en toegang tot basiesevoedsel het in die afgelope jaar ’n knou gekry in Suid Afrikaanse huishoudings. Dit is volgens die negende jaarlikse Globale Voedselsekerheidsindeks (GFSI) geborg deur Corteva Agriscience, wat op...
Só lyk klimaatscenario vir volgende vyf jaar
Droëlandgraanproduksie word hoofsaaklik bepaal deur die hoeveelheid reën in die produksieseisoen, tweedens deur die opgegaarde grondwater voor planttyd en derdens deur in watter groeistadiums die reënval in die seisoen voorkom.
Onderliggend bly die hoeveelheid reën...
Waarom is kunsmispryse so hoog?
’n Groot brandpunt in die Suid-Afrikaanse landbousektor op die oomblik is die hoë vlakke van kunsmispryse. Hierdie prysvlakke word aangevuur deur verskeie faktore, wat ondersteun is deur ’n verswakkende rand en energieprysvlakke op rekordhoogtes.
Kunsmis...
Forecasts point to development of El Niño in 2023
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) warned in its latest report, published on 26 April 2023, that the climate phenomenon known as El Niño is expected to return in 2023....
