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Are meat substitutes really better for the environment than meat?

09 Apr 2024

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Lots of consumers say that they’re trying.1 Polling data from the UK suggests that nearly half (44%) of consumers try to buy less mea...

World's longest-winged birds go easy on older partners

08 Apr 2024

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A new study led by the University of Liverpool has found that wandering albatrosses with older partners spend less time on foraging trips than those w...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines Weekend 1 of April 2024

05 Apr 2024

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Armoured worm reveals the ancestry

04 Apr 2024

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An international team of scientists, including from the Universities of Bristol and Oxford, and the Natural History Museum, have discovered that a wel...

Oil remains the backbone of modern society

02 Apr 2024

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Despite efforts to pivot toward renewable sources of energy, oil remains the backbone of modern society. It provides fuels for heat and transportation...

How Food and Farming Will Determine the Fate of Planet Earth

01 Apr 2024

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Agriculture has disrupted the planet more than anything we have ever done, including burning fossil fuels. A sustainable future depends on recognizing...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines Weekend 4 of March 2024

29 Mar 2024

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Why Macadamia Nuts Belong on Your List of Nutritious Snack Foods

28 Mar 2024

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Nuts, long known for their health benefits, have always been associated with holiday indulgence and the Spring Festival period in China generally sees...

Just a tiny amount of oil damages seabirds' feathers

26 Mar 2024

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Researchers from the Marine Ecology Group in UCC in Ireland collected feathers from Manx shearwaters, a seabird species thought to...

Agricultural rewilding can help restore the environment

25 Mar 2024

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Agricultural rewilding" can also help to overcome concerns about the impact of rewilding on livelihoods and produce "win-win" environmental and human ...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines Weekend 3 of March 2024

23 Mar 2024

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Seven things you didn’t know have their roots in wood

21 Mar 2024

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Wood is the wonder fibre of the world. Multifunctional and renewable, when used sustainably, wood and its components are an indispensable part of the ...

Water security remains one of the biggest challenges facing South Africa,

19 Mar 2024

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Water security remains one of the biggest challenges facing South Africa, with the country’s supply facing many threats amid increasi...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines Weekend 3 of March 2024

15 Mar 2024

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Spotted hyenas all sound different when they call

14 Mar 2024

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On quiet nights across large swaths of the African bush, you may hear a series of whooping calls in the distance. This unique sound&nbs...

Climate change will cause more African children to die

12 Mar 2024

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Climate change has already increased global temperatures, greatly increasing extremes. This will continue unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced ...

Birds evolve different body temperatures in different climates

11 Mar 2024

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During the northern hemisphere summer of 2022, yet another round of extreme heat waves roasted Eurasia, North America and northern Africa –...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines Weekend 2 of March 2024

09 Mar 2024

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Europe creating agricultural sinkhole for Africa

07 Mar 2024

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As farmers protest across Europe, blockading cities, smashing through police barricades, and dumping manure, European politicians are falling over the...

Capitalising on insects as high-quality protein

06 Mar 2024

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There is a growing global interest in producing high-quality protein products from simple flies or fly larvae, to be specific. And two Cape Town compa...

More than 50% of US funds for ‘climate-smart’ farming do not help crisis

05 Mar 2024

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More than half of federal funding for “climate-smart” agriculture in the US goes to farming practices that are unlikely to reduce greenhouse gas e...

Digital tools can transform agriculture to be more environmentally sustainable

04 Mar 2024

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Agricultural producers face dual challenges of increasing output for a growing world population while reducing negative effects on the environment. Di...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines 2nd March 2024

02 Mar 2024

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Intercropping plant covers between olive grove alleys increases carbon sequestration,

01 Mar 2024

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Compared to conventional practices and bare soil, plant covers generated by intercropping between the alleys of olive groves increase carbon sequestra...

Africa’s raptors on the brink

26 Feb 2024

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Imagine a world where iconic African raptor species like the secretarybird, Wahlberg’s eagle, African harrier-hawk and brown snake eagle, amongst ot...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 24 February 2024

24 Feb 2024

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Having more friends may help female giraffes live longer

22 Feb 2024

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Grown-up giraffes just aren’t huggy, cuddling, demonstrative animals. So it took identity-recognition software grinding through five years of data t...

Farming and fertilisers

20 Feb 2024

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Agriculture involves a difficult balance between food production and environmental impact. For example, fertilisers can help to achieve good crop yiel...

𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

19 Feb 2024

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Crop micronutrients refer to essential elements that plants require in small quantities for proper growth, development, and overall health. While plan...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 17th February 2024

16 Feb 2024

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The Booming Legal Cannabis Market Has Plenty of Upside

12 Feb 2024

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The U.S. marijuana industry is booming as states all across the country continue to legalize medical and recreational cannabis. U.S. marijuana sales a...

Farmers across Europe are up in arms

05 Feb 2024

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Across Europe, tens of thousands of farmers have been coming out in force to air their grievances, ranging from the cost-of-living crisis to the EU’...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 2nd February 2024

02 Feb 2024

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Honeybees use a 'mental number line

29 Jan 2024

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A small team of researchers with members from the University of Toulouse, the University of Lausanne, and the University of Padova has found evidence ...

The most damaging farm products are not regenerative beef and lamb

24 Jan 2024

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This statement alone reveals a misunderstanding of global ecology, and an ignorance of how essential livestock is to 1.3 billion people. Hosted o...

Converting carbon dioxide to solid minerals underground

23 Jan 2024

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A new scientific review article in Nature Reviews Chemistry discusses how carbon dioxide (CO2) converts from a gas to a solid in ultrathin f...

New atlas of bird migration shows extraordinary journeys

22 Jan 2024

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A bay-breasted warbler weighs about the same as four pennies, but twice a year makes an extraordinary journey.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

The effects of extreme heat on health in Africa

19 Jan 2024

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Scientists are sounding the alarm about the extreme increases in the Earth’s temperature. A new report by UNICEF warns that 2022...

Human population

16 Jan 2024

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In what year will the human population grow too large for the Earth to sustain? The answer is about 1970, according to research by the World Wildlife ...

Less than 1% of Earth has safe levels of air pollution

15 Jan 2024

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It’s no secret that air pollution is a serious problem facing the world today. Just how serious? A new study on global daily levels of air pollution...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 12th January 2023

12 Jan 2024

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AGRI WEEKEND RUSH – with AGRI NEWS NET and Farming portal.News Headlines of the week.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Chicken Feathers Could Fuel the Future

09 Jan 2024

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Chicken feathers are made up of 90 percent keratin, a fibrous protein also found in hair, hooves, and horns. They are considered a byproduct of the po...

Carnivorous plant traps help scientists explain the evolution of complex ‘composite’ traits

08 Jan 2024

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A scientific study of pitcher plants species that use the same complex ‘springboard’ mechanism for insect capture has revealed an explanation for ...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 06 January 2024

05 Jan 2024

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How Training and Advice Can Speed Cross-Border Payments and Cut Costs

04 Jan 2024

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Faster, cheaper, and more transparent cross-border payment services have the potential to improve many lives by supporting economic growth, internatio...

1.5 degrees global warming limit

02 Jan 2024

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The world could still, theoretically, meet its goal of keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius, a level many scientists consider a ...

Heavy Farm machinery

01 Jan 2024

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AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 29th December 2023

29 Dec 2023

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Dung beetles

25 Dec 2023

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Dung beetles are found on every continent except Antarctica, in forests, grasslands, prairies and deserts. And now, like many other species, the...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 23rd December2023

22 Dec 2023

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Gen AI can be an essential weapon in Agriculture and more

21 Dec 2023

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Generative AI can address some of SA’s most pressing challenges and help to transform the lives of many citizens, particularly in healthcare, educat...

Climate change and deforestation.

19 Dec 2023

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A large-scale study of 47 species of monkeys and lemurs has found that climate change and deforestation are driving these tree-dwelling animals to the...

Factory farming of animal products for human consumption

18 Dec 2023

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The ongoing expansion of factory farming will keep the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement at bay, warned the report titled Climate Change and Cruelt...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 16th December 2023

14 Dec 2023

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Bats and Solar Farms

11 Dec 2023

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Renewable technologies are important in meeting energy demands sustainably. This is of vital importance given the roles of fossil fuels in producing c...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 9th December 2023

08 Dec 2023

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How beetles trick bees into feeding them

07 Dec 2023

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Honeybees are useful not only to humans but to other “free riders” attracted to their stored resources. The small hive beetle ( is one of the spec...

History of pears

05 Dec 2023

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Pears are woody trees and shrubs in the genus Pyrus. No one is sure how many Pyrus species there are — it could be anything between 2...

What is methane

04 Dec 2023

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The Nationals say joining the global push to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas by 30% would ‘take away the backyard barbecue’. We look at the fa...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 1st December 2023

01 Dec 2023

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Solar energy and agriculture can benefit from one another

30 Nov 2023

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Various industries are searching for emission reduction tactics as eco-consumer rates in the United States rise. The agricultural sector is a signific...

Powerful new weapon against bacterial contamination and infection.

28 Nov 2023

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Researchers at McMaster University have created a powerful new weapon against bacterial contamination and infection. They have developed a way to co...

What Is Precision Fermentation,

27 Nov 2023

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A new campaign is calling for livestock farming to be replaced by a technology that creates protein in micro-organism tanks.  Precision fermentat...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 25th November 2023

24 Nov 2023

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An estimated 16.7 million people face acute food insecurity.

23 Nov 2023

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The Horn of Africa experiences two rainy seasons per year. The timing varies across the region, but rains broadly fall from March to May (the “long ...

Counting on cow cooperation for improvements in soil health and carbon sequestration

21 Nov 2023

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West Virginia University researchers are working to improve soil health and increase economic gains for Appalachian cattle farmers by bringing nu...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 18th November 2023

17 Nov 2023

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AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 11th November 2023

10 Nov 2023

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Solar power expected to surpass coal in 5 years

07 Nov 2023

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Solar power is undergoing a boom as the energy crisis drives a shift to renewable energy following the war in Ukraine and is expected to surpass coal ...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 4th November 2023

03 Nov 2023

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What’s New In Cultivated Meat?

30 Oct 2023

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Nearly a decade after the first images of hamburger produced from beef cells grown in a petri dish flooded media outlets, enormous advances have ...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 28th October 2023

27 Oct 2023

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PLASTIC-EATING SUPERWORMS COULD STOP EARTH’S PLASTIC POLLUTION PROBLEMS

26 Oct 2023

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From Styrofoam packages to saran wrap to toys and dental wear, much of our daily lives involve plastics. The plastic itself is extremely che...

We Have More Farming Data Than Ever, But This Crucial Piece Is Missing

23 Oct 2023

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Farmers have been left to navigate an increasingly complex tech stack on their own. What's desperately needed is a single, integrated, intuitive inter...

Landbou Ekonomiese Oorsig Prof Johan Willemse- Geborg deur SKADE GENADE

20 Oct 2023

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Johan Willemse has extensive industry experience in commercial agriculture in Southern Africa, in various senior positions, as well as in private cons...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 21st October 2023

20 Oct 2023

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Glyphosate herbicide key driver of reduced carbon emissions in agriculture

19 Oct 2023

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In the early 1990s, tillage was the leading form of weed control, with minimum/zero-tillage management practices incapable of long-term continuation. ...

How much space would we need to store the world’s plastic in landfills?

17 Oct 2023

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When we’re done with our plastic, we have three options: recycle it, incinerate (burn) it, or send it to landfill.We think about recycling as the ho...

Experts have discovered how zebra stripes work

16 Oct 2023

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Researchers at the University of Bristol have found why zebra fur is thinly striped and sharply outlined. Their findings, published today in the Journ...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 14th October 2023

13 Oct 2023

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South Africa Agriculture and farming Headlines of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Global warming and 1.5 degrees

12 Oct 2023

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“The chance of global near-surface temperature exceeding 1.5°C above preindustrial levels for at least one year between 2023 and 2027 is more likel...

The Age of social media Is Ending

10 Oct 2023

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The shift began 20 years ago or so, when networked computers became sufficiently ubiquitous that people began using them to build and manage relations...

Russia - all eyes on Africa

09 Oct 2023

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When President Vladimir Putin opens the Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg on Thursday, the attendance cast list will be closely scrutinised - in P...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 6th October 2023

06 Oct 2023

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Net-zero: it’s not just where you end up, but how you get there that matters

03 Oct 2023

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Leaders today can have weak climate policies with the continued promise that their countries will still reach net-zero by 2050. Hosted on Acast. See a...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 30th September 2023

29 Sep 2023

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South Africa and world farming and agriculture of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Narrowing the gap between the share of men and women who work.

28 Sep 2023

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Narrowing the gap between the share of men and women who work is one of the very important reforms policymakers can make to revive economies amid the ...

New research reveals extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in the distant future

25 Sep 2023

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A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in som...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 23rd September 2023

22 Sep 2023

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South Africa's Finances is very bad

21 Sep 2023

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The national debt of South Africa was forecast to continuously increase between 2023 and 2028 by in total 167.1 billion U.S. dollars (+59.63 percent)....

Ukraine files complaint at WTO over Poland, Slovakia and Hungary’s grain ban

19 Sep 2023

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 A dispute over agricultural trade created a rift on Monday between Ukraine and some of its strongest allies in the EU after three member states ...

What to expect from the Reserve Bank’s interest rate announcement this week

18 Sep 2023

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Economists are optimistic that interest rates will stay on hold this week – but there are still some risks that the Reserve Bank might factor into t...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 16th September 2023

15 Sep 2023

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Junior Agri Awards - 2023 - Promo Karen Truter English

15 Sep 2023

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Karen Truter was part of the previous winners of our Exclusive Junior Agri writers awards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

1.3 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging kept out of SA’s landfills thanks to recycling

14 Sep 2023

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Thanks to the waste separation efforts of conscientious citizens, businesses, schools and the greater recycling industry, South Africa recycled just l...

How no-till farming could provide the key to combatting extreme weather

12 Sep 2023

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Tilling has been with us for 10,000 years or more, in some form. But as the Agricultural Revolution transformed farming in the 18th and 19th centuries...

Pet Transporting Service Market by Dogs, Cats, Birds, Smalls Pets and Others

11 Sep 2023

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The pet transporting service market size is estimated to be valued at US$ 525 million in 2023 and is expected to reach US$ 820 million by 2033. The ad...

AGRI NEWS RUSH - News Headlines of the Week 9th September 2023

08 Sep 2023

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Junior Agri Awards - Promo Karen Truter 2023 Afrikaans

08 Sep 2023

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Entries will open on 1st July 2023 open - Close 30th September 2023-Hollard is proud to sponsor the Farming Portal/Agricultural Writers SA junior comm...

IMF warns of South African debt spiral

07 Sep 2023

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South Africa’s current debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio is 73%. In nominal terms, the country owes around R5 trillion. Hosted on Acast. Se...