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- Zokwana says rain since January has improved situation for farmers
- When black people control economic power, they will be free, Zuma says
- Drought having deleterious effect on meat industry
- Farmers left out in cold over drought intervention
- State provides for black farmers’ survival
- Record drought scorches jobs on farms
- DROUGHT RELIEF: R1bn for drought relief amid fears of rising food prices
- Treasury finds R1bn for drought relief for farmers and consumers
- Farming on the continent alive with potential
- Agriculture sector seeks R12bn in state aid
- Rain needed in next 10 days to save maize crop
- Drought may affect 49-million across Southern Africa
- Global harvests wilt in droughts and heat waves
- Moody’s talks drought as Zuma falls short on growth
- State’s land ownership plan will cause investor exodus, says rights group
- Sweet(ish) offer a fillip for Illovo shares
- Farm attacks highest in 15 years in 2015
- Food costs fall to lowest since 2009
- SA will not declare national disaster over drought
- Bitter harvest as dry spell squeezes sugar cane farmers
- Illovo parent indicates interest in buying rest of company
- Milk glut sees cut in price and earnings
- High red meat prices could mean a crash in the market
- Drought and poor control of boreholes add to crisis
- SA might reap bitter harvest from state’s status in land bill
- Beef added to commodities trade platform
- Land reform failures costly for all
- Traditional leaders should not lodge competing land claims, Zuma says
- Processing of Safcol land claims ‘has been slow and protracted’
- Demand for wine is rising, particularly among urban women consumers
- SA may face costly sorghum imports
- Eskom hikes threaten Cape agriculture
- Scientists hatch a plan for future superchickens
- Heat and drought will cut size of grape harvest
- Farmers needing to store water bogged down by red tape
- Fears El Nino will keep on hitting food prices
- Amount of maize SA needs to import shoots up
- Threat to food security remains despite recent rains
- State budget funds may be reallocated for drought relief, says Radebe
- Rainfall at 55-year record low, says weather service
- Stopgap plan raises Hazelmere water level
- EDITORIAL: The harvest of neglect
- Banks keep close eye on effects of drought
- The land must be seeded with the youth
- Drought is catastrophic for SA’s maize production
- SA could import 5-million tonnes of maize this year
- Record drought relief needed for farmers
- Agriculture fears loss of benefits from Agoa
- Western Cape farmers using drought to get rid of workers, union claims
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