“Frustration levels of farmers continue to rise as they don’t see any of the promised improvements in the rural roads that are steadily declining! This forces farmers to jump in and do basic repairs or pay blader operators themselves, just…
In the past years the higher instances of load shedding have affected food production negatively. Typically, irrigation farmers have been affected in that they were not able to water crops during critical stages. For example, with the recent heatwave conditions,…
The current heatwave condition, together with phase 6 load shedding, is putting tremendous stress on especially maize and soybean crops on dry land and even under irrigation in several regions in the Free State. “The confluence of circumstances is causing…
On 7 February 2024, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Select Committee on Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) convened to consider the proposed amendments to the Expropriation Bill (C-List). The provinces have been afforded the opportunity…
“The 8.5% adjustment of the National Minimum Wage, as it was published in the Government Gazette on February 2, 2024, is completely out of touch with the economic realities experienced by businesses and is indicative of the total lack of…
On 18 November 2023, a safety workshop was held between the farming communities surrounding Bloemfontein, private security companies, neighborhood guards serving holding areas, the police as well as organized agricultural structures including TLU, Saai, AfriForum and Free State Agriculture. The…
• 241 sheep and 98 cattle worth R1.5 million were recovered • 14 arrests in 6 livestock theft cases were carried out • 4 vehicles and 1 trailer seized These are three of the many successes that Free State Agriculture…
Farmers in the Free State province have been dealt a devastating blow by veld fires. There were 5 781 veldfire incidents affecting 539 137.22 hectares of farming land in the Free State province since 1 May 2023. A lot of…
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development MEC, Saki Mokoena and his EXCO decided that this mostly very successful voucher system that has been in use for the past few years will be replaced with a tender / procurement panel…
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