International News
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Sophisticated comfort food with Terroir’s new winter menu
For uncompromisingly good food in a relaxed winelands setting, I will often recommend Terroir Restaurant at Stellenbosch wine farm Kleine Zalze. With a very ... -
€100 million in Brexit compensation for Irish beef farmers
Beef farmers in Ireland will be receiving €100 million (about R1,62 billion) in aid to compensate them for falling beef prices due to Brexit-related uncertainties, changes ... -
Venezuelan cocoa exporters scramble to raise cash
Venezuela has been exporting large quantities of cocoa in recent months, as it is the one commodity in that country not yet subject to ... -
‘Historic flooding’ seriously delays US maize plantings
Farmers in the US have turned to social media to show how far behind they are with the planting season this year, due to ... -
Vegetable farmer’s strategy for synching production with demand
Andile Ngcobo is just 24, but he is using this to his advantage, harnessing his youthful curiosity to find ways of improving the profitability ... -
Swartland jam factory turns rejected fruit into profit
FruitLips is a small fruit-processing factory on the family-owned farm Achtervlei at Piket-Bo-Berg in the Swartland. Here a staff of 17 process jams, marmalades, ... -
Former bank boss Reuel Khoza’s huge avocado investment
At the age of 68 and with six business books and a PhD behind him, Reuel Khoza has turned his attention to his original ... -
EU-African task force proposes new way ahead for African rural development
A European Commission task force, which included a researcher from the South African Centre of Excellence in Food Security, has released a series of ...
