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Food price inflation remains high for cash-strapped consumers. It’s time government addresses the crisis by making chicken VAT-free.

Another truck transporting chickens recently overturned due to a badly maintained municipal road.

Good news as another large harvest is predicted for South Africa’s grain sector.

A logistics innovator is making it easier to fill up empty freight carriages – could this help lead to a rail revival?

Has the FDA just opened the floodgates for cultured protein and alternative ‘meat’?

Converting to a plant-based diet could increase deforestation and water usage, former WFO President Theo de Jager tells COP27.

South African chicken producers are applying for a renewal of anti-dumping duties on chicken imports from the US.

Consumers in the northern hemisphere prefer white chicken meat. The surplus brown meat is discarded by suppliers to markets like South Africa.

Ex-CEO of importers assocation AMIE, David Wolpert, says poultry master plan is a failure, but the opportunity for exports remain.

Dumping has caused material injury to the local poultry sector, and ITAC’s findings confirm this.

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is spreading around the world, transmitted by migrating wild birds.

Increasing exports “a strategic commitment” for South Africa’s poultry industry.

Poultry Farmer, Clive Tigere, has opened a new, state-of-the-art hatchery in Limpopo.

Astral Foods is expected to deliver a mixed bag of results later this month.

While South Africa’s core inflation will continue to rise, food price inflation is likely to peak by the end of this month.

14 000 jobs could be lost if Tongaat Hulett collapses. Its demise would plunge the sugar industry into crisis.

Egg imports to Namibia are reportedly driving local poultry farmers out of business.

The UK is suffering its worst ever bird flu outbreak and has ordered all poultry and captive birds to be housed indoors.

Discover what was said at our digital summit – Poultry Master Plan: Growing our agri-future.

A new biosecurity hub has been launched to help bolster local biosecurity and meet export requirements for international trade.

South Africa’s transport infrastructure is inefficient, inadequate, and holding back growth.

Agriculture Minister Thoko Didiza says importing products that could be made locally is a lost opportunity.

Do More launches a massive feeding programme for children in disadvantaged communities to mark World Food Day on 16 October.

Researchers say government should rethink its funding policies for small farmers.

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The South African Reserve Bank may have dashed the poultry industry’s hopes for the early implementation of anti-dumping duties.

The cost of food is rising faster in South Africa than it is in other countries and regions.

Smallholder and subsistence farmers are key to achieving national food security.

The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) says South Africa should provide subsidies to fuel growth and employment in agriculture.

New bird flu vaccines are being trialled by Wageningen University, with results expected in December.

A South African woman has won a place in the Guinness book of records for eating the most chicken feet in one minute.

South Africa’s official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, has published a long list of food items it believes should be exempted from VAT.

Small-scale poultry farmer Ade Camngca has been waging a Twitter campaign for the removal of VAT from poultry feed.