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            <title>Kropz to increase Nanophos production capacity at Elandsfontein</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Aim-listed Kropz shifts its focus to Nanophos production, the company reports that it plans to increase Nanophos production capacity at its Elandsfontein site, in the Western Cape to 180 000 t/y. Kropz says Nanophos has the potential to significantly contribute to the phosphate market in South Africa, noting that the company's entrance into the market “promises to herald a new era for South Africa’s agricultural community”.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>PHOSPHATE</category>
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            <title>Agri SA, Institute for Security Studies formalise commitment to combat rural crime</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry body Agri SA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), which formalises a working relationship built over the past year. The two organisations have committed to collect, share and jointly report on rural crime data, bringing together the reach of organised agriculture and the independent research expertise of one of Africa’s leading institutes specialising in security, crime and justice.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>AGRICULTURE</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Solar considerations becoming more nuanced beyond kilowatt-hour savings</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Eskom’s fixed charges make an increasing share of electricity bills, the economics of partial solar installations are becoming more nuanced, says renewable energy engineering, procurement and construction company RenEnergy Africa business development head Juandré Pitout. 

For South African farmers considering solar power, the question is no longer simply whether solar can reduce the amount of electricity bought from the grid but the added value of security of supply, clean energy and securing the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) for the farm over the next 20 years. 
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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>AGRICULTURE &amp; SOLAR</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Nigerian businessman Dangote says he aims to list fertiliser company next year</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote said on Tuesday he hopes to list his group's fertiliser company Dangote Fertiliser sometime next year. "Sometime next year we hope to list it. Let it be owned by the people," Dangote told an investors meeting at the Nairobi Securities Exchange.]]></description>
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            <category>ENERGY &amp; FERTILISER</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Working dogs proving increasingly useful for pest detection in agri sector </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Specialist K9 conservation company Luna Hounds has started applying the extraordinary scent-detection capabilities of working dogs on macadamia farms to find pests before farmers can see them, helping growers target treatment more precisely and potentially reducing the need for insecticides. Luna Hounds says K9 teams can detect macadamia felted coccid (scale insects) in the field at 99% accuracy, with a trained dog team being able to search one hectare in 11 minutes if no infestation is present.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>TLU SA welcomes Minister's allowance of private sector into FMD vaccine-making</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry organisation TLU SA has welcomed Agriculture Minister Willie Aucamp's announcement that qualifying local and international entities may collaborate with the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) to manufacture Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines on a larger scale. Aucamp on September 21 announced that the ARC and its board have approved access for qualifying private companies to the ARC’s intellectual property relating to the FMD vaccine through conditional licensing agreements. The aim is to help overcome the ARC’s current production constraints and make larger quantities of the vaccine available.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>SA Canegrowers vexed about retailers not sticking to 'buy local' commitment </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry body SA Canegrowers says retailers are not honouring their commitment to purchase South African-produced sugar, which puts rural livelihoods at risk. South Africa’s retailers and food and beverage manufacturers previously made a promise: to buy sugar produced in South Africa. However, SA Canegrowers' analysis of data on local sugar sales, and evidence on local retail shelves, show that they are not delivering on this commitment, at the expense of South African livelihoods. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>York Timber will restructure, unbundle Stadsrivier and Mbulwa assets</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed solid wood processor York Timber says its board has resolved to restructure and optimise the York group and will proceed with the separation and unbundling of the business operations conducted through Stadsrivier Vallei and Mbulwa Estate. In a trading statement, the company says it expects to report a core loss a share from continuing operations of between 4.9c and 4.95c for the financial year ended June 30, compared with a core loss a share of 0.86c in the prior financial year.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Tau requests Itac to review pulp and paper industry tariff structure</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has requested the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) to undertake a sector-wide review of the paper and paper products industry and to recommend appropriate trade policy instruments that can drive the industry towards sustainability and resilience. Itac will review the tariff structure, including relevant trade remedy measures, and investigate the introduction of an import surveillance system for paper and paper products.]]></description>
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            <title>South African citrus industry closes Valencia orange exports to EU for 2026</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) and the Fresh Produce Exporters’ Forum (FPEF) have announced the conclusion of the 2026 Valencia orange exports to Europe. The final day of inspection at packhouse level for Valencia oranges to be exported to Europe from regions other than the Western and Northern Cape provinces will be on September 27, they state.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Systemic approach needed to tackle 44% fruit, veg waste rate</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[University of Johannesburg (UJ) estimates that 44% of South Africa's fruit and vegetables are lost or wasted despite food insecurity affecting millions of households. Having researched how food waste occurs in the country, UJ finds that every day edible fruit and vegetables are discarded across Johannesburg not owing to a lack of willingness to reduce food waste, but as a result of systemic barriers leaving retailers without the infrastructure and support needed to keep edible produce out of landfill.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Agri sector primed to weather incoming El Niño droughts for the most part - Absa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Absa finds in its latest AgriTrends report that South Africa's agriculture sector is better positioned for an incoming drought cycle than in previous years owing to record soil moisture. This should soften the impact of forecast El Niño conditions, it states.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE- and A2X-listed Omnia has announced that Solar SA Investments has made an offer to acquire all of Omnia’s issued ordinary shares in an all-cash transaction valued at R21.8-billion, after which Omnia’s shares will be delisted from the JSE and A2X markets. This follows only days after Omnia on September 11 informed shareholders that it was in discussions with a then unnamed party regarding a potential offer.]]></description>
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