The Department of Agriculture has announced the commencement of the new Plant Breeders' Rights Act, 2018 (Act No. 12 of 2018) and its regulations with effect from 1 June 2025.

The removal of external grain inspectors will prevent higher prices for bread and grain products, sparing South African ...

Pick n Pay says the removal of external grain inspectors by the Department of Agriculture will spare South Africans from ...

At the heart of the programme is the National Certificate in Plant Production, which will be pursued by each of the selected ...

The new Act replaces the outdated Plant Breeders’ Rights Act of 1976, aligning South Africa’s plant variety protection laws ...

South Africa's Department of Agriculture announces a partial lifting of the poultry import ban from Brazil, a move welcomed ...

Initiative aims to mitigate pest threats such as fall armyworm, which alone causes an estimated $9.4 billion in annual crop ...

Merlog Foods has welcomed the Department of Agriculture's decision to partially lift the suspension on poultry product ...

The Department of Agriculture in South Africa has announced the country’s first mass vaccination of poultry to prevent local ...

The Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), has unveiled the second phase ...

The Department of Agriculture is currently assessing the possibility of implementing regionalisation for chicken imports from ...