‘... theland will
be leftbarren
and dead for
centuries
to come’
- CEOof theSouthernAfricanAgriInitiative
(SAAI),FrancoisRossouw, speakingout
abouttheextensivedamagea proposedcoal
minein closeproximitytotheKrugerNational
Parkcouldwreakontheenvironment(pg16).
‘Animprovedcreditscore
increasestheabilityto
negotiatebetterrateswith
banksandloanproviders’- CEOof KudoughCreditSolutions,Chris
vanRensburg, urgingfarmerstocarefully
protecttheircreditrecords,especially
duringtougheconomicconditions(pg16).
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thefutureofsouthafrica’sgoldkiwi
fruitindustrylooksveryfavourable,
asthefruitis inexceptionallyhigh
demandinthenorthernhemisphere
- see story on page 15.
Weekly quotes
‘... we’re excited
about the new
ch a l le nge ...’- Managing director of Mosstrich, Francois
de Wet, expressing his satisfaction with the
Competition Tribunal of South Africa’s decision
to approve the merger between Mosstrich
and Klein Karoo International (pg 14).
‘This condition is becoming
an increasingly important
public health issue’- Associate professor of meat science at
the Texas Tech University in Lubbock in the
US, Prof Dale Woerner, explaining to
delegates at the recent Wagyu South Africa
Congress near Bothaville that widespread
malnutrition was the result of the current
global trend to eat less meat (pg 21).
‘... with consumers
shifting back to a
maize-based diet’- Manager of commodity markets and foresight
at the Bureau for Food and Agricultural
Policy, Dr Tracy Davids, explaining how
increasing financial pressure on South African
consumers is changing dietary patterns (pg 18).
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