After two years of solid growth for South Africa's agriculture sector, the performance for 2022 is likely to be disappointing, and I am already in the camp of those who forecast a mild contraction.
A number of things concern me. The livestock industry, which accounts for approximately half of South African agriculture's gross value added, continues to be affected by foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks and rising feed costs.
Meanwhile, heavy rain at the start of
