Farmer's Weekly

South Africa's black farmers and the 'Karan merger'

The Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan (AAMP) identified beef as one of the local industries with a huge potential to unlock investment and economic growth in rural areas.

Of the country’s cattle herd of roughly 12,8 million head, about 41% is produced and owned by black farmers.

In 2021, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) estimated that an additional 750 000 weaners could

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