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Consumer food price inflation: October 2024

Quote: Daneel Rossouw, Head of Sales: Agriculture at Nedbank Commercial Banking Headline consumer inflation numbers released today show a slowdown from 3,8% in September 2024 to 2,8% in...

News & Events

20 Nov 2024 · 2 min read

Technology and sustainable farming can contain the cost-price squeeze

Agriculture is a game of fine margins and unfortunately, in the primary agriculture sector, input prices tend to increase more rapidly than the price the commodity sells for. This create...

News & Events

9 Oct 2024 · 5 min read

Nedbank comment on QLFS Q2: 2024

With unemployment increasing, one can expect further pressure on the Government fiscus. While the energy situation has improved, the same cannot be said for the economy or employment. ...

News & Events

14 Aug 2024 · 2 min read

Nedbank and Partners in Agri Land Solutions inspire the Mpumalanga farming community to be responsible leaders

Nedbank recently partnered with agricultural transformation specialists, Partners in Agri Land Solutions (PALS), to host a Responsible Leadership Symposium in White River, Mpumalanga. He...

News & Events

11 Jul 2024 · 5 min read

Budget Review 2024: Navigating uncertainty in challenging times

Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana will deliver the 2024 Budget Review to Parliament next week as the South African economy faces a gloomy economic outlook. The economy is still recove...

Business

16 Feb 2024 · 4 min read

The year that was for agriculture and what to expect in 2024

The year 2023 has, in many ways, been a year of consolidation and recovery, particularly for exports. And while there has been some easing of input costs, many challenges and elevated ri...

Business

16 Nov 2023 · 4 min read

Agrico and Nedbank join forces to provide innovative funding solutions for producers

Agrico are thrilled to announce that they have partnered with Nedbank Commercial Banking, to offer the farmer enhanced financing options for your new centre-pivot irrigation systems. ...

Crops Irrigation

7 Nov 2023 · 2 min read

Is load-shedding accelerating the adoption of sustainable agriculture?

The worsening energy crisis is having a devastating effect on South African agribusinesses. The record 5 761 GWh of load-shedding in 2022 – more than double the figure for 2021 – sev...

News & Events

9 May 2023 · 5 min read

Is digital innovation helping to future-proof agriculture in South Africa?

Agriculture faces an almost impossible task: How must it meet the food demands of a global population that is projected to reach 9,7 billion by 2050 with natural resources that have alre...

News & Events

4 May 2023 · 5 min read

Small-scale organic rooibos farmers become climate smart

‘The Suid Bokkeveld is where my heart lies, with the farmers who share this beautiful landscape. They are very keen to learn new things and one of the woman farmers told me she will ne...

Innovation

24 Oct 2022 · 4 min read