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Bird movement ban still in place
The agriculture ministry announced last week that the ban on the movement of birds and bird products which came into effect last month due...
There’s a market niche for pig farming
Pig farming is one sector that has not been affected by the export drama that has engulfed the Namibia meat industry over the last...
Okapuka feedlot reopens for now
In the aftermath of the crippling drought, the Meat Corporation of Namibia has been left with little choice but to temporarily reopen its flagship...
Cost of fodder bites into dairy production
The on going drought and low rainfall has caused the shortages on fodder availability, thus affecting dairy production in Namibia, the Managing Director of...
Food prices increase by 12,4% survey ranks Katima Mulilo most expensive
The Windhoek-based First Capital Food Price Index increased from 98,6 in September 2015 to 111 in September 2016, indicating that the price of food...
Transform subsistence agriculture, Venaani urges Govt
DTA of Namibia president McHenry Venaani says government has failed to modernise agriculture to create jobs and provide food security.
Speaking at the opening of...
Beef farmers rejoice as Okapuka reopens
An almost two month-long spat between Meatco and the Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS), in which emotions sometimes reached boiling point, over the closure...
Mahangu farmers worried about no rains in October
The most critical month for crop farmers in the rain-fed northern communal areas, October, which normally determines good or poor future rains, has come...
Drought, export rules have farmers on a tightrope – Tjihero
Many of them would like to turn around, but it’s too late: the realities of livestock farming have caught up with most farmers and...
Export of weaners to commence
Namibian farmers can now start exporting weaners in large quantities to neighbouring South Africa (SA) again after some great progress was made in permit...
