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Nigel Klaasen from Elgin wins Western Cape Prestige Agri-Worker of the Year

Nigel Klaasen, a junior production manager on the farm Fruitways Glen Elgin in Elgin, was announced as the 2022 Western Cape Prestige Agri-Awards winner at the annual gala dinner held on Saturday, 5 November 2022, at the Grandwest Complex in Goodwood. Klaasen won prizes to the value of approximately R100 000, including an overseas study […]

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Western Cape Vets vaccinate 18 000 dogs during Rabies Awareness Campaign

State veterinarians and animal technicians attached to the Western Cape Department of Agriculture vaccinated almost 18 000 dogs last month as part of the annual rabies campaign. Western Cape Minister of Agriculture Dr Ivan Meyer said that his department provides rabies vaccines for animals in informal and indigent communities across the province. Meyer said: “Veterinary

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Western Cape to commemorate World Food Day – 7 October 2022

Tomorrow, 7 October 2022, the Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, Executive Mayor of Overberg District Municipality, Sakkie Franke, and Executive Mayor Francois du Rand of Swellendam Municipality will commemorate the Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s World Food Day event in Suurbraak. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations was

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Agriculture plays a leading role in the Western Cape’s Economic Recovery and Food Security

This week, the Western Cape Cabinet focused on the Overberg region, visiting the town of Bredasdorp for Cabinet Meets Agriculture. Provincial Ministers engaged with stakeholders from the province’s agricultural community to build partnerships and collaboration in the interests of food security and economic recovery in the province. “Farmers and agri-workers feed the nation and so

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