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She highlights the September 11 issue of Farmer's Weekly. In a news story, the magazine looks at a million rand penalty that has been awarded to GWK in the maize milling cartel sage. This has been running for over ten years since the competition authorities first started to investigate allegations around this cartel. She says GWK is not directly involved, but they do, however, have to take responsibility for the fine that has been awarded to one of the businesses that the group in the acquired.  

There is also a story focusing on the bumper crop that is expected in terms of maize, wheat, and oilseeds this year, and a look at whether the crop produced by farmers will help to keep consumer prices low and retained for the rest of the year. 

In another story, there is an update on port efficiency,  which is critical especially for citrus exports during the next decade. This is a story from the Bureau for Food and  Agricultural Policies, based on agricultural reports for the period from 2020 to 2029.

There is also an update on rhino poaching numbers which did decline during the hard lockdown period although authorities in the conservation space say now that the lockdown has eased they do expect a sudden spike in rhino poaching, especially as communities struggle with high unemployment and job losses.  

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In our Friday insert, only on OFM News' Agri Hour, Christal-Lize Muller speaks to the editor of Farmer’s Weekly, Denene Erasmus, about the latest news in the agricultural industry covered in the magazine and on its website...

(FOR THE WEB: She highlights the September 11 issue of Farmer's Weekly.  In a news story the magazine looks at a million Rand penalty that has been awarded to GWK in the maize milling cartel sage. This has been running for over ten years since the competition authorities first started to investigate allegations around this cartel. She says GWK is not directly involved, but they do however have to take responsibility for the fine that has been awarded to one of the businesses that the group in the intern acquired.  

There is also a story focusing on the bumper crop that is expected in  terms of maize, wheat and oils seeds this year and look at whether the crop produced by farmers will will help to keep consumer prices low and retained for the rest of the year. 

In another story there is an update on port efficiency,  which is critical especially for citrus exports during the next decade. This is a story from the Buro for Food and  Agricultural Policies',  based on agricultural reports for the period from 2020 to 2029 

There is also an update on rhino poaching numbers which did decline during the hard lock down period although authorities in the conservation space say now that the lock down has eased they do expect a sudden spike in rhino poaching, especially as communities struggle with high unemployment and lots of job losses.  

In our Friday insert, only on OFM News' Agri Hour, Christal-Lize Muller speaks to the editor of Farmer’s Weekly, Denene Erasmus, about the latest news in the agricultural industry covered in the magazine and on its website...

(FOR THE WEB: She highlights the September 11 issue of Farmer's Weekly.  In a news story the magazine looks at a million Rand penalty that has been awarded to GWK in the maize milling cartel sage. This has been running for over ten years since the competition authorities first started to investigate allegations around this cartel. She says GWK is not directly involved, but they do however have to take responsibility for the fine that has been awarded to one of the businesses that the group in the intern acquired.  

There is also a story focusing on the bumper crop that is expected in  terms of maize, wheat and oils seeds this year and look at whether the crop produced by farmers will will help to keep consumer prices low and retained for the rest of the year. 

In another story there is an update on port efficiency,  which is critical especially for citrus exports during the next decade. This is a story from the Buro for Food and  Agricultural Policies',  based on agricultural reports for the period from 2020 to 2029 

There is also an update on rhino poaching numbers which did decline during the hard lock down period although authorities in the conservation space say now that the lock down has eased they do expect a sudden spike in rhino poaching, especially as communities struggle with high unemployment and lots of job losses.