Cotton SA May Newsletter, provides a market outlook on the cotton industry. Due to the ongoing Russia/Ukraine Conflict, the local industry would not be severely affected, as little trade exists between South Africa and Ukraine in respect of textiles and clothing. In terms of local cotton estimates, the outlook for the remaining hectares remained increasingly weather dependent.

In South Africa, livestock farming includes cattle, sheep, goats, swine and poultry, amongst others. It is the largest agricultural sub-sector accounting for 79% agricultural land, over 46% agricultural gross value, and employs more than 21% of the workforce in the agricultural sector (StatsSA, 2020; Business Wire, 2020).

On 1 June 2022, one of South Africa’s giant mobile telecommunications company MTN, hosted the first ever Internet of Things (IoT) Agri Seminar. According to MTN, the webinar was hosted to promote
best practice sharing and collaboration in the Agricultural
Science and technological communities.