Welcome to the first warm-up episode of the official Farmer’s Weekly podcast.

In this episode, we discuss the 13 March issue of Farmer’s Weekly, and the importance of implementing a livestock identification and traceability system in South Africa. The issue of traceability has become particularly important in recent months, due to the foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks last year.

We also discuss the expected increase in the maize harvest, and the agriculture sector in South Africa being in recession for the second year in a row.

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