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		<title>CAPE TOWN’S FIRST COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE: PROGRAMME RELEASED</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Organisers of the 31st Commonwealth Agriculture Conference have released the preliminary programme for the event, which will be hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, for the first time. Hosted by Agri-Expo in partnership with the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth (RASC), the conference will take place from 1 to 5 November 2026 under the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MEMBERS’ SHOW CONGRESS: AGRICULTURAL SHOWS REMAIN THE HEARTBEAT OF RURAL COMMUNITIES</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sustainable agricultural shows play a multi-faceted role – promoting agriculture, stimulating local economic development and tourism, while also helping to sustain the social fabric of rural communities. This was the key message at the 2026 Agri-Expo Members’ Show Congress, held from Thursday 18 to Friday 19 June at Houw Hoek near Grabouw. This year, 20 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AGRI-EXPO HONOURED WITH TOP INDUSTRY INNOVATION AWARD IN LANDMARK 195TH YEAR</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Agri-Expo has been recognised with a top Industry Innovation Award at the 2026 Western Cape Economy Innovation Awards, organised by the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), held on Monday 1 June at Cape Town City Hall. The agricultural society was named among 13 recipients across six categories, alongside innovations such as the Shoprite Group’s Sixty60 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ENTRIES NOW OPEN FOR THE SECOND SA PRESERVE CHAMPIONSHIPS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 13:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following the success of 2025, Agri-Expo invites local producers to showcase their finest preserved products on a national stage by entering the second annual South African Preserve Championships. The Championships is open to producers of all sizes across the country and focus on preserved fruit and vegetable products in a wide range of classes, including jams, marmalades, chutneys, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>PUGLIA BURRATA NAMED SOUTH AFRICAN DAIRY PRODUCT OF THE YEAR</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A handcrafted burrata from Puglia Cheese in Somerset West has been named the 2026 South African Dairy Product of the Year at the SA Dairy Awards, held on Thursday 23 April at Nederburg in Paarl. Made from 100% South African milk, the burrata stood out among a record 1 227 entries from 81 producers in this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RECORDS AND RESILIENCE DEFINE THE 2026 SA DAIRY CHAMPIONSHIPS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 03:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Agri-Expo this week welcomes the who’s who of the South African dairy sector to the 2026 South African Dairy Championships at Eensgezind near Durbanville. This 193rd edition marks a clean sweep of new records, with the highest number of entries, producers, judges and partners in the competition’s long history.  What does it take to stage the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AGRI-EXPO INVITES PRODUCERS TO ENTER THE 2026 SA DAIRY CHAMPIONSHIPS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Entries have opened for the 2026 South African Dairy Championships. Agri-Expo invites dairy producers across the country to enter this 193rd edition of Africa’s oldest and largest dairy competition. The championships attract approximately 1 000 entries annually from large, medium and small producers across more than 100 classes. Products are evaluated by an independent panel of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2025 ARC NATIONAL MASTER DAIRYMAN AWARDS ANNOUNCED</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) announced the winners of the 2025 National Master Dairyman Awards on Thursday, 13 November, at Lanzerac Estate in Stellenbosch. This prestigious annual competition – a highlight of South Africa’s agricultural calendar – recognises outstanding performance by the country’s top dairy farmers. Winners are honoured across various categories for breeding genetically [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>REGISTRATION OPENS FOR THE 31ST COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE IN CAPE TOWN</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Agri-Expo and the Western Cape are proud to welcome the world of agriculture to South Africa for the 31st Commonwealth Agriculture Conference, taking place from 1 to 5 November 2026 at the Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town. Registration officially opens today, 3 November 2025, with early bird rates available until 30 April 2026. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A SÉMILLON CROWNED AS THE COUNTRY’S BEST 2025 YOUNG WINE</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Sémillon wine  – from La Motte Wine Estate in Franschhoek – excelled by winning the prestigious Genl Smuts Trophy as the overall SA Champion Young Wine of 2025, after also being named as die the country’s Beste Sémillon at the SA Young Wine Show and thereby bagging this sought-after trophy for La Motte for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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