AGRICULTURE NEWS - Free State Agriculture (FSA) has joined the chorus of voices calling for government intervention to mitigate the damage suffered by farmers following heavy rainfall across the province.
According to FSA, at least 60% of the crops planted in the western Free State were at risk as a result of serious flood damage.
“Urgent intervention is going to be needed to assist in keeping flood-ravaged farmers in the Lejweleputswa district on their land,” said Jakkals le Roux, FSA representative for the Nala Local Municipality, covering the major maize production districts of Wesselsbron and Bothaville.
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