{"id":119493,"date":"2016-04-08T10:30:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T08:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=119493"},"modified":"2016-04-08T10:30:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T08:30:27","slug":"sa-meat-prices-could-double-in-the-next-few-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/119493\/sa-meat-prices-could-double-in-the-next-few-months\/","title":{"rendered":"SA meat prices could double in the next few months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The African Farmers Association says that meat prices could double in the current economic climate.<\/p>\n<p>The association warned of price shocks for chicken, pork and red meat in the short term due to rising fuel prices and a national drought, <a href=\"http:\/\/ewn.co.za\/2016\/04\/07\/Disastrous-doom-looms-over-agriculture-industry\" target=\"_blank\">Eyewitness News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>These factors are compounded by rising inflation and interest rates, along with a hike in electricity tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>The association pointed to the staggering increase in maize prices &#8211; which is used to feed livestock &#8211; currently at around R3,000 a tonne, from between R1,800 and R2,000 before.<\/p>\n<p>It warned that the price may hit R5,000 per tonne by winter.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on South Africa&#8217;s economy<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/114464\/why-youre-paying-so-much-for-food-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why you\u2019re paying so much for food in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/109299\/get-ready-for-a-food-price-shock-in-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Get ready for a food price shock in 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/111723\/how-much-more-youre-already-paying-for-food-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\">How much more you\u2019re paying for food in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeffThe African Farmers Association says that meat prices could double in the current economic climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":119495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[11315,26],"class_list":["post-119493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-african-farmers-association","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119493"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119505,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119493\/revisions\/119505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}