Multiple outlets report that “farm rescues” are increasing, with the change linked to South Africa’s adjustment of merger notification thresholds. The articles state that raising or lifting these thresholds reduces the frequency of merger notifications for smaller transactions, which in turn brings some administrative relief for parties involved in farm-related rescue or rescue-adjacent restructuring processes. In this reporting, the threshold changes are presented as a factor that can make it easier for deals to proceed without triggering more burdensome regulatory steps, potentially supporting faster interventions when farms face financial distress. The sources do not provide detailed statistics in the excerpts provided, but they consistently connect the rise in rescues to the regulatory shift. Overall, the coverage frames the development as an environment in which more farm rescue activity is occurring, alongside reduced compliance friction for certain transactions following the threshold adjustment. No outlet in the provided material disputes the link or offers an alternative explanation in the summary text.