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This week in Farmer's Weekly
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- Humates, sanctions &earthworms ... behind this bean success
- Zim farmers on ‘beating’ Mugabe
- ‘Don’t be emotional’ When family farming works
- Why Yanks look after Farmer wheels
• A plucky bakkie
• A workhorse quad
• A tough 4x4heir farmers
- Title deeds mess xposed! Gauteng
- Holstein champs
12 March 2010
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Top stories
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 By invitation
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What has happened to Mandela’s security promises?
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Farmers are increasingly concerned for the safety of themselves, their families, their employees and their livelihood. In an open letter, TAU SA president Ben Marais appeals to President Jacob Zuma to address the problems, and promote cooperation with the SAPS
Issue date: 26 February 2010
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Field sport
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| Angling tools: spinning reels |
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The launch of the spinning reel was revolutionary, but few people know it’s not a modern angling tool, writes Abré J Steyn.
Issue date: 26 February 2010
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| Livestock |
Lessons & legacies from Tukulu’s former grasslands
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Until almost 30 years ago, Tukulu, a farm in the sweet thornveld area near Alice in the Eastern Cape, received national recognition for the late Edgar Matthews’ conservation achievements there.
Issue date: 26 February 2010
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Main feature
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Can farming save Haiti?
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When an earthquake shook the Caribbean island-state of Haiti on 12 January, it killed at least 170 000 people – not the first time that the country, in particular its agricultural sector, has been devastated by natural disasters. Now, Haiti’s farmers have become central to the country’s reconstruction plans. Stephan Hofstätter visited a
nation on its knees.
Issue date: 26 February 2010
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Crops
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Beets for Jo’burg buses
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Derek Matthews was the first South African farmer to register an on-farm ethanol-gel production plant, but government’s refusal to allow maize to be used as a biofuel feedstock forced him to look to sugar beet as an alternative feedstock.
Issue date: 26 February 2010
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