Abalone farming leads aquaculture growth in SA
Abalone farming in South Africa, which first started in the 1990s, is expected to increase fivefold within the next decade.
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Pigs reared on pastures and acorns
Allowing pigs to graze like sheep will never keep supermarkets stocked brimful with bacon, as Charlie Crowther admits. But he has nonetheless found a market for his pasture-reared pigs. Denene Erasmus reports.
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‘Know something about everything’
Petrus Bosman (31), the Santam-Agri Western Cape Young Farmer of the Year 2012, is the managing director of his family’s wine and vine farming business in Wellington. He spoke to Denene Erasmus about having a positive attitude in the wine industry and the satisfaction of looking after employees.
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Zille gives bicycles to farm children
Children of farm workers who have benefited from the Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s farm worker development programme have been treated to new bicycles...
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Abalone farming in Hermanus
Adri Claassen, abalone farmer extraordinaire, talks to Denene Erasmus about farming these sought after sea delicacies.
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Coveted conservation status for Hermanus wine farm
Boutique winery Bouchard Finlayson was recently awarded Champion status by the Biodiversity and Wine initiative.
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The secret to gourmet mushrooms
Nouvelle Mushrooms, South Africa's only commercial producer of gourmet mushrooms, has seen local demand for these exotic varieties increase, enabling the company to expand. It's all thanks to founder and MD Schalk de Beer, who spent a lot of time and money developing the unique compost needed for these fantastic fungi. Denene Erasmus reports.
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Snails put BEE on the fast track
Elezane Industries started as a community development project in 1999 and is now South Africa's first live-snail exporting business. It creates hundreds of jobs while also offering an environmentally friendly solution to the snail problem on Cape farms. Denene Erasmus met the company's director Shelldon Breda in Grabouw. Issue date : 20 August 2010
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100 years of Vicon
This year marks the centenary of one of the best-known names in farm machinery. The Vicon Company, founded by Hermanus Vissers on 14 March 1910, has grown to the extent where more than
2 million Vicon machines have been produced, many of which are still operating around the world. Joe Spencer reports. Issue date : 07 May 2010
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Hawston's auction success
Hawston pigeon auction helped distribute a good gene pool, writes Thomas Smit. Issue date : 23 April 2010
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