30-year-old wooden cattle handling facility
On a recent visit to Argentina, Farmer’s Weekly journalist, Lloyd Phillips spoke to Miguel Pertino of La Trinidad Aberdeen Angus Stud about his family’s 30-year-old wooden cattle handling facility Miguel’s father built.
Dr Ricardo Luis José Piccinali discusses Argentina’s broilers
Hendrik Jordaan of Laurik International speaks to Dr Ricardo Luis José Piccinali, acting head of Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology's experimental station at...
Do you have conversations with your animals?
On a recent visit to ZZ2's farm in the Mooketsi Valley. Nan Smith had an interesting conversation with Victor, a Pinzgauer bull.
Monsanto SA donates mini mill to farmer
Nto Mduli, Grain SA's Subsistence Farmer of the Year for 2013 recently had the privilege of receiving a mini hammer mill donated by Monsanto...
Argentinian cattle farmer explains feeding process from a silage bag
Miguel Pertino, owner of La Trinidad Aberdeen Angus Stud in Argentina’s Buenos Aires Province, explains the mechanics of feeding cattle directly from a 65m long silage bag with 3 000kg/m. Eating is controlled by an electric fence. With a 70% fibre content, Miguel says he has not had any acidosis problems in 10 years.
Grain farmer benefits from flagship project
Tepsy Ntseoane, Grain farmer from Kaalfontein is a recipient of the Maize triangle revitalization flagship project. She discusses the benefits of BT-Maize. Ntseoane said...
Local farmer wins with variable inoculant applicator
Crop and livestock farmer, Cobus van Coller won the open category of the farmer-patent competition at Nampo this year and received a special prize...
Medupi Power Station benefits community
Roman Crookes, General Manager of the Medupi Power Station Project, spoke to Farmer's Weekly about how the station is benefiting the broader community of...
A good pig for processing
What would you classify as a good pig for processing purposes? Ambleside Meats' abbattoir owner, Lance Huffingham gives FW more insight. Read more about...
Dutch ambassador, André Haspels discusses SA Agriculture
Nan Smith talks to outgoing Dutch ambassador, André Haspels about the future of agriculture in SA. Haspels said that agriculture is an important sector...
Regional Ploughing competition – KZN
Regional Ploughing Competitions are now held all over South Africa. The first two places at each event qualify to compete at the National Championships at Grain SA's NAMPO Harvest Day. The winner at NAMPO will become the new South African Ploughing Champion and will have the chance to compete at next year's World Ploughing Competition.
Tina responds to presidential address
In his state of the nation address on 13 February, President Jacob Zuma said agriculture is a key job driver and a provider of opportunities for entrepreneurship. He also praised the agricultural support programme, Fetsa Tlala, which was launched last year, saying it was producing brand new exporters.
