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Rain brings relief
Showers with rain of up to 50mm have been reported in the Free State over the weekend. Some 50mm was measured in Koppies, 40mm in Bloemfontein, 30mm in Bultfontein and 20mm in Wesselsbron.
Agri writers honour farmers
The Agricultural Writers Association, northern branch, has announced its farmer, agriculturalist and new entrant to commercial farming of the year for 2013.
Funny fowls cause a flurry
A batch of 14 ‘punk’ chickens have become celebrities in KwaZulu-Natal after hatching from supermarket eggs.
KZN’s Wildlife Rancher of the Year
Samuel Kgonono has been named the KwaZulu-Natal’s Wildlife Rancher of the Year for 2013 by the KZN chamber of Wildlife Ranching South Africa (WRSA).
Landmech Mkulu 8 SLH – Side-loader stability
The whole-stick side-loader cane trailer has become popular in KwaZulu-Natal due to its ability to haul bundles of sugarcane from very steep land.
HerdBoys – Try this agricultural buying group
A one-stop, online shop for ordering inputs. What could be more convenient? Greg Miles reports.
New call centre to assist farmers
A call centre to answer farmers’ questions and help them with agriculture-related queries has been launched by SA Agri.
Villagers in the North West left with broken promises
Large mining companies are raising, then dashing, the hopes of poor villagers in North West.
Bad water management stalls progress
Poor management of irrigation schemes is hindering expansion and economic development.
Still no clarity on OIE animal health recommendations
Representatives of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are due to revisit SA this month to assess the progress on managing animal health issues here.
Farmers asked to help identify worm
It turns out the outbreak of worms in the Mokopane area in Limpopo and Rayton in eastern Gauteng during September and October 2013, was not army worm, but another kind of worm.
More irrigation farming needed
South Africa’s employment growth and economic momentum could be at stake if irrigation farms are not expanded.
Isolated outbreaks of army worm reported
Outbreaks of army worm have been reported in the Mokopane area in Limpopo and Rayton in eastern Gauteng.
Oliphant spotlights agriculture in the Western Cape
Fresh from a child labour seminar in Brazil, labour minister Mildred Oliphant is to join teams of inspectors during the week-long blitz farm inspections in the Western Cape region of Citrusdal on Thursday, 17 October.
Farmers asked to help with tick map
Cattle, sheep and goat farmers have been asked by parasitologists at Stellenbosch University (SU) to help update a map on tick distribution and establish whether and where four types of disease-carrying ticks in particular are found in the Western and Northern Cape.
Investors demand their money
The department of agriculture’s female entrepreneur of the year for 2013, Nomzamo Khosa, has come under fire for failing to pay investors on time.
Frost devastates Orange River grape farmers
Almost 15 000 seasonal workers in the Orange River region of the Northern Cape will not be employed this harvesting season, because of heavy frost damage to vines recently.
Young goats’ mohair set new records
A new international record of R440,10/kg for super fine 24 microns, super style winter kids’ mohair was set by Theronnie van der Merwe of Murraysburg at the fourth sale of the winter season.
