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A week-long trauma counselling workshop was recently held in Pretoria, with agricultural union TAU SA planning to hold more courses in the light of the frequency of recent farm attacks in SA.

With a strong cold front expected over SA this weekend, the SA Weather Service issued warnings of high winds and the possibility of runaway veld fires over much of the country.

The Gauteng Stock Theft Forum believes it has identified the man at the head of a syndicate that’s targeted stud cattle farmers in the province over the past few months and stolen cattle worth R2,2 million.

Instead of talking about ‘youth development’ at meetings, government must help young farmers.

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To establish an agricultural sector where everybody thrives, partnerships are essential. This was according to Henk Vermeulen, CEO of Free State Agriculture (FSA), speaking at a recent farmers’ day hosted by the Free State Young Farmers’ Committee and OVK near Jacobsdal in the Free State.

Google Glass is a spectacle frame fitted with a tiny 16GB computer. It works via Bluetooth and is a hands-free extension of a smartphone. It sports a camera and earphones similar to those in hearing aids.

South Africa has for too long been on a trajectory of jobless economic growth and the National Development Plan (NDP) is, in essence, an attempt at directing the way for economic growth to be transformed into the type of growth that also creates a number of jobs.

Farmer leaders have concerns about the new director-general of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ lack of agricultural background.

Buffalo City Organic Producers (BCOP), a predominantly female co-operative based in Mdantsane Township near East London in the Eastern Cape, received the award for Top Entrepreneur: Commercial in the Female Entrepreneur of the Year provincial awards in Aliwal North on 15 August.

France’s highest court has found a 2008 ban on Monsanto’s GM maize, MON810 was illegal.

Although the future for pork producers will be fraught with financial danger, there will be opportunities for entrepreneurs to make money.

The North West title deeds project is a step in the right direction, but it should also include farmers.

If commercial, mainly white, farmers did not co-operate on land restitution and acknowledge the wrongs of the past, then expropriation would be the only way to resolve the issue, ANC MP Mandla Mandela said on Monday, Business Day newspaper reported.

BKB, a co-operative based in Port Elizabeth, but with national representation in grain, wool, mohair, livestock and property, has issued a ‘profit warning’ for its June 2013 year-end results, which are expected on 23 September.

The Gauteng Stock Theft Forum believes that a syndicate is targeting stud animals on the perimeters of the province.

Three men suspected of the 11 August 2013 murder of Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, farmer Timothy Green (44), have been remanded in custody until their next scheduled court appearance on 22 August 2013.

The cold front and accompanying stormy winds expected over the Free State from Wednesday (21 August) poses a serious veld fire threat, and farmers and landowners are warned to remain vigilant, said Thinus Steenkamp, CEO of the Free State Umbrella Fire Association.

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In a voluntary trading statement, Clover said it was finalising its results for the financial year ended 30 June 2013. The results are expected to be released on 17 September.