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A Mpumalanga farmer has triumphed over a coal mine in a precedent setting case. The court victory was seen as a warning to mines who don’t comply with the National Environmental Management Act (Nema).

Growth within the game industry is being hampered by a weaker US dollar and an undeveloped meat market.

Mohair prices improved at the third sale of the summer season, despite fears that the larger than normal offering of 188 150kg would dampen competition.

The leadership of TAU SA recently approached the minister of the department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, (DAFF) Tina Joemat-Petterson to discuss the development of an agricultural training centre outside of Cullinan.

Faced with crop failure, farmers are laying off workers, and minimum wages make it worse.

Healthy soil is important and a universal prerequisite for all farming activities over the spectrum from fruit and vineyards to animal production and pasture.

Commercial and new farmers will share their success stories regarding sustainable agri transformation with each other at the Bien Donné Agri Cape Week Expo that takes place at the ARC Research Farm near Simondium from 19 - 21 April.

Agri Wes Cape is concerned that a statement released by the Department of Labour (DoL) about recent inspections conducted on farms in the Paarl area might be a deliberate attempt to create a false impression about the state of working and living conditions on farms in the province.

Current agricultural and land reform policies are not workable and fair, and sometimes don’t make any sense.

The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) said it is engaging with different national governments to find solutions to rhino poaching, which has already seen 150 rhinos killed illegally since the beginning of the year.

Sporadic rain over the summer rainfall region of South Africa resulted in pockets of drought in virtually every district in the area.

The decline in rhino numbers is a direct result of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species’ (Cites) ban on rhino horn trade, according to Dr Herman Els, manager of Hunting and Conservation at the SA Hunters and Game Conservation Association (SAHGCA).