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Many government projects are excellent ideas. But officials seem incapable of carrying them out.

Increased emphasis will be placed on the reduction of methane gas emissions from livestock in the future, according to Prof Michiel Scholtz, ARC Specialist Researcher: Applied Animal Breeding. He says that livestock production both contributes to the problem and suffers from the effects.

Derby The Fonteine Boran auction was held on 25 May. Francois Smit of Fonteine Borans sold the top-priced bull FN 06 068 to Conrad Coetzer of Rankin Operations Pretoria for R170 000.

How Starbucks and other companies avoid paying big bucks in the highest tax jurisdictions.

Graaff Reinet 52 Stud and 108 commercial Nguni cattle were offered for sale at the annual Karoo Nguni Club Auction.

Google has ‘mapped’ almost every town on the planet, says Greg Miles.

The Royal Show, which opens the week after Nampo, invariably seems to have a selection of quite different equipment. Joe Spencer reports.

The annual sardine run is a major feature of the KZN coastline. Millions of migrating sardines, or pilchards as the West Coast calls them, migrate close inshore where people of all ages scoop them out of the sea, crazed by the idea of free food. It’s one hell of sight. Your writer was one of these crazies and the results of his catch feature here today.

This began as ‘nursery food’ designed to motivate picky eaters. Today, it is a non-age-specific staple in our family, giving new life to potatoes and their poor relations, sweet potatoes.

It is as important to draw young people into farming as it is to retain those who are already on the land.

Currently, trust in most levels of our society is as low as it’s ever been. We have to fix this if we’re ever to see the promise that the Rainbow Nation once held for us all.

HIGHEST (BULL): R38 000

Planning a trip has just got a whole lot easier, says Greg Miles.

Croutons are a life-after-death experience for stale bread. Revved up by basil they give texture and the joyous illusion of substance to any soup. And with winter already here a good bowl of steaming cream of tomato soup is the perfect counterbalance to the weather.

Nampo 2013 featured ingenious equipment for the average to small-scale farmer. Joe Spencer reports.

Basing a business strategy on long-term economic forecasts is about as safe as using tea leaves and crystal balls, says Theo Vorster, CEO of Galileo Capital.

HIGHEST (BULL): R85 000

The better a business is at avoiding the payment of unnecessary tax, the healthier it will be.

Deep-fried chicken – how the taste buds rejoice! Is there a better way to swiftly prepare poultry? Hotter? Tastier? Even more juicy?

Electioneering for next year has started in earnest and politicians are using every means at their disposal.