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You can create – and update – informative electronic brochures with ease, says Greg Miles.

The time has come for us to learn some lessons from the most labour-efficient farmers in the world.

The chocolate brownie is without doubt one of the finest contributions made to civilisation by the US. Stories about its invention clog the internet. But the truth of the matter is simply this: every time a baker makes a batch, the glorious concept is reinvented anew. Try this outstanding version next time the chocolate craving threatens to take over.

Some months ago at a local farmers’ market I found a stall selling lagaan. After some heavy-duty charm on my part, the stall holder let me in on the secret recipe. Back home in the lab, some additional research and development by my wife resulted in this outstanding food concept and cultural artefact. No braai at our home is complete without it.

Chicken on the braai can so easily be one of life’s great failures. You all know about it – skin nice and crispy on the outside, yet deep within the breast or thigh, the meat is pallid and the juices red. Apart from the marginal health risk of salmonella, there’s that inherent resistance, even from those who love their steak 99% raw, to ingesting rare chicken. One of the easier ways out of this problem is to prepare this pared-down version of chicken tikka, a dish of Indo-Pakistani origin which can now be eaten worldwide.

Spurred by the formation of Afasa, Nafu is at last getting its act together.

In a recent seminar, Prof Willie van der Westhuizen discussed errors that could lead to tax costs.

Your internet searches can become more accurate if you know a few tricks, says Greg Miles.

Local soil scientists are refuting the relevance of this 70-year-old system when advances in soil science point to its lack of scientific value and many shortcomings in field conditions.

Deep inside the heart of every cook is the seldom expressed desire to invent something totally new.

Help the police to help us all, and report crime, instead of complaining all the time.

“It is important to guard against South Africa being seen as a risky, unstable and uncompetitive economy by investors. A visible lack of consensus on economic and social policy is undermining the feasibility of the National Development Plan and confidence in the country as an investment destination," said Agri SA president Johannes Möller.

In this brief summary of an innovative model for land reform in South Africa, farmer and former DA MP Errol Moorcroft demonstrates that, despite the inherent difficulties, the redistribution of land can be a win/win undertaking for all concerned.

Forget websites – a social media network is the place to promote your business, says Greg Miles.

Don’t become obsessed with cost-cutting. Profit is what really matters – and this requires revenue.

The SAVC took note of the media reports relating to the alleged inhumane dehorning of rhino in the Free State province by veterinarians which were drawn to its attention by seriously concerned members of the veterinary profession.

Mark Bittman, food writer for the New York Times suggests that cooking in beer is almost as good an experience as drinking the stuff. He says beer is a complex set of tastes almost the equal of wine as a cooking liquid. But, unlike wine, you can use beer in the same volume as you would water or stock. So what has this got to do with fish and chips? Read on, dear reader, read on ...

SA Stud Book was awarded the ICAR (International Committee for Animal Recording) Certificate of Quality at the ICAR annual general meeting held on Wednesday, 29 May 2013 in Denmark.

Germany has much to offer South Africa in sharing knowledge gained during its post-reunification period. Ilse Aigner, federal minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, explains.

How can a municipality lose R3 million of utility poles, plus the paperwork? It’s easy, if you know how.