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Farmers looking at international diversification of their farming operations should look to Switzerland as a platform from which to trade.

What better way to fight wintery weather? Here’s a hot fisherman’s pie, easy to make and even easier to eat. And, all three types of seafood were caught in the freezer of my local supermarket.

In a monopoly, one seller faces many buyers. In a monopsony, one buyer faces many sellers. Farmers have to deal with both – but there is a solution.

Why both parties need expert legal advice in drawing up a leasehold agreement.

Countrywide, municipal employees are insisting on big salary increases, yet delivering less and less.

Johannesburg-based RAC Group has embarked on a road transport safety initiative using a specially designed trailer to train tanker drivers to avoid roll-over accidents.

The land reform process is going nowhere slowly with more unresolved land claims gazetted now than ever before. Dr Theo de Jager, deputy president of Agri SA, details the destruction that an inadequate system has caused and what is needed to fix it.

Here’s another venture in skottel or wok cooking. A stir-fry is always a welcome addition to the family menu. All you need is high heat and an ability to estimate time by the second.

While traditional leaders toyi-toyi for bigger salaries, most rural communities live in abject squalor.

Johannes Möller, President of Agri SA, says that he trusts that economic growth will be on the forefront of discussions during the conference of the ANC this week.

Government’s flagship job creation programme funds a number of labour-intensive programmes which benefit agriculture, such as the removal of alien plants and the patching up of rural roads. But the workers themselves benefit the least, says social commentator Glenn Ashton.

Successful people recognise that projecting the right image is the first step towards opening doors and making others sit up and listen.

This began with an idea. “How nice it would be,” I told the family, “to enjoy some delicious lamb sweetbreads.” Once I had told the youngsters what sweetbreads were, the enthusiasm waned a little. But mine remained at a high simmer. My butcher shook his head. No sweatbreads in his shop. Perhaps a kilogram or two of beef lips on special? A plateful of smiles. Perhaps not. My wife who is not a Boer, made a plan anyway. And this is what we cooked.

Rampant coal mining is damaging the province’s farms, environment and water quality.

Following a successful Flower Beach Camp hosted last year in the Namaqua National Park, the South African National Parks (SANParks) announced the bookings for the 2012 beach camp as open.

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) would like to reassure the fishing industry as a whole – owners and workers alike...

With Greece on the brink of ditching the euro and financial markets on the edge due to uncertainty, Jaco Visser looks at two possible scenarios that could play themselves out.

Slow cooking produces a very different set of tastes and textures. This outstanding pork recipe brings a valuable new skill into the repertoire of the beginner cook with a meal awash with fragrance and tenderness.

A radical idea that could lead to safer roads, wealthier municipalities – and tax savings.

With lion bones replacing tiger bones in Asian ‘medicines’, we could be facing another serious poaching problem.