Thousands of flying exterminators released against tree pests

The South African commercial forestry sector is making strides towards controlling the costly depredations of the Blue Gum Chalcid (Leptocybe invasa) in eucalyptus plantations.

KZN rangers shoot and kill suspected rhino poacher

Field rangers manning the Cengeni Gate of Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife’s Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, shot dead a suspected rhino poacher.

KZN farmers spell out their needs to government

KwaZulu-Natal farmers of all races and production scales have presented a comprehensive list of their needs and concerns to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA).

Ferrero seeks to expand hazelnut network

Global confectionary giant Ferrero, manufacturer of Ferrero Roche and Nutella, is looking to expand its network of hazelnut growers in SA, delegates heard at the East Coast Intensive Horticulture growers’ day at Cedara recently.

Department of Water Affairs cancels Harties clean-up project

The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) is pulling the plug on its project to clean up the Hartebeespoort Dam, situated west of Pretoria.

Dutch seed technology comes to Pietermaritzburg

Dutch seed technology company Incotec recently opened a R13 million purpose-built plant in Pietermaritzburg, after having identified the KwaZulu-Natal capital as being ideally located to launch its expansion into sub-Saharan Africa.

Four suspected stock thieves caught

Four suspected stock thieves, aged between 21 and 63 were recently arrested in the Msinsini area of KwaZulu-Natal, after the police found three allegedly stolen goats tied up at their homestead.

Local whisky best in the world

South Africa’s first single grain whisky, Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky, has been announced as the World’s Best Grain Whisky at the annual Whisky Magazine’s World Whisky Awards (WWA) held in London last week.

Farm attackers should be removed from society – Modise

Perpetrators of violence against the farming community had no place in society and should be permanently removed.

Drought pushes down meat prices

Now is the time for consumers to bargain hunt, according to Koos van der Ryst, vice-chairperson of the National Red Meat Producer’s Organisation (RPO).

Farming needs sympathetic consumers, supportive govt

Consumers need a better understanding of agriculture and the work done by farmers and workers, it was said at the launch of this year’s Bien Donné Agri Cape Week. Denene Erasmus reports.

Grain industry seeks a way out of the storm

The grain industry has experienced a tough five months, with the national transport strike depressing tonnages milled.

Abalone farming leads aquaculture growth in SA

Abalone farming in South Africa, which first started in the 1990s, is expected to increase fivefold within the next decade.

Time to get paranoid about shearing shed hygiene

Despite its high quality, SA’s wool clip is becoming the most heavily contaminated by foreign objects in the world, according to Isak Staats, BKB’s manager of wool and mohair.

Brine discussions continue

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), importers and re-workers of poultry and local producers recently held a meeting to further discuss the practice of brining in the poultry industry.

Bringing the farm to the consumer

Consumers need a better understanding of agriculture for them to fully appreciate farmers.

Grain transport differential ‘will be phased out’ in future

he South African grain production market is increasingly becoming more sophisticated and that will eventually lead to the phasing out of the Safex transport differential, said Grain SA Maize Working Group vice-chairperson Chris Schoonwinkel.

African army worm outbreak may be over

Dr Gerhard Verdoorn, head of the Griffon Poison Information Centre, said that the recent outbreak of African army worm was the worst experienced in 20 years.

Constitutional court lets farm eviction stand

The Constitutional Court today dismissed an appeal against an eviction order, against the children of a retired worker living on a Stellenbosch farm.

Exemption from minimum wage not the answer

A lack of criteria for being granted exemption from paying the new minimum wage has left farmers with little hope of finding a solution to the wage crisis.

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