Mulder spends R500 000 on flights, Agri SA spends R700 000
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Pieter Mulder has become the subject of much criticism after a parliamentary question revealed he spent nearly R500 000 on domestic and international...
Consumers to pay more while farmers get less
Consumers can expect to pay between 12% and 15% more for their food in the coming months, but this does not translate to more money for the farmer.
Private companies better farmers than individuals
Farms run by private companies are more profitable than any other type of ownership.
Livestock industry declining as chicken takes over
Theft has kept livestock numbers from climbing and the industry has been shrinking steadily over the past ten years.
No facts to back genocide link
There is currently no evidence to support TAU SA’s contention that white communities and farmers in SA are being subjected to genocide.
SA forestry plantations threatened by yet another pest
South Africa’s R40 billion a year commercial forestry value chain is likely to be hit by a recently discovered pest.
Maize stocks under pressure
Indications are that maize stocks will tighten towards the end of the season, leading to more maize imports and higher prices.
Lamps for lambs
The prevailing cold weather sees farmers resorting to inventive ways to save lambs and kids from exposure to low temperatures.
Limpopo wastes as much as a large dam’s water every year
Limpopo is losing 3,7 million kilolitres of water a month – the equivalent of a large dam (44 million kilolitres) a year – due to failing municipal infrastructure and transmission...
Carolina’s polluted water may cause livestock abortions
Pollution from the Boesmanspruit Dam near Carolina, Mpumalanga is affecting farm livestock in the area.
Farmers’ actions avert UK milk price reduction
A massive campaign has forced British milk processors to abandon this month’s planned farm-gate price cut that would have forced cash-strapped UK farmers further into debt.
Cosatu attack: Union said to lack understanding of maize prices
The Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) said a recent statement by Cosatu lacked understanding of how global and local maize markets work.
New KZN land commissioner irks provincial farmers’ union
The KwaZulu-Natal Agricultural Union is frustrated that the province’s newest Land Claims Commissioner has cancelled an important meeting to discuss land conflicts in KZN.
Responsible veld management needed to protect grass owls
Farmers and other landowners have been asked to practice responsible veld management and burning in order to minimise losses to the national population of African Grass Owls (Tyto capensis).
SA forestry plantations under threat from yet another pest
Forestry scientists have discovered what they believe to be yet another forestry pest that could start attacking South Africa’s commercial forestry plantations.
International experts urgently needed to investigate TAU SA’s genocide claims
An international expert on genocide is motivating for an independent team to investigate whether or not there is indeed genocide taking place against the South Africa’s white farming community, as...
The Crop Estimates Committee’s 6th production forecast for 2011/12 summer crops
The Congress of South African Trade Unions’s (COSATU) angry attack on mechanisms that it alleges are behind rapidly increasing national maize, and other grains, prices has been met with criticism...
Women supplying food to poor lose their land
A group of women farmers has been left stranded after their 4ha farm has allegedly been sold illegally as household stands by a man known only as Mzezane.
Water users must be treated equally
The Department of Water Affairs’ announcement that it will take action against farmers illegally using water from the Vaal River should be broadened to include members of the mining industry.
Erecting fences in the memories of elephants
The capacity of an elephant to retain memories may be helpful in dealing with human-wildlife conflict, like that experienced between subsistence farmers and crop-raiding elephants.
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