R18 million upgrade for KZN agricultural schools
SA’s agricultural high schools are in the main on a downward trend, faced with high operating expenses and a shortage of skilled teachers.
Metal graveyard
Many farmers have old equipment lying idle, such as the machines pictured here. Often the intention is to use it for spare parts or sell as scrap metal.
Cape winter cold enough for fruit farmers
Most parts of the Western Cape experienced mild and even warm weather during May and July, but fruit farmers said this was nothing out of the ordinary and they were...
Relief as Galloway is found
Former SA Canegrowers’ chairperson Bruce Galloway was reunited with his family on 25 July, two days after being abducted from outside his home in Kloof.
SA canned fruit industry mum on alleged dumping in Australia
South Africa’s canned fruit industry has refused to speak about an Australian anti-dumping investigation.
ANC support could take a knock in 2014 elections
Voter support for the ANC could fall to under 60% of the total vote for the first time since 1994.
Bad governance and high input costs trouble farmers
The high cost of labour and administered prices, like water and electricity, as well as a lack of policy coherence between government departments on matters that affected agriculture were only...
Current milk producer price not sustainable – Turner
South African dairy producers are regarded as some the most efficient in the world, but the price of milk will have to increase sharply to avoid a potential crisis in...
No clues to Galloway’s disappearance
Leads as to the whereabouts of former Canegrower’s chairperson Bruce Galloway have been thin, with investigators saying they have very little information to go on.
PJ Hassard goes from strength to strength
Messages of support and jubilation have continued to stream into the PJ Hassard Support Group page on Facebook after the Northern Zululand beef and game farmer’s family announced recently that...
Government on top of Limpopo FMD outbreak
Limpopo’s government veterinary authorities are said to be in control of a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak discovered there on 17 July 2013.
Interest in food production catches on
Five years after the formation of the community female farming group ANTS, homestead vegetable farming is gathering steam in the hills surrounding Umbumbulu, in KwaZulu-Natal.
