R15 million allocated to E Cape’s emerging farmers
The Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform recently allocated R15 million to the supply of livestock and improvement of farming skills for emerging farmers in the province.
Farmers welcome revised weather warning system
Farmers have welcomed a revision of the South African Weather Service’s (SAWS) classification system for severe weather-related hazards.
After slow start wine industry expects record harvest
Good growing conditions in many wine growing regions has seen the wine grape crop estimate for 2013 increase somewhat and expectations are that the 2013 harvest, although smaller in some...
SA needs shale gas – Stroebel
South Africa needs to increase its energy supply drastically, because this is the biggest issue preventing the country from moving forward, Agbiz’s Lindie Stroebel told delegates at a meeting of...
Poor grain yields in the summer grain production areas
Producers in the summer grain production areas have started harvesting the 2012/2013 grain crop, but yields were fluctuating dramatically from region to region.
No more FMD in SA – DAFF
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is confident that foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is no longer prevalent in SA.
Ezemvelo destroys three metre croc in uMgeni River
Provincial conservation organisation, Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife, has shot and killed a three metre Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) that it said had long plagued residents along the lower reaches of the...
Sasol commits to water conservation initiatives
Multi-national energy and chemical company, Sasol, recently committed to two separate collaboration agreements to help conserve South Africa’s stressed freshwater resources.
Sugarcane growers leap at haulage opportunity
A consortium of over 5 600 emerging and commercial sugarcane growers have purchased a transport division of Unitrans in a deal which puts the multi-national logistics company’s Amatikulu transport depot...
New beef cattle breed officially in South Africa
The Droughtmaster beef cattle breed was officially introduced to South African stud and commercial beef breeders on 24 April in the Vryburg district.
More support for SA farmers necessary
South Africans should be encouraged to buy more locally produced food by making it easy for them to distinguish between local and imported products in supermarkets.
Land reform process responsible for lack of confidence
“We all agree land reform is necessary, we just don’t always agree on the method that should be followed,” said Agbiz CEO Dr John Purchase at a Standard Bank business...
