DAFF failing livestock industry
The red meat and wool grower industries levelled serious accusations against the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) in parliament recently saying that the department was failing them and...
We have capacity problems – GDARD
The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) has admitted to having ‘capacity problems’ regarding managing conditional grants and a lack of knowledge when it came to procurement processes.
Millions go to waste in failed tunnel projects
A vegetable tunnel project worth half a million rand is lying in tatters because neither the government nor the beneficiaries want to take responsibility for its upkeep.
Biotechnology won’t survive ignorance
The future of biotechnology and the direction it takes is largely dependent on the public’s ability to understand and support the science.
Renewed pressure on use of gestation crates
Animal activists in the US are putting pressure on Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, to phase out the use of gestational crates, which restrict the movement of breeding sows.
Superstorm Sandy soft on US farmers
The US farming sector appeared to have largely escaped the massive damage recently caused by Hurricane Sandy to urban areas along the US East Coast.
De Doorns talks marred by threats – Agri Wes Cape
Attempts by Agri Wes Cape to defuse the situation at De Doorns were disrupted on Friday 9 November.
Land audit to be finalised by December
The long awaited audit of state and public owned land is about 98% complete.
Anonymous protesters set vineyards ablaze
Protesters set fire to at least 15 vineyards in De Doorns in the Western Cape this week causing widespread damage, just as the table grape season kicks off.
Press Release: Mayor apologises after meeting with AfriForum
The mayor of the Mkhondo Municipality in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga, apologised to the public in a letter to the local newspaper, Excelsior,for his statements on the investigative television programme, Special...
Caxton CTP pledges to reduce electricity
Caxton CTP Publishers and Printers has joined Eskom’s energy efficiency campaign, 49M, in an effort to reduce energy consumption.
Blocking off the ‘Thieves’ Highway’
Effective stock theft solutions are almost always the product of trial and error, plus dollops of community diplomacy.
