Land reform: time for farmers to get real
Can South Africa go the same way as Zimbabwe, even by default? If land reform is conducted in South Africa without a structured process of expertise transfer, we could go...
Beyond crisis point
The Movement for Democratic Change's policy co-coordinator general, businessman and former farmer Eddie Cross of Bulawayo, has chronicled Zimbabwe's decline online since 2001. Here is his first-hand account of the...
No tapeworms!
Your horse acts as a host for many internal parasites, including fly larvae (bots), roundworm and tapeworm Issue date 24 August 2007
Little dragons
Lizards can't seal their lips and CAn never drink milk, but my grandfather told me that leguaans wrap their tails around cows' legs and suck out all their milk Issue...
Managing shortages
'In their operational planning farmers must ensure that they secure the future supply of strategic requisites.' Issue date 24 August 2007
Tierhoek organic jams it up
With just one season under its belt, Tierhoek's Organic apricot jam and peach jam were declared winners in the category of the recent Sunday Times Good Taste Awards 2007. Issue...
Farmer’s wife to tackle ‘Comrades of cycling’
South Africa's farming community will showcase its cycling talent in France when Tonia Cason - a 51-year-old farmer's wife, mother of two boys and primary school teacher from Mpumalanga -...
Local wine workers jet-setting to France
Three members of the Graham Beck Wines team, Sylvia Booysen, Johanna Johannes and Sanette Piedt, were recently selected to attend a wine exchange programme in Beaune, France. Issue Date: 24...
Rescuing SA’s ‘dirty’ wool clip
A report compiled by Cape Wools warns that wool contaminated due to poor shed management damages the reputation of the South African clip and can result in big claims against...
Milk producers and government forge stronger ties
A large upper-management delegation from the National Department of Agriculture (DoA) has assured South Africa's beleaguered milk production sector that the department will work closely with it in future to...
WORLD NEWS – 24 August 2007
UK outbreak of FMD under control Sheep taught to lay off grapes Imprison a bull Issue Date 24 August 2007
R4,7 million for dirty water research
The Water Research Commission has made R4,7 million available to the Department of Food Science at the University of Stellenbosch for research into the relationship between irrigation water quality and...
Massive turnaround plan
Last week Farmer's Weekly exposed how the Eastern Cape's Massive Food Programme degenerated into large-scale looting of the public purse. Now the province's agriculture department has circulated a candid report...
Africa News – 24 August 2007
Dismal wheat harvest in ZimDonkeys sold as beef Fighting disrupts Kenya's farmers Issue Date: 24 August 2007
Afma fights for cheap feed
The Animal Feed Manufacturers Association (Afma) wants a reduction in regulatory costs that are harming the competitiveness of the animal feed industry. De Wet Boshoff, Afma general manager, said they...
Two arrested for ‘poacher’ death
Two farmers were arrested recently after the decomposed body of Richard Mkhari was found tied to a tree on Vygeboom farm near Phalaborwa in Limpopo. C ommunity members from the...
‘Human tsunami’ turns Musina into a boom town
Bread sales at the Musina Superspar have gone from 1 500 loaves a day to 3 500. is just one example of booming food sales in this Limpopo town near...
Lions maul farmworker
Farmworker Johannes Molemi's bodily remains were found on Shambala Private Reserve near Vaalwater in Limpopo after he was apparently killed by lions.Issue Date: 24 August 2007
Govt refutes W’spruit radioactivity
Radioactive pollutants have contaminated crops and livestock in the Wonderfonteinspruit area southwest of Johannesburg, and physicists have warned of severe health impacts.Issue Date: 24 August 2007
Specialised kit to customise quads
The QM-0423 high-pressure towed sprayer, manufactured by QuadMaster of Merrivale, is hga recent addition to the range of quad bike equipment Issue date 24 August 2007
