Give your cattle shade
As we move into the hottest months of the year, when temperatures start to soar, and every living thing is trying to escape from the broiling sun, no self-respecting farmer...
The problem with trade unions & strikes
In our society we have trade unions and we have strikes. Factory workers, mine workers and even agricultural labourers usually belong to a union. And I don’t blame them, it’s...
Bath time!
The importance of being able to bath a young horse cannot be emphasised enough, as it’s a great bonding experience, says Kim Dyson.
Extension officers
As a newcomer to the Underberg area a decade ago, it interested me to know what our veld herbage consisted of and what available nutritional benefit could be enhanced by...
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Subsistence farming
It is no use debating about subsistence farming vs commercial farming. Subsistence farming practices must improve and can’t always be achieved through commercial farming models.
Greetings from Ireland
I’m an Irish tillage farmer who enjoys reading your magazine. I visit South Africa annually and seem to catch the end of your harvest season every year.
Jobs in fracking?
Is there anyone who can explain to me about the ‘job opportunities’ argument mentioned by pro-fracking people?
Give us more inspiration
Your editor’s call to action ‘Let’s reinstate civic pride’ (24 August, pg 5) is a good tonic for the end of winter blues and I think this could be a...
Time to get to work
With reference to the news feature ‘Trevor’s plan for land reform & agriculture’ (31 August pg 18), the pressure is on. The recent Marikana tragedy serves to remind us of...
Poor soil increases problems
I read the article ‘Adopt sustainable practices’ (27 July, pg 8) with interest.
A potential natural disaster
I refer to an article in The Sunday Tribune dated 29 July on the ‘Zero Hunger’ project in which the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), together with the...
Saving strawberries
Since May 2012 I’ve had an incredible crop of Selecta Strawberries, picking handfuls of 100% organic strawberries daily with hardly any irrigation or fertiliser applied to the beds.
Your readers should be told the truth about Zim
It was with great concern that I read the ‘misinformation’ portrayed in the article entitled ‘There is no alternative’ (17 August, pg 36), in which Kallie Kriel answered questions from...
More goods & better production
I refer to Prof Andre Jooste’s report outlined in ‘How agri-food value chains work’ (20 July, pg 42).
Letter misses the mark
On your letters page, the missive from Ashley (24 August, pg 8) takes me to task for previously saying I would support any imported product that is cheaper than the...
A compassionate farmer
I refer to your article ‘Pigs reared on pastures and acorns’ (17 August, pg 50).
Both sides of the story!
Over the last few months you have published numerous articles and reports highly critical of meat and poultry imports into South Africa.
Glyphosate is safe
Your opinion piece entitled ‘Food safety compromised by lack of glyphosate tests’ (17 August, pg 6) refers.
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