Agri Wes Cape pleads farmers’ case
There is a huge future for agriculture in SA not only through its contribution to the economy, but also through social and rural upliftment, according to Carl Opperman, CEO of...
Media fuelling racism, says TAU SA North
The farming community is up in arms over some media organisations allegedly fuelling racial hatred against white farmers. Issue date 25 May 2007
Farmers fume at Telkom’s non-service
Telkom's lack of service and infrastructure had members of the Overberg District Agricultural Association (DAA) fuming when they met with the telecommunications company for a meeting on 10 May in...
GM maize with amazing yields
After three years of intensive trials, government has approved the commercial cultivation in South Africa of Monsanto's genetically modified stacked gene maize. This GM cultivar is herbicide-tolerant as well as...
DA takes Land Bank to task
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has submitted documents relating to what they term “alleged irregular transactions” at the ailing financial institution, Land Bank, to the independent forensic investigating team, Deloitte &...
Cabinet sets committee to check on food prices
Cabinet ministers are beginning to suspect once again that there is more than meets the eye in the recent rapid rise in the price of agricultural products and in the...
New plans for old homeland irrigation schemes
The Eastern Cape government is rolling out a five-year plan to overhaul six irrigation schemes in the province and plans to approach national Treasury this year to foot over R300...
Nurturing broccoli after transplanting
Generally, Broccoli matures earlier than cabbage or cauliflower. Early maturation is becoming increasingly popular, especially with pre-packed products.Issue Date 25 May 2007
Failure, like success, always starts at the top
'But nowhere, not once, have I yet heard of anyone in management at Cricket SA … accepting responsibility.'Issue Date 25 May 2007
Provincial restructuring is unlikely
he suggestion by ANC national chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota to reduce the number of provinces from nine to four to address administration and service delivery problems on a provincial and local...
World economy still on track
The world economy is expected to grow robustly during 2007 and 2008, but at a slightly lower rate than in 2006.' Issue Date 2007
A new broom at KZN agri department
Following revelations that the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA) was in a dismal financial and operational state due to poor management, the latest incumbent of the post...
The right gear for the job
Mechanical pruning of branches of tall trees in citrus orchards is always a problem. When thick branches have to be cut, the tractor has to move at a very slow...
Effective no-till control of maize root diseases
Root diseases overwinter in crop residues on the land pose a significant threat to no-till enterprises. No-till experts have joined forces to find the best methods of overcoming this challenge....
The emerging of a powerful mentorship
Sceptics often expect emerging farmers to fail, but Phopi Ralentjena, an emerging farmer from Blouberg in Limpopo, is disproving this notion. He and his mentor Auwke Jongbloed are proof that...
Holtzhausen’s passion for polled Ngunis
Just as much as a farmer without a bakkie is still a farmer, an Nguni without horns is still an Nguni. So says retired Limpopo farmer Henk Holtzhausen. Susan Botes...
Miners see gold in a rose
Roses and mining have little in common. But Goldfields, the giant mining company, has established the Living Gold rose farm near its Carletonville mines. Gwenda van Zyl finds out about...
Farmers left in limbo as top scheme rots
The revival of Qamata, once one of SA's top irrigation schemes, has been on the cards for years. But when Farmer's Weekly visited Qamata basin this month there was plenty...
Of ultrafast maize and hail damage
In the light of the increased popularity of ultrafast-growing maize cultivars, Gideon Britz, an agriculturalist from Ficksburg and expert on hail damage, investigated the influence of defoliation at the same...
Soil health is ‘agricultural homeopathy’
Omnia Fertiliser has launched its Chemtech Agri lab in Sasolburg, which specialises in biological analysis and the analysis of soil, sap and irrigation water. MD Trevor Grant has called the...
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