MPO has new manager
The Milk Producers' Organisation (MPO) HAS appointed Etienne Terre'Blanche as new managing director. Previously, Terre'Blanche was co-owner and director of Brent Chemicals in the Western Cape. Issue date 4 May...
World News
The British are taking a walk on the wild side, with sales of game meat soaring 46% between 2004 and 2006 to reach £57 million (R814 million) last year. Issue...
PG Bison helps transform the Ugie/Maclear region
By creating various timber beneficiation operations close to the plantations, PG Bison's R1,3 billion North Eastern Cape Forestry Cluster (NECF) development at Ugie is set to create just short of...
Maize initiative to revive Cape
A large maize production initiative is on the cards for the Eastern Cape. Dumisa Dlatu, one of the businessmen spearheading the project, said it will stimulate much-needed socioeconomic development in...
Shoo, you sorghum seed-eating birds!
Ripening sorghum in the former Transkei is targeted by a variety of seed-eating birds. Emerging farmers have come up with a simple and cost-effective way to combat this threat. Issue...
Salvaging KZN Agri’s fiasco
The MEC for Agriculture and Environmental Affairs in KZN Mtholephi Mthimkhulu has called in the assistance of the Provincial Treasury and Department of Public Service and Administration to help rescue...
How can SA biofuels sector attract foreign investors?
What will attract international investors to the biofuels industry in South Africa? Gregor Paterson-Jones of Sterling Waterford Holdings, an investor in SA's Ethanol Africa, explains that South Africa has to...
Africa News
Small-scale farmers in Malawi are becoming aware that they are bearing the brunt of climate change, which has been adversely affecting productivity, according to a new study by an international...
‘Zimbabwe is in the past’ – a farmer moves south
Being uprooted from your birth country, where you and your parents have been making a living for all their lives, is a traumatic experience. Peter Stuart and his family, who...
Inaccurate Mpumalanga municipal valuations
Farmers were outraged last MONTH after an Emakhazeni valuation roll revealed that farm prices in the Dullstroom, Machadodorp, Waterval- Boven and Belfast areas of Mpumalanga had been set at a...
On-the-clock squid snack
There are times, usually in-between meals, when the stomach cries out for more than just another peanut butter sandwich. And while a peanut butter sandwich is indeed one of the...
Knitbone (comfrey)
Comfrey, also known as “knitbone”, has remarkable healing powers. Issue Date 27 April 2007
Preparing for the racing season
Our South African racing season begins towards the end of May and many fanciers are counting the days, but being too hasty can ruin your season. Issue Date 27 April...
Did farmers really evict almost a million people?
"The Nkuzi study probably overstates the prevalence of farm evictions" Issue Date 27 April 2007
Letter – 27 April 2007
Humane predator deterrents do work Is there a criminal campaign against food production?A matter of fact - platteland style! Issue Date 27 April 2007
Don’t delay any longer – get BEE compliant
Many farmers have adopted a wait-and-see approach to Black Economic Empowerment, hoping it will go away, or waiting for a better time to participate. At the recent Overberg Indaba, Dries...
Business booming for New Holland SA
A YEAR HAS PASSED since the announcement at the 2006 Nampo Agricultural Trade show of Invicta Holdings' acquisition of the South African New Holland agricultural machinery franchise. Since then, despite...
Black economic exasperation!
Strawberry farmer John Sandison's plan to sell 36% of his company to 15 black workers has been plagued by hurdles from the Department of Land Affairs, and has turned a...
Turn your slurry into fertiliser and save money
Slurry is difficult to dispose of and poses a threat to people, livestock and the environment. A system operated by Andrew and Liz Williams uses slurry as nutrient-rich organic fertiliser...
Farmers reject ‘one size fits all’ AgriBEE document
Farmers across the country are unhappy with the minister of agriculture's latest adjustments to the AgriBEE draft document. Good news, however, is that the industry can revert to the generic...
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