NGOs applaud GMO rulings
Local and international watchdogs have heaped praise on the genetically modified organism (GMO) regulatory authority, the Executive Council (EC), for refusing to allow open field trials of GM cassava in...
Bid to declare FS fires a ‘disaster’
Farmers in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal have joined forces in an effort to help their colleagues in the Free State who have lost thousands of hectares of grazing land...
TAU SA launches strategy document
TAU SA has launched a strategy for sustainable agriculture which it hopes will change the face of agriculture in SA.Issue Date: 13 April 2007
Top heads may roll in KZN agriculture
KwaZulu-Natal premier Sibusiso Ndebele has decided to press ahead with disciplinary action against Dr Jabulani Mjwara, head of department for the province's Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (DAEA), and...
‘Food miles’ an export challenge
UK supermarket chain Tesco's planned “carbon friendly” measures, such as the introduction of carbon-counting labelling and restrictions on airfreighted food stocks, has raised concerns about possible knock-on effects for the...
Renosterrivier study – enough for policy changes?
Almost a year ago, a group of prominent Afrikaner business leaders launched a study aimed at breaking the current vicious cycle of land reform failures.Issue Date: 30 March 2007
Renosterrivier study – enough for policy changes?
Almost a year ago, a group of prominent Afrikaner business leaders launched a study aimed at breaking the current vicious cycle of land reform failures.Issue Date: 30 March 2007
W Cape fights weed attack
The Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) recently held an emergency meeting in Paarl to address the increased occurrence of herbicide resistance in the Western and how it plans to tackle...
Wool highest in four years
A weak currency and keen demand pushed wool prices to their highest levels in four years, with the Cape Wools market indicator rising 4,8% to close at R41,90/kg clean.Issue Date:...
Call for info on smallstock loss
An appeal has been made by Prof HO de Waal of the African Large Predator Research Unit for farmers to supply Free State University's Canis-Caracal Programme with information about smallstock...
Sappo launches pig farming guide
In an effort to improve its support for emerging pork farmers, the SA Pork Producers' Organisation (Sappo) has launched a manual aimed at the informal sector, small-scale pig producer who...
Climate change to hit Africa
On a recent visit to Cape Town, Sir Nicholas Stern, the head of the UK government's economics service, said the effects of climate change would be felt globally, but would...
Nerpo asks govt to regulate pricing of agricultural land
The National Emergent Red Meat Producers' ORGANISATION (Nerpo) has called on government to regulate the pricing of agricultural land.Issue Date: 30 March 2007
NGOs slam ‘biased’ consultations on biofuels strategy
A group of South African citizens and non-governmental organisations have declared the country's Draft Biofuels Industrial Strategy flawed after finding government consulted extensively with industry on the document while not...
Hotline planned for farm evictions
One the key measures being taken by government to protect farmworkers is establishing a Land Rights Management Facility “that will provide legal representation to victims of all forms of land...
No bail for farmer’s suspected killers
Three men accused of killing an elderly Mpumalanga farmer during a robbery in January have been denied bail. Issue Date: 30 March 2007
Group wins compensation for slaughtered dairy cows
The Port Elizabeth High Court has ruled in favour of the Grasslands Group of dairy farms which recently took the Department of Agriculture to court over alleged irregularities in compensation...
PERSPECTIVE – 30 March 2007
Workers offload Angora goat carcasses from a flatbed trailer in the Eastern Cape. Issue Date: 30 March 2007
Make peace with Lulu, says Karaan
Suth Africa's agricultural leaders will have to find more constructive methods to address conflict with land and agriculture minister Lulama Xingwana, said Mohammad Karaan, chairperson of the National Agricultural Marketing...
Ethanol Africa gets R825m injection
Biofuel Company Ethanol has secured funding of R825 million to continue construction of the first maize-to-ethanol plant in Bothaville in the Free State. This announcement comes amid recent allegations by...
