Maize meal and bread prices set to rise further
Grain prices have been ticking steadily upwards over the past year, but the recent searing heat and lack of rain is likely to lead to even higher prices, and push...
Merino rams join communal flocks
More than 3 000 quality-bred Merino rams are being distributed to 300 shearing sheds in an effort to add value to communal flocks in the former Transkei and CiskeiIssue Date...
‘Biofuels industry needs co-ops’
For the biofuels industry to succeed, emerging farmers need to be organised into cooperatives so that they can jointly deliver to biofuels plants, negotiate good input prices, have access to...
Agriculture database goes live
In an effort to make agricultural knowledge and marketing tools more widely - and cheaply - available, the Department of Agriculture has launched an online database containing information on aspects...
Elephant culling proposed as a last resort by DEAT
Enironmental affairs and tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has proposed that culling be used to reduce the size of an elephant population - but only once other management options have...
Jumbo ‘mother’ steps down
Dr Marion Garai, the “mother” of Elephant Management and Owners' Association (EMOA) has stepped down after 12 years as chairperson.Issue Date 16 March 2007
Weaker rand boosts wool
The local wool market edged higher due to A SOFTER currency and the return of the Chinese to the market after their New Year celebrations. Prices for good-quality wool again...
Evictions – the row rages on
The controversy over abuses on farms was taken to parliament when the Human Rights Commission presented a briefing to the land and environment committee on evictions. Stephan Hofstätter attended the...
UK to develop ‘green’ labels
The united kingdom has pledged its commitment to developing environmental labelling for food. Issue Date 16 March 2007
Joint biofuels initiative begins
Brazil, the US, China and European Commission recently launched a joint initiative to create a world market to increase the production, distribution and use of biofuels.Issue Date 16 March 2007
Grain forecasts revised downwards
Grain planting and production forecasts have been trimmed for the 2006/07 season after poor rains and high temperatures limited many farmers' plantings.Issue Date 16 March 2007
Parmalat’s BEE milk premium debated
The CEO of the Milk Producers' Organisation, Bertus de Jongh, said he is certain farmers would welcome any price increase, but warned that incentives designed to make farmers meet empowerment...
Clover opens hi-tech plant in E Cape
Clover recently launched its “state of the art” milk processing plant in Perseverance, between Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage. The facility, the first of its kind in the Eastern Cape, will...
SA imports first-ever black truffle spore
KwaZulu-Natal-based Truffles of Africa is the first South African company to have imported the spore of the black truffle (Tuber melanosporum).Issue Date 16 March 2007
Information day emphasises role of plum education
The SA Stone Fruit PRODUCERS' Association (Saspa) in conjunction with the Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market (JFPM) and leading agents recently held a plum information day at the JFPM. The project...
‘Africa needs expanded trade’
Former state president FW de Klerk said steps should be taken to increase Africa's diminishing share of global trade which, he said, has declined from 2% in 1980 to 1%...
‘I’ll advise expropriation’
Gauteng and North West land claims commissioner Tumi Seboka has warned that in all cases where negotiations on land claims cannot be concluded as a result of “intransigence and deliberate...
Perspective
What a gem! Elizabeth Mathys, who works as a domestic worker on a farm in the Koo Valley in Montagu in the Western Cape, proudly shows off this gigantic gem...
CMW’s funding debts send earnings below par
Cape Mohair and Wool's (CMW's) reliance on borrowings for funding, together with the loss incurred in sales of accumulated wool stocks, has resulted in lower earnings than expected, according to...
NW campaign fosters care of the land
The North West Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment has just wrapped up an awareness campaign aimed increasing communities' awareness of land care issues in the province.Issue Date: 9 March...
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