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Despite the so-called advantages and well-intended plans outlined in an article by Shell SA upstream manager Jan Willem Eggink in the Landbouweekblad of 21 June, Shell’s exploitation of the natural gas in the Karoo is fraught with bad environmental after-effects.

I attended the National Wool Grower’s Association (NWGA) congress in May, where you were one of the speakers.

I refer to the column ‘Townie has gone off biltong’ by Derek Christopher (7 June).

Derek Christopher’s article of 7 June left me shaking my head in disbelief.

On behalf of the Grahamstown Riding Club committee, the members and the participants in the Settlers Show, we would like to thank Farmer’s Weekly for your support of the GRC’s major annual event.

We live in an economic system where the tail is wagging the dog.

There is no cider-making tradition in South Africa. This may seem surprising, particularly as South Africa is ranked number 16 in terms of annual apple production.

I’m referring to the By Invite article ‘…and now for the good news!’ (31 May, pg 6).

HIGHEST (HEIFER): R70 000

I bought the Farmer’s Weekly of 5 April 2013 for the first time because of the beautiful picture of the Nguni cattle on the cover. I read Dr Meulenbeld’s insightful article on the Nguni milk trait with huge interest (pg 52).

I have been reading FW for many years and believe, for once, I read something positive from someone grateful: Mike Burgess’s article ‘Perseverance pays off at High Heaven’ (8 March, pg 56) on Nomthunzi Ndzulwana.

I found the story on the elephants in the Kruger National Park by Ron Thomson (12 April, pg 44) very close to my heart, for various reasons.