Promise of the Oasis can be deceiving
The 42ha farm Ostrich Oasis in Hammanskraal near Pretoria was once a thriving business, offering unique tourism opportunities and a ready source of meat and chicks. However, since 2006, when...
Getting it right with sable
With the hunting industry stimulating the market for rare species, many farmers tried their hand at intensive farming of sable antelope. Many burned their fingers and sables got the blame....
The sturdy bloodline of the SA Boerperd
The Boerperd is a tough, versatile horse with a proud history. It is also considered the fastest-growing recognised breed in South Africa, according to breeder Michael van Rensburg. Annelie Coleman...
A thriving country market
In early 2004 Karen Moerdyk and her husband Leedert settled on a small farm not far from East London with little idea of what to do. Now Karen has successfully...
Golden rice passes first test
Golden rice, genetically biofortified to contain beta-carotene (pro-vitamin A), has shown its efficiency in uptake and conversion in the initial nutritional study with humans. Issue date: February 2008
Seeing more boom than doom and gloom
The past five years have seen the exponential growth of an agricultural and equipment sales and service centre, Malcomess Tempe, in the somewhat derelict industrial zone of Butterworth. Mike Burgess...
Seeing more boom than doom and gloom
The past five years have seen the exponential growth of an agricultural and equipment sales and service centre, Malcomess Tempe, in the somewhat derelict industrial zone of Butterworth. Mike Burgess...
Land activist faces down fraud claims
Nosey Pieterse, the activist preacher behind the Porterville land invasion, who habitually uses mass action to highlight farmworker grievances, has been drawn into the financial scandal over misuse of wine...
First black CEO of the PPECB
At the end of December last year, Former chief operating officer at the Department of Agriculture Luvuyo Mabombo was appointed CEO of the Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB) Issue...
Underberg’s best Holsteins for 2007
Underberg recently held a very successful Go Black and White Holstein competition for the second year running. Judges Herman Duvenage, general manager of the SA Holstein Society, and Brett Puttergill,...
KZN murder not linked to land
The man allegedly responsible for the murder of David Green is reported to have said that his motive was robbery. This has put an end to speculation that Green’s assassination-style...
Police arrested for farm murder
Three Eastern Cape policemen have been arrested for the murder of a Seymour farmer. Investigators looking into the matter found conflicting police and postmortem reports and then uncovered evidence implicating...
