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Roelof Bezuidenhout’s interview with Arthur Rudman (16 November, pg 38) refers. It has been a while since Mr Rudman last appeared in your magazine and to his credit, he remains passionately consistent.

I recently overheard a dairy farmer saying that the dairy industry is in a crisis. What is the reason for this?

  Business owners,including farmers, are often urged to “work smarter, not harder”. Now there’s a device that puts this theory into hi-tech practice – helping...

When it comes to breeding quality racers, Mother Nature can be stingy, but there are ways of helping her along, says Thomas Smit.

STEP 5: Ecological corridors

With reference to ‘Who’s educating consumers’ (28 September, pg 6) and ‘The claims on retail products’ (12 October, pg 8), I would like to take issue with both articles.

I am a young Zimbabwean farmer from Bulawayo. I grew up on a farm but was not really into farming as I did not have a clear vision of the prospects of the industry.

Two readers responded to the news article entitled ‘Millions go to waste in failed tunnel projects’. (16 November, pg 20)

I am a youngster from Botswana who farms with various grains, such as maize and sorghum.

There is nothing new presented in your piece ‘Taking action on predator control’ (16 November, pg 38). Farmers have proved beyond a doubt that...

In terms of the multitude of market-related problems and challenges which farmers in general seek to address at the many sector-specific conferences and meetings held across our country almost on a daily basis, we are largely being left behind in the cut-throat world of ‘big business’.

I have just bought my copy of Farmer’s Weekly. There are very few ‘things’ in life which give me as great a sense of pride and belonging as your weekly editions.