The Foldaway House – up in minutes
For landowners with staff living on their properties, swiftly erecting temporary housing after disasters, such as the 2007 wildfires that razed many rural homes, can pose a major challenge. Issue...
Transplant sizes for various seedlings
When transplanting, younger, smaller seedlings usually take longer to get going again than older ones, but yields will be the same. The way seedlings respond to being transplanted at different...
Expectations are created, and unfulfilled expectations can be a dangerous thing.
Generosity is a wonderful human attribute, but it can sometimes backfire. Take care. Issue Date: 8 January 2008
LSEDI is dead, long live DIY
When farmers had government's full support, they developed a Let Someone Else Do It attitude (LSEDI). Those days are long gone.Issue Date: 8 January 2008
Agri SA on the outlook for 2008
Lourie Bosman, president of Agri SA, reviews the year and outlines the challenges facing the agricultural industry in the year to come. These include improved competitiveness and safety and security....
New Holland wins big at Agritechnica Show
New Holland's T7000 tractor won the prestigious Tractor of the Year Award at the Agritechnica machinery show. The top prize was complemented by the Golden Tractor for Design AwardIssue Date:...
Baby veggies grow up
Supermarket shelves are groaning under the weight of baby veggies. From the good old staples like baby corn, carrots and mixed marrows, to newer innovations like baby spinach, cauliflower, cabbage...
Preparing for elephants on private land
For Dr Heinz and Debbie Kohrs of White Elephant Safari Lodge, preparing to reintroduce elephants onto privately owned land was a challenge, requiring both strict adherence to the law and...
South African Simmentalers for a world market
Southern African Simmentaler genes are in high demand in all the world's major beef-producing countries for their fertility, functional efficiency and carcass qualities. In partnership with a leading Canadian outfit,...
Prepare to trade fruit with China
'If 10% of China's population are potential customers, that's 80 million people,' says agricultural economist Daan Louw. He spelled out the risks, challenges and rewards of fruit trade with China...
How to farm fish in the arid Karoo
Aquaculturist Glen Thomas and farmer Stephen de la Harpe are developing a plan to encourage Karoo farmers to grow bream in their dams. Not only do they hope to open...
Ostrich exports strengthened
Masiphula Mbongwa, DG of the National Department of Agriculture, Provincial of Agriculture and the Agriculture Research Council (ARC) have met with the South African Ostrich Business Chamber (SAOBC)'s Anton Kruger...
