Cotton demand outgrows supply
World cotton production is expected to decline by 2% in 2007/08 to 26,1 million tons, with world cotton imports forecast to rise by 10% to 9,1 million tons, due to...
Bird flu hits England again
The highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu has reached England for a second time this year with a confirmed case on a turkey farm on the Suffolk-Norfolk county border....
Sound water use gives food security
Better water and land management will enhance the worldwide supply of food and fibre, according to the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. The commission's second conference, held in Muldersdrift...
Komatiland Forests face tribunal
The competition commission has referred a complaint by New Scotland Sawmill against state-owned Komatiland Forests (KLF) to the competition tribunal. Issue date: 30 November 2007
Mainstay best vodka in the world
South African cane spirit Mainstay was recently named the best vodka in the world by the exclusive selection panel of the International Wine & Spirit Competition in London. Issue date:...
Mohair market steadies
The second-last mohair sale of the winter season was characterised by good competition among all five buying houses. Issue date: 30 November 2007
Farmworkers on the march
The SA Communist Party (SACP) and Food and Allied Workers' Union (Fawu) organised a march of about 500 farmworkers through Rustenburg in North West on 17 November to protest against...
Goat traders await R3m hub
A R3 million purpose-built trading hub for goat traders in Ezimbuzini, KZN, due to open in December, will catapult traders into the 21st century. Issue date: 30 November 2007
Cape Wools gets new chairperson
Geoff Kingwill, a wool producer from Murraysburg, was unanimously elected chairperson of Cape Wools at a recent board of directors' meeting following the AGM. Issue date: 30 November 2007
Namibia: land reform not reducing poverty
Namibia's land reform programme is a “zero-sum game” that merely swaps one form of poverty for another, according to an independent report on attempts to find an equitable solution to...
Confusion over EU meat product ban
The EU has banned certain meat products, but the SA Department of Agriculture says it's because they recommended the ban. Priscilla Sehoole, spokesperson for the department, says the ban only...
TAU SA approaches DA for land tax clout
TAU SA leadership recently met a DA delegation of leader Helen Zille, former agriculture minister Kraai van Niekerk, Maans Nel and former Bothaville farmer Andries Botha, to discuss matters affecting...
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