A flush of roses for the Border area
When she settled near Sunrise-on-Sea, north east of East London, Barbara Allen had no idea she'd become one of the largest cut-rose producers in the Eastern Cape. Mike Burgess visited...
Mardouw: ultra-high density olive production
Planting single-leader trees at ultra-high density - Mardouw Olive Estate in the Western Cape is experimenting with a novel alternative to the Mediterranean orchard system, and after four years returns...
Unleashing the potential of new black farmers
Grain SA wants to turn new black producers into established and successful commercial farmers through its Farmer Development Program. According to Jenny Matthews, the board member responsible for this programme,...
Beware! Game can infect your herd
Some animal diseases are easily spread from game to domestic herds. The pathogens are constantly adapting and, without careful management, can have a serious impact on both the wildlife and...
Sussex newcomer makes good
Part-time cattle farmer George Potgieter of Pothou Stud in Vredefort combined his razor-sharp business acumen with meticulous record keeping, and some luck, to receive the award for this year's Farmer's...
South Africa after 2010? on course, says expert, provided…
Despite fingering fiscal policy, labour legislation and infrastructrure as obstacles to growth, Dr Roelof Botha, economic adviser to PricewaterhouseCoopers, remains optimistic about the economy. Cornelia du Plooy reports.Issue Date: 28...
Registering a carbon reduction project
In the concluding article on carbon trading, Sonja Burger finds out how agribusinesses can register carbon emission reduction projects and earn carbon credits.Issue Date: 28 September 2007
The platteland in oils and charcoal
Award-winning artist and farm girl Pauline Gutter attempts to capture the essence of Free State rural life through her large oil paintings and charcoal sketches. Today, still in her twenties,...
Lean red meat doesn’t increase cholesterol
We've all heard that a good thick steak takes us one step closer to a heart attack, but Glenneis Erasmus finds that new research indicates otherwise.Issue Date: 28 September 2007
A GOURMET BURGER WITH ONION MARMALADE
Every month or so happiness arrives in a polystyrene box containing a relatively fresh take-away hamburger, runny with mayo, solid with salt, heaped with verlepte chips boiled in very old...
Building a maternity room
Prepare the stable carefully for a mare in foal to give her and the youngster the best possible start. Greg MilesIssue Date 21 September 2007
Farmers and workers, unite!
Anthonie Visagie, Farmworker of the Year 2005, talked to farmers and farmworkers about freeing themselves from the past at the Agri Mega Week Farmworker of the Year competition, recently held...
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