Good times at the Royal Show
The Royal Show held in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal from 25 May to 3 June was a resounding success. According to the Royal Agricultural Society's general manager Terry Strachan, the Royal Show...
Mining house wins with roses
Living Gold, the high-tech rose farm established by Gold Fields in Carletonville west of Johannesburg, has scooped top honours for the Product of the Year category at the 2006 WesBank...
SA facing a supply-side crisis
While the current shortages of staple food products like wheat and maize are drought-related, there is a danger that a structural shortfall in agricultural production will eventually emerge, mainly because...
Water weeds could cost farmers millions
Water weeds, both exotic and indigenous, have a phenomenal capacity to reproduce and spread, and uncontrolled, they could have serious negative effects on water quality and price, warned Dr Christo...
Grahamstown to be ostrich hub again
Ostrimark SA plans to restore Grahamstown to its position as one of the country's leading ostrich industry hubs by establishing a leather processing factory in the town.
Parmalat advert milks debate
The latest Parmalat advertisement has left a sour taste in the mouths of numerous SA dairy farmers.
SA ostriches get a foothold in Russia
South African ostrich products might soon be exported to Russia. Anton Kruger, CEO of the South African Ostrich Chamber, recently went on a trade mission to Moscow on behalf of...
Royal Show visitors were no match for Farmer’s Weekly strongmen
While there was no lack of participants willing to test their strength at the three-day Farmer's Weekly Strongman Competition at this year's Royal Show held in Pietermaritzburg, KZN, they all...
SA achieves world-record lamb carcass price
The South African red meat industry has been shot into the global spotlight after the top lamb carcass at the Royal Show in Pietermaritzburg, KZN, was sold on auction for...
The challenges of moving produce
Solving the country's agrilogistics problems has been likened to taming a dinosaur. The Departments of Agriculture and Transport, along with various agriculture and logistics stakeholders, recently held a workshop to...
Top brass leave farming sector
TWO OF THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY'S top leaders have announced that they will be leaving the sector. Issue date 15 June 2007
