Preparing for the racing season
Our South African racing season begins towards the end of May and many fanciers are counting the days, but being too hasty can ruin your season. Issue Date 27 April...
Did farmers really evict almost a million people?
"The Nkuzi study probably overstates the prevalence of farm evictions" Issue Date 27 April 2007
Letter – 27 April 2007
Humane predator deterrents do work Is there a criminal campaign against food production?A matter of fact - platteland style! Issue Date 27 April 2007
Don’t delay any longer – get BEE compliant
Many farmers have adopted a wait-and-see approach to Black Economic Empowerment, hoping it will go away, or waiting for a better time to participate. At the recent Overberg Indaba, Dries...
Business booming for New Holland SA
A YEAR HAS PASSED since the announcement at the 2006 Nampo Agricultural Trade show of Invicta Holdings' acquisition of the South African New Holland agricultural machinery franchise. Since then, despite...
Black economic exasperation!
Strawberry farmer John Sandison's plan to sell 36% of his company to 15 black workers has been plagued by hurdles from the Department of Land Affairs, and has turned a...
Turn your slurry into fertiliser and save money
Slurry is difficult to dispose of and poses a threat to people, livestock and the environment. A system operated by Andrew and Liz Williams uses slurry as nutrient-rich organic fertiliser...
Farmers reject ‘one size fits all’ AgriBEE document
Farmers across the country are unhappy with the minister of agriculture's latest adjustments to the AgriBEE draft document. Good news, however, is that the industry can revert to the generic...
Farming the Sotho frontier
Pieter Vermooten farms on the Lesotho border near Ficksburg in the eastern Free State and suffers increasingly crippling losses from theft - but specifically stock theft as control along the...
A sad farewell to Prof von Holy
Prof Alex von was a brilliant lecturer and presenter. He had a delightful sense of humour and was capable of holding the attention of senior executives, scientists, students and even...
KZN 2007 sheepdog trial champions
The SA Sheepdog ASSOCIATION (SASDA) recently held the first of its seven annual regional trials near Mooi River, KZN where, according to SASDA vice-president Izak Hattingh, approximately 19 handlers and...
E Cape power line to go ahead
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism has accepted the final scoping report and has given the go-ahead for Eskom's Gamma-Grassridge power-line plan to proceed to the impact assessment phase,...
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