No bail for farmer’s suspected killers
Three men accused of killing an elderly Mpumalanga farmer during a robbery in January have been denied bail. Issue Date: 30 March 2007
Group wins compensation for slaughtered dairy cows
The Port Elizabeth High Court has ruled in favour of the Grasslands Group of dairy farms which recently took the Department of Agriculture to court over alleged irregularities in compensation...
PERSPECTIVE – 30 March 2007
Workers offload Angora goat carcasses from a flatbed trailer in the Eastern Cape. Issue Date: 30 March 2007
Make peace with Lulu, says Karaan
Suth Africa's agricultural leaders will have to find more constructive methods to address conflict with land and agriculture minister Lulama Xingwana, said Mohammad Karaan, chairperson of the National Agricultural Marketing...
Ethanol Africa gets R825m injection
Biofuel Company Ethanol has secured funding of R825 million to continue construction of the first maize-to-ethanol plant in Bothaville in the Free State. This announcement comes amid recent allegations by...
Land: ‘first refusal’ plan stirs a storm
A proposal being put to Cabinet that landowners wishing to sell their properties should first offer them to the state has sparked fears the land market could grind to a...
Fuel hike will hit food prices
Already faced with escalating prices, consumers will from next month have to fork out more for fuel - which will impact further on food prices.Issue Date: 30 March 2007
Lulu’s comments cut SA Canegrowers
Land and agriculture minister Lulama Xingwana had Canegrowersofficials scurrying to implement damage control recently after she mistakenly accused the organisation of carrying out transformation within its management structures too slowly,...
Devastating FS fires investigated
Forensic investigations are under way to determine the cause of a wildfire that recently swept through farms 20km north of Bloemfontein in the Free State, causing massive damage to crops,...
Biofuels challenge the feed industry
Growth in grain-based ethanol production will have a significant impact on the feed industry. This was a key message from Roger Gilbert, secretary general of the International Feed Industry Federation,...
Grain SA rejects proposed changes to AgriBee
Grain has resolved not to support the adjustments to the draft AgriBEE charter proposed by land and agriculture minister Lulama Xingwana.Issue date:23 March 2007
‘Agriculture must forge ties with government’
The CEO of the Agricultural Business Chamber Tobias Doyer said the agriculture industry needs to develop partnerships with private organisations and government to ensure the development of technology to increase...
