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Western Cape farmers who believe they are not adequately remunerated for the quality of wheat they produce are investigating establishing a distinctive brand or a separate price determination mechanism to improve prices.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

Western Cape wheat producers have requested Grain SA to search for an effective system to replace the use of in calculating the transport differential.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

The absence of black commercial farmers is a major limitation to food security in sub-Saharan Africa, and there is an urgent need for role-models to instill enthusiasm in the younger farming generation.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

The Mpumalanga Land Claims Commission plans to appeal against a ruling that officials had no right to expand a land claim to include properties not listed in an original claim form.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

The land reform programme is not delivering sufficiently on any of the essential requirements for agriculture to act as an engine of economic growth, according to Nick Vink, chairperson of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Stellenbosch.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

Biosciences executive director of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Gatsha Mazithulela, said the Africa Biofortified Sorghum (ABS) project will only appeal government's decision to reject its application to proceed with greenhouse experiments on transgenic sorghum once all the possible avenues have been exhausted.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

A group of farmers in the Eastern Cape, seeking compensation for being forced to sell their land for homeland consolidation under apartheid, will square off against the Land Claims Commission in court.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

THE RESULTS OF THE CONTENTIOUS boundary determination survey between New Venture Farm in the Nkwalini Valley, KZN and the neighbouring communal land of the eSibhonsweni community will be released on 2 March, according to the KZN land affairs department.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

Grain SA has condemned the THREE companies alleged to be involved in fixing the price of bread. “If the financial results of these companies are studied and the allegations are true, it is difficult to understand that they cannot compete with one another in a fair and just manner,” said Neels Ferreira
Issue date: 2 March 2007

Government efforts to speed up redistribution of white-owned farms are gaining momentum with the announcement of a fresh round of forced sales, changes to expropriation law to force the hand of unwilling sellers and the creation of a multibillion-rand state land buying entity.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

White maize prices on 19 February rose by R45/t for a second consecutive day, hitting a four-year high, amid grave concerns that the dry weather will severely damage crops in the main growing areas.
Issue Date: 2 March 2007

The hotly contested ban on beach driving will remain in place following the results of a study which showed the ban was the best decision to protect the environment and support sustainable development and tourism growth.
Issue Date: 2 March 2007