Farmsecure ties up Yara deal
The Competition Commission has approved the sale of Yara South Africa's fertiliser retail marketing businesses to Farmsecure Technologies, an agricultural-sector service provider. Farmsecure's main focus is empowering farmers through the...
Orange juice prices set to rise
Orange juice prices are set to rise after Brazil and Florida in the US, two major orange juice suppliers, suffered crop losses due to extreme weather conditions.
MPs losing confidence in agriculture department
Members of parliament's portfolio committee for agriculture, forestry and fisheries recently lashed out at departmental officials, saying they weren't taking their work seriously.
Big businesses partner with KZN government
Major food and beverage companies Nestle© and SABMiller have entered into agribusiness partnerships with the KZN government, to develop small-scale farmers and displace imports with local produce.
Ngunis go commercial
After 25 years of trading and farming in Elliotdale in the former Transkei, Zolani Tyali eventually settled on Brooklyn, a commercial farm near Morgan's Bay in the Eastern Cape.
Agri unions differ on teamwork suggestion
Pro-Agri Forum has called for South Africa’s three main agricultural unions to work together in the best interests of the agricultural sector.
Outstanding claims list still not finalised
The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights failed to carry out an agreement it had with Agri SA to provide a list of all outstanding land claims.
Black frost will see vegetable prices rocket
The severe cold and frost that hit Limpopo could prove very costly to vegetable farmers in those areas.
Farms fail labour compliance inspections
Authorities are concerned about the slow improvement rate of compliance with labour laws on Western Cape farms after recent inspections revealed instances of non-compliance on 46% of farms.
Farmer predator forum gets joy from government
The Predation Management Forum (PMF) approached the agriculture department concerning the issue of declaring the predation of livestock and game in South Africa a national disaster, said Petrus de Wet,...
High Court says no to OVK/CMW shareholding deal
The High Court in Port Elizabeth has set aside a special resolution passed by shareholders of South African Mohair Brokers (SAMB) at an annual general meeting last year,
Brazilian beef ‘won’t rock the boat’
The impending lifting of the ban on Brazilian deboned beef – which was imposed in 2005 following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease – is not expected to have...
Zim farmer Ben Freeth awarded an MBE
British/Zimbabwean farmer Ben Freeth was awarded the status of Member of the British Empire (MBE) as part of the British queen’s birthday celebrations.
Table grape season highest volume yet
The 2009/2010 table grape season registered the highest production volumes since the start of deregulation.
A shelf for every purpose
Shelf Space has introduced the Opti Rack system for space saving and less clutter, writes Chris Nel. Issue date : 10 July 2009
Alberton’s Little Belgium
The racing pigeon as we know it was formed from a variety of fancy pigeons through the innovations of man. What Neil Armstrong did for lunar travel, the strain pioneers...
Getting it right on the communes
Aging subsistence farmers in the Sterkspruit district are reluctant to farm commercially. They shared their reasons, including small herds and resistance to moving, with Dohne Agricultural Development Institute researcher Wiseman...
State pitches in on fires
Commercial farmers often complain the state doesn't do anything for them. But as Mike Burgess discovered, Zastron farmers are using a fully trained, government-funded Working on Fire fire fighting team...
Steroids & smallstock
The smallstock stud industry in South Africa is plagued by the illegal use of steroids to artificially boost animal growth. But these drugs damage the growth and fertility of the...
