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Annelie Coleman represents Farmer’s Weekly in the Free State, North West and Northern Cape. Agriculture is in her blood. She grew up on a maize farm in the Wesselsbron district where her brother is still continuing with the family business. Annelie is passionate about the area she works in and calls it ‘God’s own country’. She’s particularly interested in beef cattle farming, especially with the indigenous African breeds.

Potatoes heralded as secret to food security

"This day is part of the UN'S International Year of the Potato (IYP) - an opportunity to celebrate the potato as one of the world's undisputed champions of food security.
Issue date : 14 November 2008

Demand for animal protein to double

The demand for animal protein will double in the next 20 years, which means most of the meat supply will need to come from developing countries. So said Prof Herman van Schalkwyk, the dean of the Department of Agriculture at the University of the Free State
Issue Date: 31 October 2008

Sharp decrease in expected harvest

It' s highly unlikely that more than 2 million tons of wheat will be harvested in South Africa this year, because conditions in the Free State, in particular, have deteriorated so dramatically since the last estimate
Issue Date: 31 October 2008

Free State remains dry, but there have been good rains elsewhere

The Free State remains dry despite isolated showers of between 10mm and 30mm in the northeastern parts of the province, including the Reitz, Heilbron and Frankfort districts. The rest of the province is very dry, especially in the central parts.
Issue Date: 31 October 2008

Summer grain input costs could rule out profits

Price expectations in summer grain production areas are such that profits under the present conditions are virtually impossible said Neels Ferreira the chairperson of Grain SA. "The input cost inflation changed the risk farmers have to carry dramatically and in some cases, input costs per hectare are actually higher than the value of the land," he explained. "Given the sharp year-on-year increases, it now costs almost 80% more than last year to plant summer crops.
Issue Date: 31 October 2008

Free State better for meat as grain inputs soar

"The Free State cattle and sheep herds currently comprise 25,5% of the national herd, making it the province with the largest livestock numbers in the country," said Andre Ferreira, the Free State Red Meat Producers' Organisation (RPO) chairperson.
Issue date : 24 October 2008

EU open for SA game

"WE are relieved that the ban by the EU on game exports has been lifted, especially in light of the huge demand for venison in Western Europe," said president of Wildlife Ranching South Africa (WRSA), Dr Gert Dry.

Free State fire damage down from 2007 figures

Approximately 140 000ha of land were destroyed by veld fires in the Free State this year - a marked decrease from the 387 000ha destroyed in 2007.
Issue date : 17 October 2008

‘Cautious optimism’ over Zim power share

South African agricultural leaders are cautiously optimistic about the power-sharing deal between Zimbabwean leaders.
Issue date : 26 September 2008

Grants causing social decay and work problems

"Government grants are destroying our people in the Northern Cape," Willem-Cobus Fourie from Groblershoop stated at the recent Cape congress in Kimberley.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

US sticks with organics despite lean times

While consumers in the UK are scaling down on the amount of organic products they buy because of rising living costs due to global food inflation, the organic food market in the US has attracted a fiercely loyal customer base.
Issue date : 12 September 2008

Steytler’s farming hope is vested in the constitution

At the 2008 Free State Agriculture Congress, re-elected President of Free State Agriculture Louw Steytler warned in his opening remarks that he was going to deliver an unusual chairperson's report, because agriculture as an industry finds itself in unusual circumstances.
Issue date : 22 August 2008

Educate politicians and consumers for survival’ – Bosman

Oganised agriculture must take note of the leadership change in the ANC and educate the new leaders about the importance of commercial agriculture, as far as food security and eradication of poverty is concerned, Agri SA president Lourie Bosman told delegates of the Free State agriculture congress in Bloemfontein.
Issue date : 15 August 2008

Shift in ANC perceptions of agriculture

"The ANC government has looked at commercial agriculture through the prism of social welfare," said Prof Dirk KotzÃ©, head of the Department of Political Science at Unisa and speaker at the Free State Agriculture congress in Bloemfontein.
Issue date : 22 August 2008

Simmentaler’s Massman joins the Brahman society

"I speak on behalf of all the Brahman breeders when I say that we're honoured and privileged to have the internationally renowned Namibian-born Peter Massman join our team
Issue date : 15 August 2008

New publication celebrates citrus empowerment

Launching the publication Harvest of Hope, which celebrates the successes of 14 BEE joint-venture enterprises in the Western and Northern Cape citrus industry, chairperson of the Western Producers' Forum Gerrit van der Merwe commented that South African society is in the process of dramatic and sometimes traumatic transition.
Issue date : 16 August 2008

Once again Doha disappoints

The latest negotiations in the Doha trade round of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva collapsed on 29 July, as the US, India and China failed to reach agreement on import tariffs on agricultural products.
Issue date : 15 August 2008

Australian water storage tanks gaining popularity in SA

The demand for versatile efficient, ecofriendly water-storage containers in SA is growing daily as a result of population growth, as well as mining, industrial, agricultural and property development projects that are forging ahead like never before.
Issue date : 01 August 2008

Market will stabilise, says MPO man

Milk prices are starting to stabilise in spite of the Milk Producers' Organisation (MPO's) claim that there isn't a surplus of milk in the country. National Agricultural Marketing Council's (NAMC) latest report showed that the average increase in the price of dairy products was only 0,13% from January to April 2008.
Issue date : 01 August 2008

Flexi bond rethink won’t hurt farmers

Absa's reconsidering of its Flexi loans on bonds will have minimum impact on farmers, said Ernst Janovsky, general manager at Absa Agribusiness.
Issue date 01 August 2008

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