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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.

Seed saving forces Monsanto to sell wheat operations

Grain SA has welcomed agricultural business (Ltd's acquisition of Monsanto's local wheat research operations.
Issue date : 18 July 2008

Bread money goes to waste in harbours

Lack of Infrastructure was cited as a major contributor to high food prices during a recent media breakfast in Midrand, Gauteng.
Issue date : 18 July 2008

What’s Lulama covering up?’ – Kraai

The removal of Land Bank chairperson Themba Langa from office strongly reinforces the perception that government is determined to sweep the extent of the rot in the bank under the carpet, said DA spokesperson
Issue date : 18 July 2008

KKSM to market Syngenta

Syngenta has appointed Klein Karoo Seed Marketing (KKSM) in Oudtshoorn to take over its vegetable-seed distribution.
Issue date : 11 July 2008

The cost of seeking justice in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean farmer Mike Campbell , his wife Angela and son-in-law Ben Freeth were abducted and brutally assaulted
Issue date : 11 July 2008

‘Positive’ crime stats disappoint SA

LAst year 154 400 people were murdered in That's twice as many people as the total population of Upington in the Northern Cape and 30 000 more than the number of residents of the Eastern Cape student town of Grahamstown.
Issue date : 11 July 2008

US floods bode well for SA maize

Four million acres (1,62 million hectares) planted to maize has been destroyed by recent floods in the US Midwest, resulting in a hike of up to R300/t in the SA maize price.
Issue date : 04 July 2008

Urgent need to fill skills gap

A shortage of skills in South Africa's smaller municipalities threatens to compromise operations maintenance and may pose a credit challenge.
Issue date : 04 July 2008

Power price gets 13,3% hike – on condition

On top of the 14,2% increase in the electricity tariff in December last year, the of SA (Nersa) has granted a 13,3% increase While this is nowhere near the 53% that requested, many fear it's more than beleaguered consumers can bear.
Issue date : 04 July 2008

When the wind blows

When the August/September winds blow in the lowlands of Lesotho, they contribute to the massive tonnage of soil lost every year through wind and water erosion.
Issue date : 04 July 2008

Safe sanitary pine shavings

SA poultry producers and horse product distributors battle to get decent bedding of consistent quality all year round.
Issue date : 20 June 2008

Free State farmers unite against Expropriation Bill

Some 900 farmers from all over the Free State attended the public hearing on the draft Expropriation Bill in Bethlehem to convey their objections.
Issue date : 13 June 2008

Stop diesel theft

Fuel is a new currency and farmers and truck-fleet owners are losing millions of rand every year to diesel theft." So says Francois van der Merwe, the developer of a range of anti-siphoning devices (ASD) guaranteed to eliminate fuel theft from the tanks of diesel vehicles.
Issue date : 06 June 2008

Pick ‘n Pay commits to curbing food costs

By halting food exports to meet domestic demand and lifting import duties on certain foodstuffs, many countries are further skewing the supply and demand imbalance, says Pick 'n Pay chairperson Raymond Ackerman.
Issue date: 06 June 2008

Ficksburg farmer shot in cold blood

IT was a sad day for FICKSBURG on 5 May 2008, when a stalwart of the community was lost, said the town's municipal manager Ratoolo Kau. He was responding to the bloody attack on the farm Stolberg, in which former Farmer's Weekly contributor, 64-year-old Jacques Moll Sr was shot and killed.
Issue date: 23 May 2008

“We will not give up” – Free State Agriculture

"South Africa is not Zimbabwe and we believe in the future of agriculture," said the president of Free State Agriculture (FSA) Louw Steytler, at the annual State Young Farmers Conference in Bloemfontein recently
Issue Date 16 May 2008

Golden opportunities in KZN

East Coast Intensive Horticulture RECENTLY held its biannual grower’s day at the Beaumont Eston Farmers Club. Chairperson John Sandison said producers in KwaZulu-Natal needed to make the most of “golden opportunities” in the province.
Issue date: 18

We will fight for better conditions

Inviting ANC president Jacob Zuma to address Grain SA’s annual congress was part of the organisation’s repositioning process, according to Grain SA general manager Dr Kobus Laubscher. He said Grain SA is increasingly being considered a vital part of agr

Lots of talk, but no action

Free State Agriculture (FSA) is confused. At the recent ANC congress in Polokwane, angry accusations were made of commercial farmers preventing black farmers from farming the ï¿½African wayï¿½. But what exactly is the ï¿½African wayï¿½ of farming, FSAï¿½s CEO Henk

NWK expands its liquid fertiliser capacity

Agricultural company NWK intends to expand the capacity of its liquid fertiliser plant in Lichtenburg to 30 000t/year. The expansion will commence this month, according to NWK’s director of trade, Dirk Lotter.
Issue Date: 14 March 2008

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