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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.

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

Farmers sued for non-payment of levies

Thabo Mofutsanyane district municipality is suing Eastern Free State farmers for up to R300 000 for allegedly not paying their Regional Services Council (RSC) bills. The RSCs were terminated in June 2006, when the last levies were payable.
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Dairy female shortage met by April

Well-known cattleman and consultant to the dairy industry Gerrie du Preez said the shortage of cows and heifers in the industry is expected to last until April. “The market can’t meet the demand for good-quality animals. animals that are available are of

Wheat breaks through the R4 000/t barrier

For the first time in history the futures price for wheat in South Africa broke through the R4 000/t barrier on the JSE earlier this month.

HRC to probe Free State water supply

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has launched an investigation in the Free State to determine whether the rights of people there are being infringed upon by government’s inability to supply clean water.

Farmers must be involved in land reform process

Farmers should get involved in the land reform process to avoid being blamed for land reform failures, said Agri SA’s government convener Borrie Erasmus.
Issue date: 22 February 2008

Dairy farmers need better prices to survive

“The only guarantee for the long term survival of South African milk producers is a production price of at least R4/ℓ,” said Koos Pienaar, chairman of the Free State Milk Producers’ Organisation. “Their economic survival is increasingly threatened

Call to withhold Eskom bonuses

No politician, Eskom board member, or Eskom senior manager should receive a salary increase or bonus until the electricity crisis has been resolved, Agri Northern Cape have said. “They are the culprits who have cost agriculturists their salaries and bonus

Fertiliser prices hamper grains profitability

Sharp increases in local fertiliser prices are undermining the profitability of the grain industry.
Issue date: 22 February 2008

Opportunity for developing farmers

Grain SA, Oos Vrystaat Kaap Operations Ltd (OVK) and the Free State Department of Agriculture have undertaken to work together in an initiative to support developing farmers who aim to become commercial farmers. OVK’s BEE manager, Deon van der Ross, said

SAPD not taking crime seriously – Free State Agriculture

Kobus Breytenbach of State Agriculture’s law and order committee says it is clear the SA Police Department (SAPD) in the Free State is not motivated to solve and prevent violent crimes. This follows the police’s unwillingness to attend a meeting with orga

Farmer gets international relief

A Zimbabwean farmer, 75-year-old Mike Campbell of Chegutu, has been given interim relief from land grabbers in the first-ever ruling made by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Tribunal in Namibia.Issue Date: 11 January 2008

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