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APAC: Protecting your money

The Agricultural Produce Agents Council (APAC) was established in 1992 in terms of the Agricultural Produce Agents Act.

Dedicated mentorship helps achieve maize success

David Matobako, an ambitious young farmer, is proving that agricultural reform is not an idle dream. Susan Botes-Marais visited him on his Free State farm and saw how a sound partnership is making his dream of commercial grain farming come to life.

Western Cape names farm worker of the year

Jerome Thomas, general manager at Kanonkop Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, has been named the Western Cape Farm Worker of the Year.

Time to change SA’s red meat classification?

The 12th meat symposium held in Pretoria recently included a report-back on research carried out by a task team appointed in 2009 to investigate the current red meat classification system.

Beetroot for beginners (1)

This crop is ideal for small-scale farmers, says veggie expert Bill Kerr.

Turbine turbulence

Here's a look at the pros and cons of wind energy.

SA misses target to sign CADDP compact

South Africa will miss its own target for signing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development (CAADP) Programme compact this November.

The best of the Nedbank Eston Show

The Nedbank Eston Show has possibly the widest variety of machinery exhibits of any agricultural show in the country. Tractors, implements, trucks, construction equipment and even boats were on display.

Choose the right cabbage seedlings!

The seedling is the start of a very valuable crop and the stand and speed of initial growth will have a significant effect on profit.

Horses: caring for hooves

Knowing what a healthy hoof looks like will help you to recognise an unhealthy hoof straightaway, says Kim Dyson.

State-of-the-art herbicide filling line opens in Brits

A groundswell is rising to put agriculture in its rightful place where it can generate growth and employment and address food security and social inequality said Andrew Guthrie, regional director of Syngenta Africa and Asia at the opening of Syngenta’s upgraded herbicide filling plant in Brits this week.

A house design with many rooms and a view

I received a call from a couple in the Midlands who have bought a farm with the most magnificent view of the Drakensberg.

Suzán’s dolmades recipe

Spring is the ideal time to pick vine leaves for this traditional Greek delicacy and Strandveld’s soft, young Pinot noir leaves proved to be the perfect ingredient for Suzán, winemaker Conrad Vlok’s wife who decided to try her hand at this rather adventurous savoury delight.

The business of sheep farming

The National Wool Growers’ Association (NWGA) chairperson for the Joe Gqabi district, Lawrence Maduna, is a developing sheep and wool farmer who runs a self-sustaining farming operation in the tough, dry conditions of the northeastern Cape. Grant Hollins visited him on his farm, Elsieskraal, near Lady Grey, to discover the secret of his success in these harsh conditions.