Caxton Magazines
Dealing with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
Hanlie Snyman from the Institute for Disability Innovation (IDI) in the Northern Cape explains the need for Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) awareness, support, prevention, as well as skills training programmes for pregnant women.
Transforming forestry
Farming timber the biological way and adding cattle will boost your profit.
Agri SA undertakes to co-operate with new cabinet
Agri SA will “attempt to co-operate at best with the new cabinet ministers,” said the organisation’s president, Johannes Möller, in a media statement.
Agri-Food Career Fair set to promote agriculture
The Agri-Food Career Fair, an initiative of the Produce Marketing Association (PMA), will take place from 22 to 23 May at the University of Pretoria.
Conservationists rescue a pack of SA’s last free-roaming wild dogs
Some 15 of the last known free-roaming African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in South Africa have been safely released at an undisclosed location in Limpopo.
‘We earn much more from sugarcane’
Supported by the Swazi government, the EU, Illovo and traditional chiefs, a smallholder sugarcane farming project is alleviating poverty in its area of operation.
Food security versus world peace
The next global war will in all probability be caused by a lack of food. There will never be peace in the world if enough food isn’t produced.
Warm reception in Chile
Dohne Merino sheep are improving wool production profits in Chile, with a reduction in fibre diameter already evident. Dohne Merino consultant Cameron McMaster reports.
The Draft Agricultural Produce Marketing Agencies Bill – A recipe for failure?
The Draft Agricultural Produce Marketing Agencies Bill is somewhere in the pipeline on the way to becoming an Act.
Goats and sheep – Strutting their stuff
The ‘male effect’ is a natural and ethical way to better reproduction in goats and sheep, says Roelof Bezuidenhout.
Likely diseases of Swiss Chard
Some diseases of Swiss chard are weather-related. These include Cercospora (leaf spot), downy mildew, mosaic virus, and a fungal disease I have yet to identify.
Horses – How to treat itching skin
Treating skin conditions promptly will save you from bigger problems later on, says Kim Dyson.
Mohair farmers and their record-breaking goats
In a special project, the Italian company Vitale BarbenisCanonico recently offered BKB clients exceptional prices for kids’ mohair with the necessary qualities – super style and character, good length and kemp free.
Food, beverage and tobacco sales decline
The retail sales figures of food, beverages and tobacco were the weakest sector measured by Statistics South Africa’s retail sales figures in March, declining 1,8 % on a yearly basis.
Solving a nutty problem
Harvesting macadamias and other nuts is costly in SA. New equipment
could soon change this, says Joe Spencer.
Mlengana calls for unity in agriculture
Mike Mlengana, chairperson of Afasa, speaking at a panel discussion on Thursday morning, at Nampo, said there were key fundamentals to the debate on land reform.
Nampo grows stronger!
Some 100 private planes were counted at the start of Africa’s largest agricultural event, Nampo Harvest Day, on Tuesday tying in with similar attendance figures to last year.
Farmers must express greater support for NDP
The agriculture sector has widely welcomed the National Development Plan (NDP), which places much focus on the important contribution that farming and the agri-value chain can make towards job creation, revitalising rural communities and economic development.
NWK and Senwes to join forces
Two SA producer-controlled agri-companies have announced their intention to merge.
Land claims shouldn’t influence production – Zille
The next agriculture minister should have good relationship-building skills, not only technical knowledge of the industry.
