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Zokwana urges collaboration between government and agriculture sector
Government policies on agriculture must be aligned to the needs of the sector, if agriculture is to become a driver of job creation in South Africa.
Food inflation on the increase
South Africa’s consumer inflation increased to 6, 6% year-on-year in May from 6, 1% in April. This was according to Stats SA figures released on Wednesday, 18 June.
Breathing life back into the villages of Ncora
Hailed as a success story by the Eastern Cape premier, Noxolo Kiviet, during her 2014 State of the Province address, Ncora Dairy shows how private-community partnerships can lead to genuine rural
development. Grant Hollins reports.
Chicken Kiev
I have never understood the Kiev reference, since so much of this meal is Italian in style. While a bit fussy, this ingredient combination is really two recipes in one: stuffed chicken fillets and a splendid mushroom risotto.
Western Cape horse movement restrictions lifted
Western Cape horse owners can let out a sigh of relief after movement restrictions due to African horse sickness (AHS) were lifted.
Time to set the record straight
Large-scale commercial farming is as environmentally friendly and socially responsible as any other type of farming. It is our duty to explain this to the consumer.
Zuma wants to create one million agri jobs
In his State of the Nation address in parliament last night (17 June), President Jacob Zuma identified agriculture as a key job driver, recommitting to the target set out in the National Development Plan (NDP) for the agriculture sector to create one million jobs by 2030.
Check export fynbos for bugs, industry advised
Authorities in the Netherlands, which dominates the cut flower industry with more than 60% of world trade, has been tasked by the EU to intensify inspections of all food and horticultural products with emphasis on pests and diseases, Fynbos Voice said in a media statement.
Buyer beware – be very aware!
Websites that are run like newspaper classifieds should be treated with caution.
KZN farmers reeling from long-weekend wildfires
A series of wildfires around KwaZulu-Natal turned the Youth Day long weekend into one of devastation and mourning.
Feeding slaughter lambs for profit
In the second part of a two-part series on managing sheep nutrition, Dr Francois van de Vyver takes a closer look at various economically efficient methods of readying slaughter lambs
for markets and feedlots.
Western Cape to invest in youth skills development
A joint venture by the Western Cape departments of economic development and agriculture will invest R167 million and R163 million respectively in skills development programmes targeting youth.
Agri SA gets legal advice on land reform
Agri SA recently held a workshop and invited experts and legal practitioners to help the organisation reflect on how to deal with issues around land reform.
Free State Agriculture not fighting minimum wage
Free State Agriculture (FSA) is not opposed to paying a minimum wage of R150/day to farm workers, but is lobbying government for an enabling environment where famers can afford to pay a worker R5 000/month.
Local livestock farmer jets off to Lincoln, Nebraska
The ABSA ARC National Emerging Beef Farmer of the Year 2012, Matshidiso Molale-Mooketsi from North West will be attending the Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) Annual Meeting and Research Symposium in Lincoln, Nebraska, in the US, from 18 to 21 June.
Trout & war in the Amatholes
The streams of the Amathole Mountains – including the Wolf River – were immortalised by Sydney Hey in his African fly-fishing text, The Rapture of the River. Mike Burgess travelled up the Keiskamma River in search of the rainbow trout of the Wolf.
Diatomaceous earth – natural and effective
Diatomaceous earth has been used the world over for decades as a
means of pest control.
The importance of performance recording
The International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) aims to promote the development and improvement of performance recording and evaluation of livestock. Annelie Coleman spoke to ICAR president Uffe Lauritsen.
Diversification and value-adding rewarded
Wesselsbron maize farmer Boeboe Louw is the Free State Young Farmer of the Year for 2014. He shares his farming philosophy with Annelie Coleman.
Practical transformation
In his budget, former Minister Pravin Gordhan allocated large sums to improve the lot of small-scale farmers, while Fetsa Tlala will supposedly “boost domestic food production and reduce reliance on imports”.
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