Caxton Magazines
Tips on defining the ‘growth curve’
Understanding the ‘growth curve’ can help you feed your livestock more efficiently. Roelof Bezuidenhout provides an overview of the concept.
Conservationists condemn callous killings of endangered ‘painted wolves’
SA conservationists were appalled by news of the alleged killing of four endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in Limpopo.
Add your voice to the fight against rhino poaching
Organisations that want to help fight rhino poaching have until Friday, February 7, to provide government with their suggested anti-poaching strategies.
South African wine the cheapest in the world
South Africa is the cheapest supplier of white wine and the second cheapest red wine supplier globally.
Weaker rand creates uncertainty in agriculture
What does the lower rand have in store for agriculture? Robyn Joubert spoke to a few experts.
Reforming land reform
Land restitution in SA is currently concentrated on the issue of the ‘formerly dispossessed’. This is a recipe for disaster. The focus should be on food security and using land to its maximum economic potential, says TAU SA’s Danie du Plessis.
Improving your chances in the food chain
Innovation and collaboration are part of the seven focus areas Rabobank International has created for farmers to improve their position in the food chain.
Thieves drug farmers before attack
A Limpopo grape farmer said he believed his attackers may have used chemicals to put his family and dogs to sleep before breaking into his home.
Anti-rhino poaching operation achieves unexpected results
The first of a series of intensified anti-rhino poaching efforts in KwaZulu-Natal achieved a major unexpected haul.
Free State rain a gift from above
Widespread rains have been reported in the drought-stricken areas of the North West and the Free State.
Land Bank threatens to repossess more farms
Land Bank has announced it has taken legal action against 1 560 arrears accounts, of which more than a thousand belong to black farmers.
Africa needs to step up agricultural productivity – AU
Africa has no excuse for not being able to feed itself, according to African Union Commission chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, SAnew.gov.za report.
Beef fillet casserole
Would you believe it? It seems that butchers keep the trimmings from the beef fillets separate from the actual fillets. Much cheaper than whole fillet, they allow you to prepare a luxurious yet affordable casserole.
Interest rate hike hampers farmers
The increase in the interest rate to 0,5% signals tougher times for farmers as the cost price squeeze intensifies.
Cosmic probe sheds light on soil moisture
A proposed network of soil moisture probes in SA could have important consequences for food security and disaster mitigation.
Kamab simbras: performance off the veld
Fertility and optimum meat production are the two pillars of Diethelm and Katja Metzger’s Kamab Simbra Stud. The second-largest Simbra stud herd in Southern Africa, it produces about 370 weaners a year.
Growing canola
An overview of the cultivation practices for this potentially lucrative crop.
‘Be passionate about farming’
Maurice Boki, top developing grain producer, farms maize, crossbred Bonsmaras and Dohne-Merino sheep near Matatiele in the Eastern Cape.
Breeding with the best
Arthur de Villiers of Arcadia Bonsmara near Vrede is the 2013 recipient of the ARC National Beef Cattle Improvement Herd of the Year Award.
AfriForum insists on rural safety plan
AfriForum has requested that national police commissioner Riah Phiyega implement a rural safety plan at grassroots level.
