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Controlling the ‘famine weed’
Integrated management is needed to control parthenium, a member of the Asteraceae family and a noxious weed that threatens food security, biodiversity and human and animal health.
Bumper global soya crop depress prices
The price of local soya bean-based food products and animal feed may decline due to bumper soya bean crops in Brazil and Argentina, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Lions get comfortable in new home
The first four lions reintroduced into the uMkhuze section of KwaZulu-Natal’s iSimangaliso Wetland Park after a 44 year absence of the carnivore there, are reportedly doing well.
A website to create pig profitability
JSR Genetics, a UK company that provides pig producers worldwide with a range of products and services, including top-quality breeding stock and semen, has an easy-to-use online meat/ton of feed (MTF) calculator at www.jsrgenetics.com
Biofuel draft policy released
The long-awaited draft paper on biofuel pricing rules and regulations has been released for comment by the Department of Energy, Business Day reported.
Farm dwellings in the Karoo
Sean asks Jonno to sketch a design of five dwellings surrounding his farm in the Karoo. Read on to see Jonno's designs.
About canola
Canola production in SA is usually lower than demand and favourable prices can therefore be achieved.
Ask your market agent
Have you ever spoken to your market agent about his or her ‘legitimacy’ as a commission salesperson?
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New Holland tractor is No. 1
The New Holland T8 Auto Command tractor gets the No. 1 award from the
top exhibition for agricultural machinery.
South Africa’s economic freedom declines
South Africa’s level of ‘economic freedom’ has declined over the past decade. SA is now ranked 75 out of 178 countries in the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom, published by the US think tank Heritage Foundation.
Mango Pickle Recipe
Here’s the king, or even the queen, of mango pickle recipes. There is no better way to add a powerful new dimension to the curry of your dreams…
Businesses warned against fake SADC document
Businesses exporting to Tanzania have been scammed into obtaining certificates of ownership for the products before these can enter the country.
Guidelines on searches by SARS
There is a difference between inspections and searches, and privacy is key to that difference.
Mad about maize and working the soil
It takes major effort and progress to become a finalist in Grain SA’s Developing Grain Farmer of the Year competition. Lloyd Phillips visited Thabang Tsephe to find out how he made the cut.
Lack of funds as Zimbabweans go hungry
With an estimated two million Zimbabweans facing severe food shortages, the Mugabe government has admitted to not having money to buy food, reported by www.newzimbabwe.com.
Maize success in the Overberg
As maize is a summer crop that requires sufficient water and nutrients, most farmers won’t plant it in a winter rainfall area. But John Walker, a Western Cape farmer with access to irrigation water, produces maize to make quality silage for his Jersey cows.
Our farmers deserve honour
Throughout the drought and challenges they faced during the year, our farmers kept ploughing on.
DA report card fails Tina
Minister of agriculture Tina Joemat-Pettersson has been rated one of the worst performers in the 2013 Cabinet Report Card compiled by the DA.
DAFF replies to public protector regarding irregular tender
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has released a statement in response to the public protector’s 2013 report on allegations of an irregular awarding of a tender to Sekunjalo Marine Services Consortium.
The Anglo-Boer War’s Basutoland refugees
It is a little known fact that Orange Free State Boer families were once offered refuge during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) in Lesotho, then Basutoland. The resentment of Boer fighters, who sacrificed everything in the war, towards returning refugees reverberates to this day.
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