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Adding Dormers to a Merino operation
Well-known Merino stud breeder Eddie Prinsloo has diversified into Dormer sheep and is getting excellent results with this dual-purpose breed.
Packaging – make the right choices
Packaging choices could spell success or failure in the agriculture sector, especially for exports. This is according to Ralph von Veh, MD of the corrugated division of leading paper and packaging company Mpact. Robyn Joubert reports.
Afasa calls for a separate agri youth fund
Existing financing models aimed at rural youth development in agriculture, were ineffective and not serving the needs of the youth.
R30 000 fine for animal cruelty
A Groot Marico farmer has been fined R30 000 for neglecting to feed a herd of 600 cattle.
Dispossessed Zim farmers one step closer to compensation
South African farmers and former Zimbabwean farmers dispossessed by land grabs in that country won an important victory after the Constitutional Court upheld an earlier judgement that Zimbabwean-owned property in SA be seized to pay a punitive costs order.
How to start your own poultry business
New opportunities to generate a sustainable income are opening up in SA’s poultry industry.
Warrantless searches – what you need to know
A recent court case has helped to define how far Sars officials are allowed to go when it comes to searching your home or business.
Biological farming – it works for them!
Biological farming is the solution to the crisis of ever-spiralling production costs, writes John Fair.
Milking the system for all it’s worth
The state, it seems, has now helped certain connected families become instant dairy farmers. And this while smallholders cannot get title deeds.
New research exposes distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) myth
Producers who feed pigs with saturated fats to undo the fat-softening effect of a diet that includes distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are wasting their time and money, according to new research.
Netting flies boosts milk yields
The use of treated mosquito nets in cow sheds has more than doubled the milk yields of small-scale farmers in Kenya. Robyn Joubert reports.
Beware of those website ads
A search for micro-tracking devices for livestock led to a lesson about ‘viral marketing’
The many roles of farming
Agriculture is no longer merely a supplier of food, fuel and fibre – it plays a huge multifunctional role. Our government, however, doesn’t realise this.
If the soil comes first, the rest will follow
Diversification and a focus on soil health have earned Danie Slabbert the title of Free State Agriculture’s Young Farmer of the Year 2013. Lindi van Rooyen spoke to him.
Hunger talks in Addis Ababa
African and international leaders, as well as key stakeholders in the food security sector, met at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa recently to discuss hunger on the continent.
Early signs of feed price relief
USA farmers have planted a record amount of soya beans and the largest maize crop since 1936, despite a wet, cold spring which slowed field operations.
A simple yet elegant office
Tommy asks Jonno to help design a simple office with a thatch roof on his farm.
Feedlot & cropland in one
Researchers in Argentina believe they have found the ideal stocking rate for an ecological feedlot system, which allows for optimal land use. In winter, the land is used as a feedlot and in summer for crop cultivation.
Crème brûlée: kitchen pyrotechnics
Setting food on fire is just one of the many tricks used by restaurants to amaze diners. In this case, the use of a propane (never paraffin!) blow torch is just the ticket to caramelise the top of a crème brûlée.
Skilful pigeon breeding
It is crucial to mate super breeders to super racers in order to preserve a gene pool, writes Thomas Smit.
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