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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.
Matlala sets out to renew Nafu
After spending more than two years in retirement, Motsepe Matlala, the former president of the National African Farmers’ Union of South Africa (Nafu), has been asked to come back and rebuild the collapsed organisation. He shares Nafu’s new plans with Peter Mashala.
Rainbow lines up name change
If shareholders give their thumbs up at a meeting on 2 August, Rainbow Chicken Ltd will change its name to RCL Foods Limited and begin trading on the JSE under the new name on 2 September. Rainbow said the name would better reflect its’ strategy to become a food business of significant scale in SA and sub-Saharan Africa.
The voice of reason will prevail
Speaking recently at a KZN Agricultural Union Special Information Day, Grain SA chairperson Louw Steytler said that the voice of reason would prevail when it came to the country’s land reform and labour legislation.
Seen at Nampo
Forage harvesters, fertiliser wagons and a proven design
that’s making a comeback. Joe Spencer reports.
