Caxton Magazines
Pears in red wine
This is a magnificent dessert. Never in the history of human pear eating has such a marvellous recipe come into being. Splendid to look at, blissful to eat, this out of the ordinary dessert is a real winner for the beginner cook.
Flight to the lakes
Kenya is iconic wildlife territory, place of the annual wildebeest migration and the mighty Great Rift Valley. Millions of migratory flamingoes find sanctuary in the Rift Valley lakes. Keri Harvey visited Lake Nakuru to experience this phenomenon first-hand.
Farm-style design
I received a call from Chris, who said he and his wife are purchasing a cattle farm in North West. They want a home which allows for catering, sub-letting, letting and eventually retiring.
100 years of Claas
The LAMMA Show at Newark in the UK in January marked the start of a special year for Claas. Joe Spencer reports.
Be pro-active where early blight is a threat
Early blight (Alternaria solani) is a fungal disease that every tomato grower should know about. It’s sometimes referred to as ‘target spot’ as it forms concentric rings reminiscent of a ‘bulls-eye’.
Eastern Cape berry project shows great promise
Amathole Berries near Stutterheim expects to yield 3 000t of blueberries per season by 2020. Mike Burgess spoke to acting CEO Ryan Davies about the company’s challenges and its place in the berry corridor.
AFASA welcomes the R6.2 billion budget allocation for support of small-holder farmers
The African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) wishes to applaud the Finance Minister Mr. Pravin Gordhan for the allocation of a total budget of R6.2 billion to support growth and development of smallholder farmers.
Grass & soil fertility
It’s time for farmers to do what the great Prof Theron envisaged more than 50 years ago – and that’s to rebuild soil fertility by incorporating a legume/grass-based pasture into their cash crop operation.
Real relief
Do you think South Africa’s current tax system is too unfair, forcing the few to support the many? Don’t worry – there are ways of breaking free
Meat report a wake-up call
The Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) describes the recent report by the Stellenbosch University of false labeling of processed meat products “a timely wake-up call that we cannot afford to be complacent on when it comes to compliance with food labelling standards”.
Agriculture’s response to the National Budget
The Agriculture Business Chamber (Agbiz) welcomed the “rather bold” 2013/2014 National Budget presented by Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan yesterday.
“Tighten your belts” – finance minister
A substantial loss in state income due to last year’s economic turbulence was the overriding theme for this year’s budget speech.
Farmers reeling from two-month pork strike
After nearly two months, a strike at KZN pork processor Frey’s Meats processing plant in Cato Ridge is over. But not before it inflicted serious harm on pig farmers.
ASUF: Finding unity in a common goal
Ntombi Msimang is the chairperson of the Agri-Sector Unity Forum (ASUF), which was established in November last year amid calls for greater unity in agriculture. Lindi van Rooyen spoke to her.
SA consumers are also being cheated with meat products – new study
In the wake of the EU horse meat scandal, a new study by Dr Donna-Maree Cawthorn and Prof Louw Hoffman of Stellenbosch University’s Department of Animal Sciences, in conjunction with Harris Steinman of the Food & Allergy Consulting & Testing Services in Milnerton, in the Western Cape, has revealed there’s a number of ‘fraudulent’ meat products on the SA market.
So, corruption is in our ‘culture’, is it?
The ANC’s attempt to justify and even, it seems, encourage dodgy dealings is an affront to Africans.
No end yet for African horse sickness
Although the current outbreak of African horse sickness (AHS) is not over yet and additional cases could be confirmed in the months ahead, there are encouraging signs that the situation in the worst hit areas in the Eastern Cape is stabilising.
KZN SAPS arrests nine suspects for poaching
After pulling over and inspecting a suspicious-looking vehicle recently, two SAPS officers patrolling the KwaMagwaza area of KwaZulu-Natal were surprised to discover that it contained nine people, four antelope carcasses, an axe, two shotguns, ten live shotgun rounds and a pistol with a magazine with two live rounds.
Make it work
Last week I wrote about the all-important fiduciary relationship between producer and market agent. Now I’d like to offer a few suggestions to both parties as to how to make it work.
Barkly East Prestige Ram Sale
Highest (merino ram): R36 000
