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Rhino poaching keeps rising
The total number of rhinos lost to poaching since the beginning of this year stood at 588, with 246 suspects being arrested.
The legal route
Charl van Wyk’s letter, ‘A not-so-happy Heritage Day’ (2 November, pg 8) refers. Legally speaking, this is what one does in such a situation.
Unemployed graduates must be given land
As part of addressing South Africa’s high unemployment, government should give farms to agricultural technicians who are not working.
I will not eat GMOs
Your news item ‘GM health safety questioned’ (5 October, pg 20) refers.
Taking action on predator control
Arthur Rudman, chairperson of the Glenconner and District Predator Management Forum, describes how predator control is being tackled as a community project in the Uitenhage bushveld. Roelof Bezuidenhout interviewed him.
Joemat-Pettersson guilty of reckless spending
Unconscionably excessive, reckless and unethical was how the public protector, Thuli Madonsela described agricultural minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson’s spending.
Large injection for sustainable agriculture
Sustainable farming in South Africa has been given a boost by Nedbank which announced that it would invest R8,3 million in the World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa’s (WWF-SA) Sustainable Agriculture Programme.
Western Cape should focus on high value products
Population growth and rapid urbanisation will lead to a strong increase in the demand for food globally which means that the future looks bright for agriculture, but there are many challenges standing in the way of farmers seizing the opportunity to increase production.
Conflicting reports on de-gazetting of Gongolo claim
Conflicting reports have emerged regarding the apparent imminent de-gazetting of the Gongolo restitution land claim in KwaZulu-Natal, which 10 years after being gazetted, has not been resolved.
Farmers use their wits and IT to track suspect
Farmers in KZN’s Estcourt area made headlines recently when they assisted police in tracking down a man on 4 November who allegedly stabbed his wife and sister-in-law before fleeing with his toddler grandson.
Emergency relief for Northern Cape fire victims
Up to 215 000ha grazing was destroyed in the recent veld fires in the Kuruman and Koopmansfontein areas in the Northern Cape,
Livestock Disease Trends (as informally reported by vets in SA) October 2012
The number of practices reporting are increasing – hopefully Limpopo will get on board in future. Thank you to all who participated.
Expect a rough ride
The global economic outlook has worsened and the risks of a meltdown are high – so now is not the time for high-risk ventures.
Agri unity forum to provide answers
The new Agri-Sector Unity Forum will deal with, among other things, land reform problems, water issues and the training of smallholder farmers.
‘Wage dispute’ taken over by politics
As the violence on Western Cape farms abated, political parties engaged in public mud-slinging, with each blaming the other. Denene Erasmus reports.
Fewer dairy farmers produce more milk
Increased volumes of raw milk production in South Africa were not the result of growth in dairy farm units but were due to the competitive nature of the dairy industry, said SA Milk Processors’ Organisation (Sampro) chairperson Melt Loubser.
Sweet success for Tongaat Hulett
Renewable energy, in the form of biofuel production and electricity generation is of increasing importance to sugar processor Tongaat Hulett.
Veld burning – how to get it right
Sometimes burning veld is needed, but it’s also possible to avoid it
if you work on getting your veld right.
Protein for poultry, and it’s free grub too
Midlands poultry producer Chris Slater is using plump, live fly grubs to replace expensive poultry feed. His story, which first appeared in Farmers Weekly on 19 October, generated such positive reader response that Robyn Joubert revisited the Slaters to find out more.
From herdboy to commercial cattle farmer
It has taken Zandisile Maswana a lifetime to become an independent commercial beef producer. Mike Burgess spoke to him on his farm Kingscote near the former Ciskei town of Hamburg in the Eastern Cape and discovered a man with an energetic entrepreneurial spirit and a willingness to learn from others.
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