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Farmer’s Weekly scoops top award
Farmer’s Weekly recently received the Magazine Publishers’ Association of South Africa’s PICA Award in the Special Interest (Male & Female Interest) category.
Can a horse live just on grazing?
Horses can live on grass alone, but it depends on the horse and the type of grazing, says Dr Mac.
A religious affair
A call came in from a previous client in the Eastern Cape involved in the complete redevelopment of church facilities. They require a new church that would accommodate up to 1 500 members.
Allflight results
After a series of pre-final training flights and five Hot Spots, the final event of the Allflight One-Day Loft summer series was held on 12 August, from Noupoort. Thomas Smit reports.
Calamari & spinach
Squid enthusiasts have only one fear: a meal that looks and tastes like white rubber bands. Here’s good news for beginner cooks: a simple, magical way to turn squid into calamari.
Interest rate kept unchanged
The South African Reserve Bank kept the repo rate unchanged at 5% at its last monetary policy meeting of the year. Inflation concerns countered weak economic growth.
Caring for plants, and culture
The recently published Voices from the Forest by Tony Dold and Michelle Cocks explains how plants have helped define the cultural identity of the Xhosa people of the Eastern Cape. Mike Burgess spoke to the couple about the link between plants and Xhosa cultural and spiritual practices, the informal trade in more than 200 medicinal plants in the Eastern Cape, and ways in which this unique bio-cultural heritage can be preserved.
Turning things around with Savannah goats
As many extensive farmers in the Karoo know, raising lambs successfully can be an enormous challenge. Farmer Flippie Loock from the Middelburg district knew he had to find an alternative, so eight years ago he started farming with Savannah goats. Heather Dugmore visited him.
Are you legal?
Market agencies are required to register with the Agricultural Produce Agents Council (APAC) before they may conduct business.
Outdoor or indoor systems?
To answer this question, we first need to see what successful producers are doing elsewhere.
Israel’s land
How did Israel Motlhabane go from funeral parlour director to Grain SA’s 2012 Developing Grain Producer of the Year? Annelie Coleman visited him at his farm Annasvlei to find out.
Drought escalating in North West and Northern Cape
The drought in the north and north-western parts of the Northern Cape has escalated to such an extent that Agri Northern Cape has lodged an application for government disaster relief for the affected farmers.
Response to “why culling isn’t the answer”
Having read Dr Dan Parker's response to Arthur Rudman's pro-active stance on managing the meso-predator issue in stock farming,
Land tenure: govt needs to act now
Government has been dragging its feet on land tenure reform for two years.
‘E-tolling highly likely to be introduced throughout South Africa’ – OUTA
If the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral)gains court approval to implement e-tolling in Gauteng, it was highly likely the system would be introduced in the rest of the country.
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Case IH in Réunion
The advantages of mechanisation in the sugar industry were demonstrated by Case IH at the recent International Sugar Conference. Joe Spencer reports.
Know your tomato seedlings’ needs
Tomato growers invariably buy their seedlings from a dedicated seedling nursery. This usually means the seedlings are produced in seedling trays with 200 cavities.
A standard of excellence
Technology has brought rapid advances in the dairy industry, but record keeping is still crucial as a guide to dairy farmers.
Radical new land reform plan: the president’s address
President Jacob Zuma, in his keynote address at the recent Afasa AGM, emphasised that ongoing engagement between government and farmers would help to develop government’s vision for agriculture. He also put forward a district-based proposal on transferring land to black farmers.
R1 in every R2 spent on food, housing
The portion of income spent on food by the average household has declined since 2005/2006, although the rand-value spent on food has increased, according to the 2010/2011 Income and Expenditure Survey (IES), released by Stats SA recently.
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