Caxton Magazines
Will a Grexit affect SA’s farmers?
With Greece on the brink of ditching the euro and financial markets on the edge due to uncertainty, Jaco Visser looks at two possible scenarios that could play themselves out.
Ploughing a new furrow
In partnership with Grain SA and BKT, Tubestone presented a very successful introduction to competition ploughing at this year’s Nampo Harvest Day show. Joe Spencer reports.
Ultra slow pork roast
Slow cooking produces a very different set of tastes and textures.
This outstanding pork recipe brings a valuable new skill into the repertoire of the beginner cook with a meal awash with fragrance and tenderness.
Planters for CA farmers
Precision planter and air seeder specialists Theebo Tech showed more innovative planter concepts at this year’s Nampo Show. Joe Spencer reports.
Worth a try
Got a fussy eater? Want to help your horse retain its shiny coat? Try flax! by Kim Dyson.
Champion breeding
Success comes from taking both genetic and physical characteristics
into account, and this is where racing pigeon auctions and shows are valuable, explains Thomas Smit.
Fighting parasites with resilient livestock
Dr Roland Larson, a vet who has practiced in the Graaff-Reinet district for 27 years has made it his life’s mission to help farmers manage livestock parasite loads by encouraging a resilience-based approach. He talks to Heather Dugmore.
Other weeds to watch out for
There are a number of particularly bad weed species which can be tough and costly to deal with once established.
Success: it’s all in a positive attitude
Hendri Jansen van Rensburg is the latest farmer to join the ranks of the Free State Young Farmers of the Year. At 35 he just made the cut-off age for the competition, but his unassuming nature by no means detracts from his farming skills. Determined and brimming
with positivity, Hendri fully deserves the title. Lindi van Rooyen reports.
Helping to grow agriculture in Gauteng
Nandi Mayethula-Khoza became Gauteng MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development in 2009. She spoke to Peter Mashala about her department’s projects, in particular her plans to increase employment in the province.
Privatise it!
A radical idea that could lead to safer roads, wealthier municipalities – and tax savings.
Will you share in the riches?
All indicators point to a long-term agricultural boom. There are ways farmers can benefit from this.
Empowering the veld!
Improve productivity all round, especially in mixed farming regions, by looking after your veld.
Save our lions!
With lion bones replacing tiger bones in Asian ‘medicines’, we could be facing another serious poaching problem.
Use your freedoms wisely cautions former intelligence co-ordinator
The storm over a risque satirical painting of President Jacob Zuma has led ANC leaders like Gwede Mantashe to warn South Africans not to make gratuitous use of constitutional freedoms.
Citrusdal’s tragic harvest
Poverty and moral decay leave a wake of violence, threatening farm security in the tranquil Cederberg. Sean Christie reports.
Success at Last?
Many role players have for years lamented the lack of commitment by municipalities when it comes to their fresh produce markets.
Trees
One man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, turned a wasteland into a paradise valley of forests, farms and neat villages.
Some controversy on farm murder monument
The annual pilgrimage of farmers and sympathetic parties to the so-called farm murder monument on the slopes of the Ysterberg alongside the N1 near Mokopane is set to take place on 2 June this year.
Agricultural machinery sales expected to spike on back of weakening Rand
A weakening Rand to the US Dollar is expected to hasten farmers’ plans to invest in capital equipment.
